It is difficult to imagine human nutrition without vegetable crops. Each of them has its own history and individual characteristics. Cucumbers are among the most popular vegetables. This amazing food product, which is native to India and China, is quite he althy. Cucumbers are 95% water. However, their high potassium content and low calories allow them to be an integral part of the diet for everyone who wants to lose weight.
Cucumbers for salad
When choosing a variety for cultivation, gardeners, following fashion or guided by other principles for selecting plants for beds, prefer pickled gherkins. However, those who love cucumber salad and are familiar with growing Chinese long-fruited cucumbers in their garden will always find a place for this variety.
And it is not necessary to order cucumber seeds from China. Reviews of happy owners of unusual vegetables are advised to grow domestic varieties and hybrids. Among them, the variety of cucumber "Emerald Stream" has excellent taste.
Description
The hybrid is differentearly maturing. The growing season is 44-48 days. Cucumber is parthenocarpic, with a predominance of the female type of flowering. It is characterized by a bouquet type of ovary formation. The plant does not require pollination. This feature allows you to grow a hybrid in the open field, in greenhouses and at home.
Chinese type fruits. Zelentsy reach 25 cm in length. When fully ripe, the fruits of the Emerald Stream cucumber hybrid reach impressive sizes. Reviews of the happy owners of this miracle indicate that individual specimens reached eighty centimeters in length! Salad-type fruits are sweet and very fragrant. The thin skin is equally tender in greens and cucumbers when fully ripe. Dark green thin cylindrical fruits have a tuberculous structure.
Dignity
"Emerald Stream" F1 is characterized by long stable fruiting, which will last from the beginning of the summer season until the first autumn frosts. It is equally resistant to heat and low temperatures. Shade-tolerant qualities allow growing on a window or in a loggia at home. The plant is resistant to powdery mildew.
Fragrant and very tasty cucumber "emerald flow". Reviews say that the best vegetable for a salad cannot be found. In this case, one cucumber will be enough for a dish that can feed all household members. Regardless of weather conditions, continuous fruiting of the hybridwill provide juicy sweet fruits all season long.
Seedlings
For conveyor harvesting, it is advisable to plant Chinese-type cucumbers at several times. For early production, the seedling method is perfect. Seedlings are planted in greenhouses in April, when the soil temperature reaches fourteen degrees. However, they should be well formed and have three or four leaves. The age of such seedlings should be twenty-five or thirty days. Seeds of cucumbers "emerald flow" are sown to obtain planting material, which will be planted in greenhouses in March. Before planting, they are treated with biogrowth stimulants or aloe juice. Next, the seeds are slightly dried and sown in two pieces in plastic or peat cups filled with a fertile earthen mixture.
Growing cucumber seedlings in boxes is undesirable. It does not take root well if the root system is disturbed. The sowing season is completed by moistening the soil and covering the seedling container. It is moved to a warm place and sprouts are expected to appear. Shade-tolerant qualities have a cucumber "emerald stream". Reviews of those who grew seedlings of this hybrid note that there will be no additional problems with leaving. Plants develop well and do not stretch.
Greenhouse cucumbers
Quality planting material is planted in rows in closed ground conditions. For the full development of the landing should not be thickened. Between seedlings stand at least 50 cm. Particular attention should be paid toground. If cucumbers are grown several years in a row in one place, which is highly undesirable, the soil composition of the greenhouse should be updated. It is filled with fresh fertile soil and a complex mineral fertilizer is applied. The soil should be loose and have excellent aerobic qualities.
Greenhouse cucumbers are grown vertically. The cucumber hybrid "Emerald Stream" is characterized by enhanced growth with the formation of medium lashes. It is tied to the frame of the greenhouse.
Cucumber care in the greenhouse
Regular watering and fertilizing will be required to obtain a stable crop. When moistened, water should not fall on the leaves of the plant. She must be warm. After each humidification, the greenhouse should be ventilated so that the humidity does not increase. Fertilization will be required three times per season.
The "Emerald Stream" cucumber differs in the unusual size of the fruit. Reviews of gardeners who liked this hybrid indicate that regular picking of greens will be required. They are harvested when they reach 25-30 cm. However, if you do not rush to harvest, you can grow large cucumbers, the length of which will be 60-80 cm. To ensure good and long-term fruiting, fertilizers are applied regularly once a week. This event is preferably carried out after picking cucumbers and moisturizing. Mullein or chicken manure solutions are used as dressings.
Outdoor cultivation
If there are greenhouses on the site, they cultivateseveral ways cucumber "emerald stream". Reviews of vegetable growers indicate that it is very convenient to grow this hybrid in several periods. In an earlier period, it will grow in closed ground conditions. After the onset of stable warm weather, seeds can be sown in open ground. At the same time, it is recommended to plant pre-grown seedlings on the beds. Sowing seeds in open ground is carried out on a site previously prepared in the fall. The best predecessors for a cucumber are onions, plants of the nightshade and legume families.
In the spring, the site is weeded, the soil is loosened and humus is introduced. Seeds are sown in rows. Row spacing is maintained at least 50 cm. In a row between plants there should be 30-35 cm. Chinese-type cucumbers are more convenient to grow on a trellis. In this case, a vigorous plant will require reliable fixation.
Tapestry method
The design of the support for growing cucumbers can be different. The main condition is reliability. The structure can be built from a wooden beam or metal pipes and wire, as well as a special trellis mesh. The height of the support should be two meters.
Three rows of wire are stretched between the supports, on which a plastic mesh is fixed. Fixation of cucumber lashes is performed with twine. The area around the trellis should be mulched with humus. Each bush is slightly spud.
Caring for plants in open ground conditions
Regular care will be required to obtain a stable harvest. As in closedsoil, moisture and nutrition are needed. To do this, carry out regular moisturizing and top dressing. Drying of the soil is not allowed. In hot weather, water in the evening. As in closed ground conditions, warm water is used for this. The frequency of fertilization is once every ten days. Start seven days after transplanting seedlings.
When sowing seeds directly into the soil, fertilization falls on the period when two true leaves appear. As a fertilizer, slurry, a solution of chicken manure, is used. In addition, you can additionally use mineral fertilizers. For ten liters of water you will need: 20 g of urea and potassium sulfate, 30 g of superphosphate. Caring for cucumbers is not limited to watering and top dressing. In addition to using these agricultural practices, you should also keep the beds clean and monitor the looseness of the soil.
How to grow cucumbers in winter?
If there is no summer cottage or garden, you can grow cucumbers at home. But only those varieties and hybrids that do not need pollinators are suitable for this. Parthenocarpic plants will be the most suitable. The best option is hybrid cucumber seeds. The reviews of those who grew "emerald stream" cucumbers at home are only positive. It can be planted even in winter. Shade-tolerant qualities allow you to get crops of fragrant juicy cucumbers at home. Each plant is prepared containers with a volume of at least 5-7 liters. They are filled with a fertile earthen mixture. Seeds are sown in mid-February, first in smallseedling containers. Twenty days after the sprouts appear, the cucumbers are transplanted into prepared large containers, which are installed on the windowsill.
The plant is fixed with twine. When stepchildren appear after the fourth sheet, they are removed. In this case, the plant is pinched. Care consists in regular moderate watering, as well as fertilization. Top dressing begins immediately after the emergence of shoots. The frequency of fertilization is once every seven days. Mineral fertilizers are used for this.
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