Description of the variety of cucumbers Farmer, features of cultivation and yield
Cucumber Farmer F1 is declared by the manufacturer as a super-yielding hybrid. Its yield is impressive. With standard care, 25 kg of zelents are removed from a square meter. For those who are impressed by this figure, here is a brief description of the variety and a few tips for care.
Short description
Farmer's cucumbers must be grown outdoors.
Both methods are suitable for reproduction:
- dry (germinated) seeds in the ground;
- 25-day seedlings.
Each of the methods has its advantages, its disadvantages: an early harvest when using seedlings, stronger bushes when sowing with dry seeds.
Ripening terms, sowing
The plant is mid-maturing, it enters the fruiting season 40–45 days after germination. Cucumber seedlings The farmer is planted in the ground at the end of May under the covering material or in the first decade of June. Accordingly, seeds are sown for seedlings from the end of April to 10-15 May. Quality seeds sprout within a week.
With seeds in the ground, a cucumber of the Farmer variety should be sown at the end of May. Auspicious days for planting cucumbers from May 24 to May 28. When forming holes, add fertilizers (superphosphate, urea, potassium nitrate), humus, ash to the soil. Water the soil, crush, put 3 seeds each, sprinkle with sifted humus, layer thickness 1.5-2 cm.
Fruit
The characteristics of the fruit will satisfy any gourmet. They are even, slightly ribbed, white-spiked. The length of marketable zelents is from 10 to 12 cm. You can pick gherkins, they are of good quality, and can be used for blanks.
The average fruit weight is around 100 g. Zelentsy have a classic cucumber taste, aromatic, without bitterness. The purpose of the fruit is universal:
- summer vegetable salads;
- hot snacks;
- winter salads;
- pickles and pickles.
For winter harvesting, the choice for growing in your garden a variety of cucumber Farmer is more than justified. Alternatively, for a small market business, the hybrid is ideal: buyable, productive, easy to maintain.
Bushes
Farmer F1 is an indeterminate plant, the growth of the central stem is unlimited. The average length of the lashes is 2 m. The bushes are medium-branched, covered with dark green leaves. The size of the leaf plates is average, the surface is slightly wrinkled. The flowering type is female. Fruits are formed in nodes of 1-2 pieces. A bush with a dense planting can be carried out in one stem.
Pollination
Cucumber cultivar The Farmer belongs to the group of bee-pollinated plants, therefore it is not very suitable for greenhouse cultivation. In order for the cucumbers to tie well, plant a pollinator variety on the garden bed. The main requirement for selection is one flowering time.
Landing scheme
For full development, the bushes need space.Often it is not necessary to plant cucumbers, the yield drops with a dense planting, 30 cm is the optimal distance when forming holes. Leave one bush in each hole.
Good reviews about growing a hybrid on a trellis. Vertically growing cucumbers get sick less, bear fruit better and longer. Such plantings of cucumbers are easier to care for. Install the trellis when preparing the ridges for planting. The bushes are tall, so construct the structure with a height of 1.8–2 m.
Planting and grooming tips
Care tips are simple. To obtain early production, grow seedlings, for winter harvesting, sow the ridge with cucumber seeds. Farmer from late May to June 10. Focus on watering and disease prevention during summer care.
Watering should be carried out regularly (every 3 days). Water temperature for irrigation is 20–25 ° C. Watering time: morning - until 11 o'clock, evening - before sunset. The best harvest of cucumbers is obtained by using trellis and mulching the soil. The farm hybrid loves feeding, responds especially well to the application of nitrogen fertilizers or mullein infusion in the phase of active growth.
Reviews
According to gardeners, the Farmer variety copes well with the vagaries of the weather, fruitful, simple to care for, pleases with long fruiting.
Valentin, Saratov:
“I am a farmer, cucumbers are a source of income in the summer. Cucumber variety Farmer has been planting soot for many years. I sow in the ground at the end of May, bear fruit for a long time, stable. Care is simple: drip irrigation, weeding. I combine top dressing with watering. They buy cucumbers well. "
Alena, Nizhny Novgorod:
“I plant several holes for winter harvesting. I collect gherkins, pickles. The blanks go great in winter. She praised the Farmer variety to her neighbors, they also got hooked on it, now it's always with the harvest. "
