Cucumber "Uranus" - parthenocarpic gherkin with high yield potential and excellent marketable products. This variety is a novelty in the seed market. Its cultivation may interest not only professionals, but amateur gardeners.
Grade description
Cucumber "Uranus" - an early hybrid variety of the Japanese company Sakata. It is characterized by rapid growth, high productivity. The hybrid is quickly restored and has excellent productivity throughout the growing season. The first crop is removed after 30-35 days from the appearance of seedlings.
The fruit of the “Uranus” cucumber is lightweight - about 60-80 grams. The length of greenery is on average 10 cm, and the diameter is 2.5 cm. The color of the cucumbers is dark green, with a pronounced bluish bloom that does not disappear until the end of the growing season. The pulp is crispy, without voids and bitterness. Taste is excellent. Cucumber "Uranus" has excellent keeping quality and is ideal for long transportation.
A hybrid is grown both in open ground and in greenhouses, under temporary shelters, in tunnels. It is resistant to major diseases. Harvest can be used for fresh consumption, as well as for canning.
Variety Characteristics
According to the description, the cucumber "Uranus" refers to ultra-mature hybrids. With greenhouse cultivation, the first fruits are harvested already on day 32. In the open ground, cucumbers are harvested a week later. Early ripeness of the variety allows its use in extended crop rotation.
According to the State Register, the variety produces high yields. In one hectare, you can collect over 350 centners of Zelentsy. The maximum yield, subject to the rules of agricultural technology, made it possible to obtain 780 centners per hectare. Gardeners say that from one square meter in the open field they collect 14-16 kilograms of fruit, and in greenhouses - an average of 20 kg.
According to the reviews, description, the cucumber "Uranus" differs from other varieties in a friendly return on the crop. The variety is characterized by the ripening of a large number of fruits from the very beginning of fruiting.
High yields - indicate excellent species productivity. The plant has a high growth force, it is able to form flowers and set fruit until the end of the growing season, which begins with the advent of frost.
Advantages
Uranus has a lot of advantages.
- The variety is able to tie and give the crop in any, even under stressful conditions.
- The plant is parthenocarpic type and does not need pollinating insects. This quality allows you to grow crops in greenhouse conditions, under shelters, in tunnels.
- Excellent presentation of gherkins.
- Zelentsy does not outgrow.
- With prolonged storage, cucumbers do not lose their color.
- Universal purpose of the fruit.
Growing Features
According to reviews, cucumbers "Uranus" is best grown seedling capable. To obtain an early crop, sowing of seeds is carried out at the end of April, and after thirty days, the plants are planted in a permanent place in open ground. In the southern regions, you can sow cucumbers directly into the ground. For this, a pre-prepared bed is covered with a film. As soon as the earth warms up in it, they sow. After emergence, the film is removed.
Recommended planting density is 3 bushes per square meter. During industrial cultivation on one hectare, about 30 thousand plants are planted.
Variety "Uranus" needs to be tied and shaped. Until the fifth leaf on the bush, all stepsons and ovaries are removed. This procedure helps to increase productivity, giving the plant the opportunity to grow a more powerful root system.
During fruit formation, in order to increase productivity, plants are fed magnesium and potassium fertilizers strictly according to the norms.
Seedlings
For growing seedlings, it is recommended to use containers with a diameter of at least 8 cm and the same depth. Seeds are planted in soil to a depth of 2 cm. Pickering of cucumber seedlings is not carried out.
Crops moisturize and put in a warm bright place. At a temperature of 25-26 degrees, seedlings appear on 5-7 days. As soon as 5-6 leaves are formed on the bushes, and the plant reaches a height of 20-30 cm, cucumbers are planted in a permanent place. This procedure is carried out so that the root system remains completely covered by the soil in which the seedlings grew.
Planting can be carried out at an average daily temperature of 16 degrees and when the danger of return frosts passes. After planting, the seedlings are covered with a film. As soon as the air warms up to 20-23 degrees, the shelter is removed.
Reviews
According to reviews, in order to get Uranus cucumbers in the photo, you need to make a minimum of effort. This culture has many virtues. Gardeners say that seedlings are quickly taking root. The variety produces high yields and abundantly and continuously bears fruit. The bushes are resistant to disease, do not require pollination, grow well in greenhouse conditions.
As they say about the variety, those who grew it on their sites, it is impossible to replace it with another. This is due not only to the ease of cultivation and the abundance of the crop, but also to the high taste and marketability of greenhouses. Cucumbers remain crispy during canning.
Conclusion
Cucumber "Uranus" refers to unpretentious varieties suitable for cultivation both on an industrial scale and in a personal garden. Farmers are interested in the variety because of its unique immunity and lack of flaws, except for the need to purchase seeds annually, since the plant is hybrid and it will not work to collect its own material. According to summer residents, this is the only drawback of the variety, but otherwise, it can rightly be called ideal.