Cucumbers are popular and loved all over the world. This vegetable crop has a long history of cultivation. Her homeland is China and India. Cucumbers are necessarily present on the beds. They are grown in various ways, the successful production of a good and high-quality crop depends on the application of which. However, much depends on the correct choice of seed material.
How to choose a grade?
Cucumbers can be divided into bee pollinators and self-pollinated. This is a thermophilic plant, which is 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. They are capable of providing a good and high-quality crop. Compared with varieties, they are more resistant to underlying diseases.
Among hybrids, attention has recently been paid to universal cucumbers with beam 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. Reviews of gardeners emphasize that
these hybrids are stable and indispensable for growing in film greenhouses.
Cucumber "son-in-law" f1: reviews, description
It will be successful to choose a vegetable crop that combines early ripening and excellent taste of universal fruits. For growing in open and closed ground suitable cucumber "son in law". Reviews about him are only positive. The hybrid is characterized by early maturity. Fruiting occurs on the forty-fifth day from the date of emergence of seedlings. It differs in the female type of flowering. An early hybrid will delight the gherkins, which have excellent taste and good yield. They can be used for fresh consumption and for cooking all kinds of dishes. According to gardeners, this hybrid is indispensable for workpieces. Pickled or pickled cucumbers are very tasty, crispy, without specific bitterness.
Zelenets reaches a length of ten to twelve centimeters. Frequently tuberous fruit covered with white small spines. It has a dark green color. A distinctive feature of the hybrid "son-in-law" is the bundle formation of the ovary. Flowering and fruiting does not stop even in adverse weather conditions. In each node, six to eight ovaries are formed. This significantly increases productivity, which reaches 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. A perfect complement to this hybrid can serve as a mother-in-law cucumber.
Description
The precocious self-pollinated hybrid begins to bear fruit forty-eight days after emergence. Distinctive features of the plant are the predominantly female type of flowering, the bundle formation of the ovary. The cucumber "mother-in-law" f1 has universal qualities. Reviews of the owners of an amazing hybrid emphasize the stretched and abundant fruiting. In one ovary, you can count from three to five ovaries. Five to six kilograms of greens are collected from one plant. This hybrid is well developed both in open ground and in film greenhouses. The tuberous greenery is covered with small brown spikes.
In length, it reaches thirteen centimeters. On average, one cousin "mother-in-law" can weigh one hundred grams. Reviews of gardeners who grew this promising hybrid, note its excellent taste. It is equally good in fresh or processed form. Particularly successful will be blanks for future use. Zelentsy for this collect different sizes. They canned food retain excellent taste and density. Crispy flavored cucumber "mother-in-law" f1. Reviews speak of its magnificent pickling qualities. In addition to the listed advantages, the mother-in-law cucumber is a rather cold-resistant plant, slightly affected by diseases. The advantages and prospects of beam hybrids are undeniable. However, they will require special care.
Growing Features
The bunch type of ovary is distinguished by a cucumber "mother-in-law" and "son-in-law".
The photo perfectly demonstrates the numerous formation of the ovary. From one plant, from four to five hundred greenhouses develop in a season due to this. However, increased fruit formation will require enhanced plant nutrition and special agricultural technology. With ordinary care, beam 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 area of nutrition. For this, landing is done more sparse. No more than two or three plants are planted per square meter of area.
By the beginning of fruiting, a powerful root system and stem of the cucumber "mother-in-law" and "son-in-law" should form. Residents of summer residents recommend these hybrids to grow in seedlings. Each plant is sown in a separate seedling tank. This will help not to damage the root system when moving to a permanent place. Gardeners advise using temporary shelters or insulated ridges. It is advisable in them to withstand plants until flowering.
Seedling: cultivation, planting dates in open ground
Further development of a vegetable crop and obtaining a good, high-quality crop depend on the quality of planting material. For outdoor and indoor soil, planting material is grown equally. The planting dates will be different, which will depend on the growing conditions and climate of the cultivated area. When planting in open ground should have two or three real leaves cucumber "mother-in-law" and "son-in-law". The feedback from experienced gardeners provides information 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 passes. Three weeks should be counted from this date - we will get the desired number, the time of sowing seeds for seedlings.
Landing
When forming 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 cucumber "mother-in-law" and "son-in-law" on a trellis . Reviews confirm the positive effect of this method.
It is convenient for agricultural activities. Numerous ovaries do not touch the ground. They are not contaminated, well ventilated and not shaded. This helps prevent diseases and increase bush productivity. The support can be
wooden blocks or
metal pipes, the height of which should be at least two meters. Between them pull the wire or fix the mesh. The lashes of the plant are securely fixed on the trellis.
Care
The entire vegetative period will require special attention to beam type cucumbers. In order to get as many juicy, crisp gherkins out of numerous ovaries, you will need a special growing regime. This is regular watering and fertilizing. To moisten the soil using warm water. Drying of the soil can be detrimental to the ovary. After moistening the soil, loosening and mulching is carried out.
At the beginning of flowering, watering is carried out every three days. Top dressing is performed every week. For one square meter of cucumber beds, at least twenty grams of complex mineral fertilizer are 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 obtain a high yield, cucumber "son-in-law" is often used. Reviews of the owners of this hybrid pay attention to an important agricultural technique - the formation of a bush. Without it, hybrids of "son-in-law" and "mother-in-law", instead of the expected harvest, will be upset by the numerous empty flowers. Timely plant formation will help to avoid this. Hybrids with beam formation of the ovary are grown in one stem. The bottom three nodes of the plant "blind", removing flowers and developing lateral shoots, which pinch the growth point. On the main stem in each node there remains a leaf with a formed bouquet of cucumbers. After harvesting, the plant will require fertilizer. In the axils of the leaves, new tufts of ovary will form.
Harvest
The mother-in-law hybrid forms three or four ovaries in the leaf axils at the same time. A large number of greens will surprise cucumber "son-in-law" f1. Reviews gardeners advise their collection to be carried out daily or every other day.
Cucumbers will not outgrow and delay the formation of new ovaries. Zelentsy, intended for harvesting, use within ten hours after collection.