Description of the Urban cucumber variety, cultivation features and yield
The f1 city cucumber is a variety bred by the Manul agricultural firm. Due to its compact size and shade tolerance, the gherkin is suitable for growing on a balcony, veranda, or loggia.
Description
Early maturing parthenocarpic variety. The first fruits begin to ripen 40–42 days after the emergence of sprouts. Strongly branched, vigorous plant moderately covered with small leaves. The ovaries are placed in bunches on the stem. In one sinus, from 3 to 9 ovaries are formed. The peduncle is long.
The surface of the cucumber is covered with tubercles and short white thorns. The length of the zelents is 9–12 cm, and the diameter varies from 2.1 to 2.7 cm. With proper care, the weight of the fruit is 75–90 g. Unlike other types of cucumbers, these gherkins retain their appearance and shape for a long time. The taste of Zelentsov is delicate, pleasant, the smell is rich and cucumber. The pulp is firm and crispy. Cucumbers are suitable for making salads, canned vegetables. Productivity - 11-12 kg per 1 sq. m. area.
The variety is resistant to diseases familiar to the culture - cucumber mosaic, olive spot, powdery mildew. The immunity to peronosporosis is average.
F1 Urban cucumber is suitable for garden and greenhouse cultivation. Due to their undemanding lighting conditions, cucumbers are grown on the windowsill, balcony, loggia. The recommended planting density of cucumbers in the garden is 4–5 plants per square meter. m., in a greenhouse - 2.5-3.
Given the facts included in the description, the following advantages of a gherkin are distinguished:
- Early ripening.
- Good appearance and organoleptic characteristics of cucumbers.
- Long-term fruiting.
- Versatility.
- Immunity to most cucumber diseases.
Features of growing and care
Depending on where the culture will grow, cucumbers are sown in peat pots or a garden bed. For growing at home, seeds are planted in pots, flowerpots, containers. The container should have holes for water outflow, a double bottom or a pan. Most of the containers are filled with a loose disinfected substrate. During the growing season of cucumbers, as the soil is tamped, it is poured to the initial level.
In order for the bush to have enough food, and the soil does not dry out, plants need to be planted in a container of at least 5 liters.
When the temperature outside the window rises to + 24– + 26 ⁰С, cucumber seeds are planted in pots to a depth of 1.5–2 cm and placed on the east or south-east windowsill. To prevent the soil from drying out, cover the container with glass. When it is not yet warm outside the window, you can grow cucumbers using seedlings.
After the sprouts of the hybrid variety appear, the temperature is kept at + 20– + 24 ⁰С during the day, and 18–19 ⁰С at night. A moderate temperature will keep the cucumber sprouts from pulling out.The optimal volume of a pot for growing seedlings is 200-300 ml. Growing cucumbers in a smaller container is problematic, since the soil will often dry out. The root system does not have time to braid a lot of the substrate, because of which the processes may be damaged during manipulation and the plant will not take root.
At the age of 2 and 3 true leaves, the seedlings are fed with water-soluble fertilizers based on the calculation of 2-3 g per 1 liter of water. You can plant a cucumber, cucumbers on a warmed balcony from May 1 to May 5, and on an open one - from May 10 to 15. The age of seedlings at the time of transplantation to a permanent place should be 10–20 days.
Growing indoor cucumbers is possible only if the garter is correct. As a support, twines are used, attached to the upper part of the balcony and mobile U-shaped supports, which are installed in each pot. Cucumbers are also grown in hanging pots.
In order for the characteristics to correspond to reality, cucumbers are formed according to the following scheme:
- On the lower 2-3 nodes, the ovaries and lateral processes are pinched off.
- On the next pair of nodes, the ovaries are left, the shoots are removed.
- The remaining shoots are first pinched on 2 leaves, and then on 3-4.
- At the end of the trellis, pinch off the top or wrap the stem around the support and pinch off the bottom.
Reviews
Many gardeners share their impressions of growing garden crops in specialized forums. Reviews about the variety City gherkin f1 are mostly positive. Vegetable growers refer to the advantages of a hybrid cucumber as high yield and long-term fruiting, and to the disadvantages - an average taste and not aesthetic appearance.
