Description of the Spino cucumber variety, features of cultivation and care
The Spino f1 cucumber, created by breeders from Holland, tolerates normally a lack of light and is grown in two revolutions. This parthenocarpic variety does not require pollination by bees; fruits are tied with pistils and stamens. Such hybrids are planted in film and glass greenhouses, and they yield crops in an open garden.
Description of fruits
All cucumbers, which ripen 35–40 days after the growing season, grow 12–14 cm in length. Their skin is covered with large tubercles. Zelentsy have a beautiful shade, there are no stripes or spots on the surface. The fruits are characterized by:
- cylindrical;
- lack of bitterness;
- excellent sweetish taste.
When overgrown, cucumbers do not change color, retain an attractive appearance. Zelentsy is used not only in salads, they are pickled in jars in winter, it is impossible to refuse lightly salted cucumbers. The hybrid seeds are produced by Syngenta and sold in various countries. It is impossible to collect the grains on your own.
Hybrid characteristics
Despite the fact that Spino cucumbers have been grown in Russia for only a couple of years, reviews indicate that the summer residents who first planted this variety did not have time to pick cucumbers. I had to do this every day. The characteristics of the hybrid attracted farmers, they sowed twice and both times ripened a good harvest.
Due to the fact that the cucumber has short internodes, a narrow leaf plate, a lot of ovary is formed on it. The bush starts up a small number of shoots, up to 5 greens are formed in one bosom, which is characteristic of the bouquet type of flowering.
The parthenocarpic hybrid is not affected:
- cucumber mosaic;
- powdery mildew;
- olive spot;
- gray rot.
This variety of cucumbers has its own characteristics that must be taken into account by those who are going to grow it. A good harvest is obtained in both the first and second rotation, if the ovary is properly regulated. If this requirement is ignored, it crumbles.
The advantages of Spino cucumber include:
- early maturation;
- long-term storage;
- resistance to temperature shocks;
- high ability to recover.
From a square meter it is possible to collect up to 20-25 kg of dark green hybrid fruits, which do not lose their presentation when delivered over a long distance.
Ripening of cucumbers is not slowed down when lighting deteriorates. The fruits do not change their shape or color, even if they are removed with a delay.
How is a hybrid planted?
Golan cucumber seeds do not need to be soaked in potassium permanganate and wait for them to sprout. The seedling method does not require special skills.
Light soil is poured into the pots, which is disinfected with a solution of the biofungicide "Glyokladin", which prevents the appearance of root rot in cucumbers. 2 days after such soil treatment, water is poured into the container, holes are made to a depth of 2 cm, cucumber seeds are placed and sprinkled with soil.
To prevent the earth from being covered with a crust, a film is placed on top of the beds. When the first leaf appears, you need to deepen the seedlings and start picking. If you maintain the same humidity and temperature no higher than 22 degrees, the cucumbers will not stretch.
Seedlings are sent to the greenhouse 20-25 days after the sprouts emerge, placing 2.5 bushes on a square meter. By that time, it should have at least 3 leaves.
With a different growing technology:
- Watering the soil in the garden.
- Wells are made every 20 cm.
- 5 cucumber seeds are placed in the holes to a depth of 2 cm.
In the seedless method, between the rows, leave from 30 to 40 centimeters.
The second crop rotation is made possible by the fact that the cucumbers ripen with insufficient light. To form powerful roots, the lower nodes are removed from the bushes. A month and a half later, another harvest of beautiful and tasty cucumbers ripens.
Care advice
While farmers are only studying the description of the variety, the Spino hybrid has proven that it tolerates sharp temperature jumps, prolonged absence of the sun.
Cucumber care includes:
- regular feeding;
- moistening and loosening the soil;
- weed removal;
- garter to the trellis.
To strengthen the roots, prevent the appearance of a crust on the ground, after watering the bushes are spud. To protect the plant from harmful insects and diseases, cucumbers are sprayed with fungicides in the form of Fitosporin-M, Gamair, Binoram, and copper oxychloride.
In addition to manure and ash, mineral fertilizers are also used for feeding cucumbers. During the growing season of the hybrid, nitrogen and potassium are added in the same proportion, when the ovary appears, the amount of the second trace element is increased, the leaves of the hybrid are treated with a weak solution of copper nitrate.
It is better to water cucumbers in the evening, in the absence of such an opportunity - early in the morning. The excess ovary is necessarily cut off, it is enough to leave 2 dozen fruits on the bush. Then the cucumbers will have the same size, the yield will increase.
Despite the fact that the Spino hybrid was bred specifically for closed ground, it is also grown in the fields in a seedless way. With each season, this variety of cucumbers is gaining more and more popularity.
