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| Producing cucumber young plants |
| Getting ready |
It is very important to make sure hygiene is at a high level through-out the propagation phase. Clean the propagation area thoroughly before you start making the young plants.
Place the products on the benches.
Wet up the products completely. Pargro stonewool will only have its unique waterholding characteristics when the products have been 100% saturated with water.
We recommend to wet up the products in due time before use in order to make sure the temperature in the block reach the optimum temperature for germination.
For cucumber it is recommended to use a fertilizer recipe with an EC at 1,6-1,8 mS/cm when wetting up the blocks. |
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| Germination and growth of young plants |
Place carefully the seed in the seeding hole and cover with vermiculite or alike. The cover ensures the humudity around the seed, and thereby the germination, will be more uniform. Furthermore the cover makes sure the shell will fall from the cotyledons.
Keep the temperature at 24-25º C through-out the germination phase. If you cover the blocks with foil, remove the foil as soon as the cotyledons are visible.
After the germination graduately lower the temperature to 20-21º C during a period of 4-5 days. This temperature shall be kept during the remaining part of the propagation period.
Water the plants when it is needed through-out the propagation phase. It is important, that the blocks do never become too dry - i.e. irrigate at the latest when block+plant weigh approximately 350 grammes.
The conductivity in the block should be increased during the propagation period. Be aware, that not all varieties have the same need for nutrients. Let your advisor make a fertilizer recipe adapted to the chosen variety.
When the young plant are ready to be put on the slabs, the conductivity in the block must be 0,2-0,4 mS/cm higher than the conductivity in the slab. |
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