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Why cucumbers are watered with milk: advice for a miracle harvest and not only
21.04.2022 15:45
Updated: 09.04.2023 01:02
Milk is an indispensable product for the growth of not only children, but also for increasing the yield of cucumbers.
Gardeners claim that with such top dressing cucumbers grow by leaps and bounds, besides the milk additive protects planting from root rot and saturates the soil with nutrients.
Let's tell you what solutions can be prepared for watering cucumbers.
Milk and yeast
2 liters of warm milk should be mixed with 2 tablespoons of sugar and yeast, then stir and let stand for 3-4 hours. After that, it will remain to add 10 drops of iodine.
Before watering, the fertilizer is diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 10 at the rate of 1 liter per root.
Milk and ammonia
2 liters of milk should be mixed with 10 drops of iodine and 1 tablespoon of ammonia. It is used for foliar treatment, during flowering and the appearance of ovaries.
Milk and urea
2 liters of milk should be mixed with 50 grams of urea and add 10 drops of iodine. It is used for root dressing at the rate of 0.5 liters of additives per root 1 time per season.
From root blight
The easiest way to get rid of root rot is to mix 1 liter of low—fat milk with 10 liters of water. The additive is applied under the root at the rate of 0.5 liters per plant.
