Description and characteristics of the German cucumber variety, planting and care
Cucumbers are one of the most common crops grown in their gardens by many vegetable growers. Before growing this vegetable, you need to decide on the most suitable type of cucumber. Currently, Herman f1 cucumbers are popular. This variety stands out from the rest for its excellent taste and good yield.
Description
Before planting seeds, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the characteristics of such cucumbers. The characteristic with the description of the cucumber Herman f1 will help to find out the basic information.
Such cucumbers were bred relatively recently - at the beginning of 2001. During their existence, they have attracted not only experienced gardeners, but also beginners who have recently started growing cucumbers. Cucumber variety Herman f1 can be attributed to the universal types of cucumbers, as they grow without problems in greenhouses and outdoors. The main advantages of the variety include its resistance to mosaic, cladosporium and powdery mildew.
However, to protect against other common diseases, you will have to engage in preventive maintenance.
During cultivation, small dark green leaves appear on the bushes. They densely cover the bushes, so it is recommended to break them periodically so that the cucumbers are not constantly in the shade. The fruits of the variety have a cylindrical shape and are also colored dark green. Small light streaks and slight mottling can be seen on their skin. The sizes of Herman cucumbers are not very large - they grow up to 7-8 cm in length. However, in greenhouses, you can also find larger fruits more than 10 cm long.
Cucumber Herman f1 has good taste. There is absolutely no bitterness in its pulp. This feature allows them to be used during the preparation of winter pickles or fresh vegetable salads. The advantages of fruits include the duration of their storage. When stored for several months, the skin of Herman cucumbers does not turn yellow. This allows the harvested crop to be transported over fairly long distances.
Sowing seeds
After reading the description of the Herman cucumber variety, you can start planting them. Before planting cucumbers in the open field, you need to start growing seedlings for further transplantation. Planting seeds should be carried out in the first half of the month, so that by the end of spring, mature seedlings can be planted on the site.
Seed preparation
Planting the seeds of Herman cucumbers without preliminary preparation is quite dangerous, since untreated planting material can be a carrier of various infections.So that the seedlings do not suffer from various diseases in the future, it is recommended to disinfect the seeds in advance. Often, a weak manganese solution is used for this, prepared from 3-5 grams of potassium permanganate and one liter of water. All this is thoroughly mixed and infused for 5 minutes. Then all the seeds are placed in the prepared solution for half an hour.
Soil preparation
For planting the seeds of Herman cucumbers, it is recommended to use porous soil, as it allows oxygen and moisture to pass through quite well. Before using the soil for planting cucumbers, you should check its acidity. The acidity level should not be higher than 6-7 pH. A sufficient amount of nutrients should be included in the soil. If there are too few of them, then you will have to add wood ash with humus and peat to the ground yourself.
Landing
Prepared seeds can be planted in small peat or plastic pots. To do this, each container is pre-filled with prepared soil. After that, small holes 2-3 mm deep are made in the pots. When all the seeds are planted, all the cucumber pots are covered with polyethylene and transferred to a room with a temperature of 20-25 degrees.
The first shoots should appear a week after planting the seeds.
Planting seedlings
When the seeds of Herman cucumbers germinate well, and the seedlings get stronger, you can start transplanting it.
Site preparation
Before planting cucumbers and starting to grow them in a greenhouse or outdoors, you should start preparing the site. It is recommended to carry out preparatory work in the middle of autumn. It is during this period that it is necessary to add all the necessary mineral fertilizers to the soil. In autumn, the area is covered with cement dust, ash, chalk or hydrated lime.
The second stage of preparation takes place in the spring, when the soil is already sufficiently warmed up. In early March, the entire plot is dug up to a depth of about 30 cm. After that, humus with compost is added to the top layer of the earth. You can also add a little sawdust, fallen leaves and dried grass to the soil.
Transfer
The planting scheme for Herman cucumbers is quite simple and even people without experience will be able to transplant seedlings on their own. First, you should do the preliminary preparation of the beds. To do this, a trench is created on the site, into which compost with humus should be added. Fertilizers are thoroughly mixed with the soil, after which you can start creating the next bed.
When all the beds on the site are prepared, you need to remove the seedlings from the containers for transplanting. This is done very carefully so as not to accidentally damage the young seedlings. All seedlings are taken from the pots along with the soil. They need to be planted at such a distance that in the future they do not greatly shade each other. It is possible to grow a good harvest only if the bushes are planted at a distance of 60-70 cm. After planting all the seedlings, the beds must be moistened with warm water and the soil must be slightly compacted with your hands.
Care
During the cultivation of Herman cucumbers, it is necessary to properly care for them. After all, the quality of the harvested cucumber crop largely depends on the care.
How to form a bush
Each grower forms cucumber bushes during their cultivation, since the correct formation of cucumbers will allow you to get very large and juicy fruits in the future.
To form cucumbers, all lateral shoots and female flowers should be removed in the axils of the first three leaves. If you do not follow the development of new shoots, they will begin to actively grow and consume too many nutrients. During pinching, you can leave several shoots located in the axils of the upper leaves.
Watering
However, not only the formation of the cucumber bush affects the amount of the crop. One of the conditions for improving yields is proper watering. It is necessary to pour water into the holes of the row spacing. This will keep the soil moist at all times. Watering is recommended in the evening or sutra before the sun rises. For this, only warm liquid is used.
Therefore, before watering, it must be slightly warmed up on a gas stove or heated in the sun during the day.
It is not recommended to pour plenty of water over the cucumber bushes, as due to the large amount of moisture cucumbers can develop various diseases. One liter of water is consumed for each bush.
Top dressing
The cultivation of Herman cucumbers should be accompanied by regular fertilizing of the soil with fertilizers. This should be started when 2-4 true leaves are formed on each cucumber bush. For the full development of the bushes, potassium, phosphorus and a little nitrogen must be regularly added to the soil. Some growers enrich the soil with mullein solution, bird droppings and ammophos.
Conclusion
Herman cucumbers are an excellent variety that anyone can grow. To do this, it is enough to study the reviews from the video, which will describe in detail the process of planting and caring for cucumbers.
