Growing such a thermophilic vegetable like a cucumber on a summer cottage requires creating optimal conditions for it.
The greatest yields can be obtained by using greenhouses for keeping cucumbers.
Technical requirements
A greenhouse for cucumbers should provide the function of providing vegetable heat for growth and development. Therefore, the design should be of a small height, since in these conditions it is easier to heat it.
At the same time, he should aboutprovide fresh air to the plantso it should be as airy as possible during daytime hours. It is preferable to choose such designs that will be as open as possible during the day.
Thus, the facility should provide maximum heat for the plants at night, and be open and ventilated during the day when air temperature allows. If the daytime temperature is less than that required by the agrotechnology of cultivation, in it ventilation holes should be provided.
Designs
The answer to the question: how to make (build) a greenhouse for cucumbers with your own hands? not so simple. There are many different options. Greenhouses for cucumbers on the design features are not very complex. At the heart of any is the framemounted on the box or installed directly on the ground. The main condition of the top coating is maximum transparency, since this vegetable extremely demanding access to sunlight.
Arc greenhouse
Its frame is made of arcs fixed directly in the soil or at the base of a wooden box. Greenhouse arcs may be metal or plastic.
The advantage of arc greenhouses for cucumbers is their mobility. This is especially important for the maintenance of crop rotation, since the construction of stationary structures requires annual replacement of the soil inside it. This is the most prototypal homemade greenhouse for cucumbers.
In fact, the arc greenhouse is a tunnel of a frame covered with a film or covering material. The material for the manufacture of arcs must be strong and at the same time capable of taking the desired shape. In this regard, the following arcs are most suitable for the construction of a greenhouse for cucumbers:
- - Metallic. Installed directly into the soil. They are strong and durable.
- - Plastic. They are made on the basis of plastic pipes, fixed in the soil with the help of pegs.
Dougie for strength constructions are fastened horizontal slats or wire. With a significant length of the tunnel under the first and last arc, the installation of a vertical support is recommended. The coating used is a polyethylene film or non-woven material.
IMPORTANT! At the beginning of the season it is recommended to use a film for quick warming up of the soil under it. As cucumber grows, when the air temperature becomes relatively stable, the film is replaced with non-woven material.
Wooden
Here you see a photo of a greenhouse for cucumbers made on the basis of a wooden frame with your own hands:
Is made from planks or bars in the form of boxes. The roof of such a greenhouse can be made flat, single-slope or double. Cover perform from old window frames, or frames of slats covered with foil.
In this video, you can see another simple version of the greenhouse for cucumbers made from slats and film:
Polycarbonate
Differs from the above models. durability and durability. If the film and non-woven coating requires periodic replacement, the polycarbonate surface is used for years. In addition, this coating is frost resistant, so this greenhouse does not require annual disassembly for the winter.
Polycarbonate provides the maximum access of light to plants and at the same time does not allow direct rays of the sun to burn leaves. Such greenhouses are the warmest, since the material has air spaces that contribute to the preservation of heat inside.
Manufacturing Instructions
Unlike the simplest arc and wooden greenhouses, Some designs require some manufacturing skills..
Polycarbonate
Greenhouse for cucumbers with their own hands made of polycarbonate is made on the basis of the frame to which the sheets of material are attached. It is necessary to choose material for the basis especially carefully. If the frame is made of plain metal, you will face the problem of corrosion. Such a foundation requires periodic processing, and as a result will soon fail. It is preferable to select a galvanized profile for the manufacture of the frame, although this will slightly increase the cost of the greenhouse.
Relatively cheap is a frame made of wood. But the term of its use is no more than five years, then the tree will simply rot. But if you use special protective equipment, the service life can be increased significantly.
Begin to build a greenhouse from polycarbonate from the foundation or base of the beam. In the first case, the greenhouse will be stationary, in the second you can move it to any place on your site.
The foundation is made of a rectangular shape according to the desired dimensions. Waterproofing is performed using roofing material. The timber is fastened on the foundation and fastened with self-tapping screws.
The roof of the greenhouse is made gable, on the basis of 20X40 bars. When the slope is made at an angle of 300, the slope is half a meter long, and the total height of the greenhouse will be 1.25 meters.
Next to the sides of the resulting frame is attached cellular polycarbonate. At the end of the roof is covered with plastic film, preferably air bubble or reinforced. The whole structure is fixed screws.
IMPORTANT! In order to avoid cracking of polycarbonate during installation, it is necessary to put aluminum washers under the screws.
Alternatively, the roof of the greenhouse can be carried out shed. Also in it you can cover the surface with polycarbonate sheets, with the mandatory installation of opening vents.
Pyramid
Recently, at the dacha plots it is increasingly possible to meet the pyramidal greenhouses for cucumbers made with their own hands. They are not only a warm home for plants, but also serve as a kind of decoration for gardens. In addition, scientists are increasingly talking about the harmonizing effect on humans of such buildings.
This greenhouse has a lot of advantages:
- - For construction is required material minimum.
- - Even an inexperienced person can build it.
- - Plants in this design maximum light.
- - The angle of the walls prevents overheating vegetables inside due to the reflection of the sun's rays.
- - In such a greenhouse easy to maintain the required level of humidity and provide airing due to the special air movement inside the greenhouse space.
For cucumbers greenhouse-pyramid is the best place to grow, since they can be grown creeping on the ground, and they do not need high walls.
At the base of the greenhouse lies a base with a diagonal of 2 meters, each side will be equal to 142 cm. A perforated pipe with a height of 320 cm is driven into the center of the structure. A pipe with a diameter of 20 cm is driven to a depth of 40-50 cm.
Then we build the base in the form of a polygon, with triangular side faces.
Bars of 50 cm in height are set around the perimeter, and the base is nailed to them. The door to the greenhouse is being built from the south.
We attach 4 beams to the constructed base, this will be the frame of the pyramid. We connect these bars at the top point.
For fixing film or polycarbonate across the bars, additional bars are attached.
Then we sheathe the entire structure with polycarbonate, film or a thick covering material.
IMPORTANT! It is better to use a reinforced film, as the usual one will quickly fail and will need to be replaced.
At the very top pyramids, at a distance of 15 cm from the top, should leave the vent. A cap is made for it, which is put on the greenhouse in the spring and removed in the summer. So the plants will be provided with optimal access of air.
There are many options for the construction of greenhouses for cucumbers at the dacha. Anyone can choose an acceptable design. The main condition is to create favorable conditions for obtaining a large crop of cucumbers.
