Rules for processing cucumbers with whey and iodine: recipes and proportions

Despite the abundance of fungicides and insecticides offered in garden centers, many gardeners and gardeners prefer to use proven folk remedies made with their own hands from safe ingredients.

Consider the most popular folk remedies for processing cucumbers - formulations based on serum and iodine.

Features of feeding and its benefits for plants

Growing cucumbers throughout the growing season accompanied by regular feeding and processing of crops from diseases and pests.

The use of chemicals for processing vegetables requires compliance with safety regulations and the correct calculation of the concentration of substances. Folk processing methods are safe application and high efficiency.

One of the many folk remedies for processing cucumbers is iodine-whey solution... The lactic acid product contains trace elements that compensate for the lack of nutrients in the plant. Serum solution with added iodine is used to treat many diseases of cucumbers and to control insect pests.

How does the solution work and in what cases it is used

Milk whey is a natural antiseptic... The starter microflora and acidic environment of the product that is part of it actively suppress the growth and development of pathogenic fungi and pathogenic bacteria. Serum does not belong to chemicals, its effect on the plant is absolutely safe. Additionally, organic matter nourishes the plant, activates growth, flowering, fruiting.

Iodine is added to serum to enhance antiseptic properties.: the resulting mixture actively fights not only fungal, but also bacterial infections.

Iodine is a stimulant of culture growth... Its use promotes abundant flowering, the appearance of ovaries. The specific smell of iodine repels insect pests.

Iodine-whey solution increases the quality of the crop and the nutritional value of cucumbers... The solution is successfully used for the prevention and treatment of late blight.

Reference. Treatment with a solution of serum with the addition of iodine begins from the moment of germination and until the period of fruiting.

As fertilizer

Plants benefit from the amino acids contained in whey... The product also contains macro- and microelements necessary for growth and fruiting: nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, sulfur, iron, zinc.

How to feed cucumbers with whey correctly? When using whey as a root dressing, keep in mind that this will increase the acidity of the soil. therefore the serum must be diluted with water.

Iodine is essential for the quality development of culture. Timely use of this trace element promotes:

• accelerating the ripening of cucumbers;
• improving the taste of vegetables;
• an increase in the content of vitamin C in fruits.

With its lack, the fruiting process is inhibited, ovaries do not develop and rot.

When compiling a nutritious iodine-whey mixture, attention is paid to its concentration... For application to the soil, a proportion is recommended: 1 liter of whey, 3 drops of iodine, 10 liters of water. For spraying the leaf mass, a solution is made up: 1 liter of serum, 1 drop of iodine, 5 liters of water. This solution is used for premature yellowing of leaves on cucumbers.

Reference. Whey is used to speed up the decomposition of the compost.

In pest control

Iodine is an excellent remedy in the fight against insect pests... The unpleasant odor characteristic of iodine scares off spider mites, aphids, thrips and other small pests from plants.

When cucumbers are sprayed with serum with iodine on the surface of the leaf mass, thin protein protective film. It clogs the respiratory system of pests - insects are deprived of the ability to breathe, feed and die.

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In the fight against disease

Dairy product and iodine solutions used to prevent fungal infections cucumbers. Iodine inhibits the growth of fungi, pathogenic bacteria, viruses.

The solution is applied for the prevention and treatment of late blight on cucumbers... It is effective to use a solution against powdery mildew and root rot. Spraying is carried out one week after planting seedlings in the ground.

When spraying with a solution, a thin layer of a protective protein film forms on all parts of the plant, which prevents fungal spores from germinating in the plant tissue.

Solution recipes

After planting in a permanent place, seedlings of cucumbers can be fertilized with chemicals no earlier than two weeks later. Before that, the roots must take root and take root in the soil - they are not yet able to absorb nutrients. During this period, organic feeding with diluted whey with iodine will help. The best results are obtained from whey not from store milk, but from homemade milk.

For feeding cucumbers

There are many recipes for feeding with iodine-whey solution, the main thing is to observe the proportions of the introduced substances, choose the right time and method of processing.

With sharp fluctuations in day and night temperatures, cucumber leaves begin to turn yellow... In this case, a folk recipe will help:

• 1 liter of whey;
• 10 liters of water;
• 2 tbsp. l. grated laundry soap;
• 20 drops of iodine.

The resulting composition is sprayed with cucumber bushes.

Reference! Laundry soap is added to the solution to create a sticky mass that creates a thin protective film on the foliage surface. Thanks to her, the solution is not immediately washed off the leaves.

