There is no problem in purchasing cucumber seeds. Varieties differ from each other in terms of ripening, duration of fruiting, taste and purpose. But one of the most important criteria is yield.
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When buying seeds, you should familiarize yourself with their description and photographs of the fruits.
Zozulya
Early ripening cucumbers. A hybrid of domestic selection. Self-pollinating. Suitable for growing in greenhouses and at home.
When grown on one square meter of three bushes, you can get a yield of about 40 kilograms.
Cucumbers are suitable for canning and salads.
The fruit has a thin skin with pimples of an intense green color. The seeds are small.
The mass of one cucumber reaches a mass of up to 300 grams.
The vegetable ripens 45 days after germination. Shoots do not need to be pinched.
The variety is resistant to bad weather conditions.
Phoenix
Creeping variety of late ripening. Bred in 1985 in the city of Krymsk. Shoots are two and a half meters long. It is not recommended to tie it up (burns may appear on the leaves). Fruiting is long-term.
Fruits reach a weight of 220 grams. Suitable for canning.
The variety is resistant to disease.
Features of care - the presence of moisture. Watering is required every two days. The water must be settled.
Lord
Open ground grade. Average ripening period. Pollinated only by bees.
It is characterized by intensive development of shoots. The length of the fruit is 12 centimeters. Having planted three bushes on one square meter, you can get a crop of about 25 kilograms.
Features of agricultural technology:
- The soil is rich in micro and macro elements.
- Embedding depth is two centimeters. Otherwise, a large number of seeds may not germinate.
Salting
The variety belongs to early maturing. Flowering is mixed. Pollinated by bees.
Fruits no more than 12 centimeters long. They have thin, bumpy skin, weighing up to 135 grams.
The first cucumbers appear 45 days after germination. Long-term fruiting.
The pulp is juicy, dense, with a characteristic cucumber smell. Bitterness - no. Cucumbers are good for pickling.
Elegant
Every year pleases with the appearance of new seeds of cucumber hybrids. But the varieties that have previously proven themselves on the positive side also remain in the first places. These include Graceful.
Refers to early maturing. Resistant to cold weather. Therefore, it is sown early. Gives a great harvest. The fruits are good for seaming and fresh consumption.
Conclusion
Breeders are working to develop high-yielding varieties with long-term fruiting and different taste characteristics. But to obtain maximum performance, agrotechnical measures must be observed.
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