Cucumber Emerald Earrings belongs to the group of bunch cucumbers. Recently, this type of cucumber has become very popular, but in real life it is not always possible to grow what is written on a bag with seeds. How exactly to grow bunch or, as they are also called, bunch cucumbers, and this article will tell.
Description of Cucumber Emerald Earrings (F1)
This is a hybrid variety that was bred by Russian breeders, namely the Moscow agricultural company Gavrish. In 2011, this variety was included in the State Register of Russia and gave recommendations on how to grow it in various regions of the country in open and closed ground.
The cucumber variety Emerald Earrings is an early hybrid that grows in 42-45 days from the appearance of seedlings. The plants themselves are medium-sized with a female type of flowering, has 8-10 ovaries in each node. Fruits are short - 9-11 cm (technical maturity of the fetus). All Zelentsy are distinguished by high taste and marketability.
A distinctive feature of the variety is its versatility and productivity. His productivity is simply fantastic - 11-12 kg per 1 square meter! The fruits appear together, there are many ovaries in the nodes, and this allows you to collect 6-7 kg of cucumbers from one plant.
That is why the cucumber Emerald Earrings (F1) is so popular, reviews about it are mostly positive.
Features of the fruit
On the fruits of the Emerald Earrings there is a slight pubescence. Their surface is dark green with thin and short whitish stripes, with medium spotting. By weight, cucumbers grow small, about 100-120 grams. Because the fruits are very convenient to preserve.
The cucumbers of this variety have excellent taste, expressive aroma, dense and crisp flesh. There are no notes of bitterness and emptiness. By type of use, these cucumbers are considered universal. They can be eaten fresh, and prepare salads, and harvest for the winter: pickle, salt, canned.
Zelentsy have many excellent properties, and one of the most important is resistance to disease. These include:
- cucumber mosaic virus;
- cladosporiosis;
- powdery mildew;
- peronosporosis;
- brown spotting;
- root rot;
- bacteriosis.
Grade advantages Emerald earrings
As already mentioned above, the variety was included in the State Register of the Russian Federation and regionalized almost throughout the country. Of course, in the northern and northeastern regions of the country, it is desirable to grow it exclusively in greenhouses, but for more southern regions, an unheated shelter or just an open bed will be enough. Such unpretentiousness of the variety provides a high early maturity: about 1.5 months pass before the first fruits ripen. In addition, there are other advantages:
- The ovaries are arranged in bundles. Ordinary varieties have one ovary in each node, and these bunch cucumbers have from 6 to 10 ovaries in one node! Due to this morphological feature, the yield of the bush increases significantly.
- Zelenets parthenocarpic type of development, that is, these cucumbers are self-pollinated. With them there is no problem of the absence of insects in the greenhouse.
- Universal fruits, suitable for use at different stages of ripening. It is very convenient to preserve them with pickles (3-5 cm) or gherkins (5-8 cm in length). Technical maturity occurs with a fruit length of 9-11 cm. Such cucumbers with an incomparable taste and strong crisp pulp perfectly complement fresh summer salads.
When collecting these cucumbers, it is important to remember that they have very prickly spikes, so you need to protect your hands with thread gloves.
Thus, this variety has excellent characteristics, it is not surprising that reviews about cucumbers Emerald Earrings (F1) are only positive.
Cucumber Planting Rules Emerald Earrings
The seeds of these cucumbers, like other modern varieties, are fully prepared for planting by the producers themselves, and they do not need additional measures (warming up, soaking).
Seeds are sown in the greenhouse around mid-May. The manufacturer recommends a planting scheme of 50x50 cm. The maximum yield of the variety will be only in the film greenhouse, but, in principle, they can be grown in open ground. Cucumbers can be planted in the beds when the soil is already warm, and the threat of night frost will pass. Seeds are sown already in late April, and seedlings are planted in the soil in June, when 3-4 real leaflets appear in the plant.
These self-pollinated cucumbers grow well in lighted and non-shaded areas with fertile and light soil. When planting under the root, you can add a little humus and wood ash, after which everything should be watered.
Cucumber Care Emerald Earrings
Growing cucumbers Emerald earrings (F1) is not the easiest thing, they are well related to high agricultural technology, which is as follows:
- regular, timely and moderate irrigation with warm water (water needs to be warmed up for a day in the sun);
- for the season you need to feed cucumbers 3-4 times with organic and mineral fertilizers;
- it is necessary to loosen the beds before and after irrigation, so that the soil crust does not form and the air penetrates well into the soil,
- weed weeding;
- preventive spraying of plants to protect them from diseases and pests.
Thus, this article describes in detail how to care for cucumbers Emerald Earrings (F1) and reviews of gardeners. I just want to add that the variety has one feature - the return of the fruits is quite a short period. Active fruiting lasts approximately 1.5 months. To ensure the harvest all summer, seedlings are planted in several stages until the end of June.
Also, gardeners should remember that it is not worth collecting seeds of cucumbers of this variety, since the unique qualities of the hybrid are lost.
Cucumbers Emerald Earrings (F1): reviews
I really liked the variety Emerald Earrings (F1): early, fruitful, fruiting well, without a hollow stem. The cucumbers themselves are very tasty, crispy, the only negative - in pickles they are not the best.
Amazing Cucumbers! In one sinus, up to 8-10 pcs. Are formed. It just looks unrealistically beautiful, and accordingly, the yield is high. Cucumbers are delicious, only prickly, you can only collect using gloves. And so that there were really a lot of cucumbers, and the ovaries did not fall off, shoots must be pinched.