To build up green mass 1 time in 15 days watered under the root with the composition:

• water - 5 l;
• iodine - 15 drops;
• serum - 500 ml.

To enhance the nutritional properties of whey, add other components:

1. Poultry droppings are mixed with wood ash in a bucket, 1 liter of whey is poured in. 200 g of yeast is diluted in warm water with 1 tbsp. l. sugar added to the whey mixture. Infuse the mixture for one week. Before feeding the culture, 1 liter of the mixture is diluted in 10 liters of water and 10 drops of iodine are added. Pour 0.5 liters of solution under each bush.
2. A mixture of whey, iodine and meadow herbs gives good results. The mixture is left to ferment for a week, diluted with water and watered under the root.
3. Top dressing with the use of a fermented milk product, iodine, wood ash and honey is of great benefit. For 1 liter of whey, take a glass of wood ash, 3 tbsp. l. honey and 10 drops of iodine, leave to infuse for 3-4 days. This mixture is good for processing cucumbers during the flowering period - top dressing prevents the ovary from falling off.

Serum and iodine in combination with other beneficial substances replenish missing elements necessary for the development of cucumbers, high-quality fruiting. Adding yeast saturates the soil with magnesium, vitamin B. Bird droppings replenish the soil with nitrogen. The herbal infusion nourishes the soil with trace elements and amino acids. As a result of these dressings, cucumbers acquire an excellent taste.

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To combat diseases and pests

Against caterpillars, aphids, flea beetles, ticks, flies and other crawling and flying pests traps are placed on cucumber beds.They take small but deep containers, jars, fill them half with serum with iodine. The walls and edges of the container are lubricated with oil.

In the evening, traps are set between cucumber beds. The sour smell attracts insects and slugs that feed on cucumber leaves. Pests enter the containers overnight. On the slippery walls of the trap, they have no way to get out. In the morning they are destroyed.

At the first signs of late blight, the composition is used:

• serum - 1 l;
• iodine - 30 drops;
• laundry soap - 20 g;
• water - 10 liters.

The resulting composition is sprayed once every 10 days.

When processing powdery mildew, it is better to use curd whey... To do this, prepare the composition:

• serum - 0.5 l;
• iodine - 5 drops;
• urea - 20 g;
• water - 2 l.

This option is also effective.:

• serum - 2 l;
• copper sulfate - 5 g;
• iodine - 10 drops;
• water - 5 l.

How to water and spray

It is recommended to process the affected bushes in the morning., before the sun begins to warm up the earth strongly. The weather should be calm so that the wind does not carry away drops of solution. Processing is carried out with a freshly prepared solution using a spray bottle or garden sprayer. You can use a watering can with a nozzle.

Spray the bushes from above, while it is important to ensure that the treatment solution gets on all parts of the plant, including the underside of the leaves.

Watering with the medicinal composition is carried out in the morning or evening hours... To prevent the solution from spreading over the surface of the earth, it is preliminarily loosened.

Important processing rules

In order to prevent iodine-serum solution for cucumbers they are used no more than three times per season. You can not spray the bushes with the medicinal composition in the middle of the day in sunny weather - sunburn will result on the leaves.

Processing is carried out with an interval of 10-15 days... It is not recommended to use pure milk whey; to prepare the composition, it is diluted with warm water. When watering, the solution is poured not at the very root, but at a distance of 30-40 cm from the stem.

Important! For treatments, a freshly prepared iodine-whey solution is used. When storing the solution, pathogenic fungi start up in it. For treatments, use a fresh product that has not been boiled.

When growing cucumbers in a greenhouse evening treatment with iodine-serum composition is not recommended. At night, the temperature drops, increased air humidity is created in the greenhouse, and condensation forms on the plants. If spraying with a medicinal composition is carried out at this time, it will further increase the humidity of the air. Such a microclimate will create favorable conditions for the development of pathogenic fungi, root rot, powdery mildew.

Precautions

When formulating serum and iodine-based solutions, considerthat iodine vapors in large quantities damage the human respiratory tract. In addition, iodine tends to accumulate in fruits, so the dosage of the drug should not be exceeded.

Processing in an open area does not require special protective equipment... In a closed greenhouse, working with a concentrated iodine solution requires respiratory protection. Make sure that iodine does not get on the mucous membranes of the eyes - it causes burns.

Conclusion

Experienced gardeners have long appreciated the effect of whey in combination with iodine and have successfully used it in the cultivation of cucumbers. The composition saturates the culture with useful elements, prevents fungal infections, eliminates the invasion of insect pests. The use of the medicinal composition increases the yield and improves the taste of cucumbers.