Additional fertilizer for cucumber (Cucumber plant care) – Best way to grow cucumbers vertically

How to grow cucumber in chemical free cultivation. This session is dedicated to the cultivation management of cucumber. (Cucumber plant growing tips.) The cucumber has been planted for about a month. The harvest is progressing, and since the base fertilizer alone is not enough, we will fertilize the cucumber.

Additional fertilizer for cucumber (Cucumber plant care)

The cucumber seedlings were planted in early June.

For cucumber, we fertilize in two spots about 20cm (8 inches) away from the base of the plant.

The fertilization spots for cucumber

The amount of fertilizer is 30g (1 oz) of chicken manure per spot.

The chicken manure used for cucumber fertilization
Fertilize with 30g (1 oz) of chicken manure per spot

For cucumbers, since the surroundings are crowded, we can’t peel off the mulch. So, we make cuts in the mulch and fertilize there.

It's difficult to fertilize because there are net and stakes
Make cuts in the mulch
Cut the mulch with scissors
Now we can fertilize

Insert the trowel about 10cm (4 inches) into the cut and place chicken manure in the widened gap.

Insert the trowel into the cut in the mulch
Place chicken manure in the widened gap

Afterward, water the chicken manure and cover it with soil. With this, the additional-fertilizing work for cucumber is completed.

Water the chicken manure
Cover with soil
Cucumber add-fertilizing completed

Following is the video for how-to. English subtitles are available.

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