When it comes to growing healthy cucumber plants that produce loads of delicious cucumbers all season long – there is no better path to success than to fertilize your plants on a regular basis.
As you will see in today’s article, what, how and when you feed your plants matters greatly in just how big of a crop your plants can produce. Cucumber plants are fairly heavy feeders from the soil. Like most vegetable plants, they require a good amount of nutrients to develop strong roots and foliage early on.
That early growth is huge for cucumbers. With a healthy set of roots, leaves and stems, they can easily absorb power and energy from both the soil and the sun to really develop and grow quickly. And that, of course, sets the stage for strong flowering and fruiting later as they mature. READ FULL ARTICLE