Cucumbers are popular and loved all over the world. This vegetable culture has a long history of cultivation. Her homeland is China and India. Cucumbers are always present in the beds. They are grown in various ways, the use of which depends on the successful receipt of a good and high-quality crop. In this case, much depends on the correct choice of seed material.
How to choose a variety?
Cucumbers can be divided into bee-pollinated and self-pollinated. This is a heat-loving plant, which is quite often grown in film greenhouses. Parthenocarpic plants are suitable for cultivation in protected ground conditions. When choosing the seed material of this vegetable crop, hybrids should be preferred. It is they who are able to provide a good and high-quality harvest. Compared to varieties, they are more resistant to major diseases.
Among hybrids, attention has recently been paid to cucumbers of the universalappointments with bundle formation of the ovary. They are characterized by high productivity and excellent fruit quality. The cucumber "mother-in-law" and "son-in-law" proved to be quite good. Feedback from gardeners emphasizes that these hybrids are stable and indispensable for growing in film greenhouses.
Cucumber "zyatek" f1: reviews, description
It will be good to choose a vegetable crop that combines early ripening and excellent taste qualities of universal fruits. Cucumber "zyatek" is suitable for cultivation in open and closed ground. Reviews about him are only positive. The hybrid is characterized by precocity. Fruiting occurs on the forty-fifth day from the date of emergence of seedlings. Differs in the female type of flowering. An early hybrid will please with gherkins, which have excellent taste and good yield. They can be used for fresh consumption and for preparing all kinds of dishes. According to gardeners, this hybrid is indispensable for harvesting. Pickled or pickled cucumbers are very tasty, crispy, without specific bitterness.
Zelenets reaches a length of ten to twelve centimeters. Often tuberculate fruit is covered with white small spikes. It has a dark green color. A distinctive feature of the hybrid "zyatek" is the beam formation of the ovary. Flowering and fruiting does not stop even under adverse weather conditions. At each node, six to eight ovaries are formed. This greatly increases the yield, whichreaches from five to seven kilograms per plant. Its powerful root system, intensive growth and resistance to rot and powdery mildew will ensure fruiting until the first days of October. Mother-in-law cucumber can serve as an excellent addition to this hybrid.
Description
Early maturing self-pollinating hybrid begins to bear fruit forty-eight days after emergence. Distinctive features of the plant are a predominantly female type of flowering, beam formation of the ovary. Cucumber "mother-in-law" f1 has universal qualities. Reviews of the owners of an amazing hybrid emphasize stretched and abundant fruiting. In one ovary, you can count from three to five ovaries. From one plant they collect from five to six kilograms of greens. This hybrid develops well both in open ground and in film greenhouses. Tuberculous greenery is covered with small brown spikes.
It reaches thirteen centimeters in length. On average, one mother-in-law cucumber can weigh one hundred grams. Reviews of gardeners who grew this promising hybrid note its excellent taste. It is equally good fresh or processed. Particularly successful will be blanks for future use. Zelentsy for this is collected in different sizes. They keep excellent taste and density in canned food. Crispy fragrant cucumber "mother-in-law" f1. Reviews speak of its excellent pickling qualities. In addition to the listed advantages, the "mother-in-law" cucumber is a fairly cold-resistant plant, weaklyafflicted with diseases. The advantages and prospects of beam hybrids are irrefutable. However, they will require special care.
Features of cultivation
Beam type of ovary distinguishes cucumber "mother-in-law" and "son-in-law".
The photo perfectly demonstrates the numerous formation of the ovary. Due to this, from four hundred to five hundred greens develop on one plant due to this. However, increased fruit formation will require enhanced plant nutrition and special agricultural technology. With normal care, bunch cucumbers will suffer from a lack of nutrients. In this case, part of the ovaries will be lost. They will dry out without forming the desired greens.
First of all, to avoid this, increase the food area. For this, landing is carried out more sparsely. No more than two or three plants are planted per square meter.
By the beginning of fruiting, the mother-in-law and son-in-law cucumbers should form a powerful root system and stem. Reviews of summer residents recommend growing these hybrids in seedlings. Each plant is sown in a separate seedling container. This will help when moving to a permanent place not to damage the root system. Gardeners are advised to use temporary shelters or insulated ridges. It is advisable to keep plants in them until flowering.
Seedlings: cultivation, planting dates in open ground
Further development of vegetable production depends on the quality of planting materialcrops and obtaining a good, high-quality harvest. For open and closed ground, planting material is grown in the same way. The timing of planting will be different, which will depend on the growing conditions and the climate of the area of cultivation. When planting in open ground, the "mother-in-law" and "son-in-law" cucumbers should have two or three true leaves. Feedback from experienced gardeners indicates that it will take at least three or four weeks to reach this phase.
Heat-loving plants are planted when stable warm weather is established, when the threat of frost has passed. Three weeks must be counted from this date - we will get the required number, the time of sowing seeds for seedlings.
Landing
When forming the beds, a one- or two-line method is used. The distance between the holes is maintained at least fifty centimeters. According to gardeners, it is more rational to grow "mother-in-law" and "son-in-law" cucumbers on a trellis. Reviews confirm the positive effect of this method.
It is convenient for agricultural activities. Numerous ovaries do not come into contact with the ground. They do not get dirty, well ventilated and do not shade. This contributes to the prevention of diseases and increase the productivity of the bush. The support can be wooden blocks or metal pipes, the height of which must be at least two meters. A wire is stretched between them or a mesh is fixed. The lashes of the plants are securely fixed on the trellis.
Care
The entire growing season will require special attention to bunch-type cucumbers. In order to get as many juicy, crispy gherkins as possible from numerous ovaries, a special growing regime will be required. This is regular watering and fertilizing. Warm water is used to moisten the soil. Drying out of the soil cover can be detrimental to the ovary. After moistening the soil, loosening and mulching are carried out.
At the beginning of flowering, watering is carried out every three days. Feeding is done every week. For one square meter of cucumber beds, at least twenty grams of complex mineral fertilizer is needed. In addition, you can use a solution of bird droppings in a ratio of 1:20, or mullein in a ratio of 1:10.
Formation
To get a high yield, the "zyatek" cucumber is often used. Reviews of the owners of this hybrid draw attention to an important agricultural technique - the formation of a bush. Without it, the "son-in-law" and "mother-in-law" hybrids, instead of the expected harvest, will be upset by numerous empty flowers. Timely formation of the plant will help to avoid this. Hybrids with beam formation of the ovary are grown in one stem. The bottom three nodes of the plant are "dazzled" by removing flowers and developing side shoots, on which the growing point is pinched. On the main stem, at each node, a leaf remains with the resulting bouquet of cucumbers. After harvesting, the plant will require fertilization. New bunches of ovaries will form in the axils of the leaves.
Harvesting
Hybrid "mother-in-law" forms three or four ovaries simultaneously in the leaf axils. A large number of greens will surprise the "son-in-law" cucumber f1. Reviews of gardeners are advised to collect them daily or every other day.
Cucumbers will not overgrow and delay the formation of new ovaries. Greens intended for harvesting are used within ten hours after collection.
