Description of the Son of the Shelf cucumber variety, features of cultivation and care

Cucumber Son of the Regiment is a hybrid high-yielding variety that conquered professional and novice gardeners with beautiful tasty greens. This information is confirmed by many gardeners, leaving positive feedback on the forums.

Description

Medium early, indeterminate variety. Fruit ripening begins 40–45 days after seed germination. The flowering type is female. 3 cucumbers are formed in one ovary. The hybrid is pollinated by bees. The bushes are medium-sized, medium-growing. The leaf plates are medium, colored green. Hybrid Son regiment has good scab resistance and powdery mildew tolerance.

The shape of the cucumbers is cylindrical, widened at the stalk. The surface is moderately covered with small tubercles. Fruit length 7-9 cm, diameter 2.5-2.8 cm. The taste is delicate, pleasant, without bitterness. Zelentsy weight - 75-100 g.

Cucumbers of the Son Shelf variety are suitable for preparing salads, vegetable and whole-fruit preserves. The hybrid is suitable for outdoor cultivation. You can also grow a crop in a greenhouse that has a beehive or fan. With proper care and favorable weather conditions, the yield of the variety is 10.5 kg / 1 sq.

The advantages of a hybrid variety are:

1. Presentation of fruits.
2. Good taste fresh and processed.
3. High productivity.
4. Resistant to most cucumber diseases.

Features of growing and care

To obtain seedlings, cucumbers are sown in late March - early April. Peat or plastic cups filled with a loose substrate are used as a planting container.

Seeds are sown in open ground when the air warms up to + 10– + 12 ⁰С. Seeds are planted in rows 1.5–2 cm deep. Recommended spacing between rows is 50 cm, between plants - 30 cm.

In caring for the Son of the Regiment cucumbers, there should be such garden manipulations:

• Watering. For cucumbers to tie well, you need to water the bushes with slightly warm water once every 2-3 days. In order to prevent root rot and fungal diseases, water is introduced into the aisles. The amount of water for irrigation is determined by the age of the plant - the older the bush, the more moisture it needs. It is believed that the moisture requirement of young plants is 3-4 times less.
• Top dressing. Like all vegetable crops, cucumbers are demanding on feeding. For normal growth, you need to make 5-6 dressings. The best results are shown by solutions of cow manure and chicken manure, a mixture of superphosphate, urea, potassium sulfate.
• Topping. They lead the bush into one stem. To improve the yield, remove some of the lower flowers. If necessary, pinch the top of the central cucumber lash.

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As you can see, caring for a hybrid is very simple.All that is needed to get a generous harvest of greens is a little effort and patience.

Reviews

Marina, 43 years old: “The variety did not meet my expectations. The yield was average, and the taste was normal. I will not plant any more. "

Ivan, 51: “One of the best early varieties I have ever grown. The cucumbers are delicious and crispy. "

Tatiana, 38 years old: “I have been growing a hybrid for several years in a row. I really like the resistance to diseases and the taste of the fruit in it. I make salad and spins from zelents. "

Lyudmila, 48 years old: “A good fruitful variety. The bushes are disease resistant and the cucumbers are beautiful and tasty. The only drawback is that when growing bushes in a greenhouse, you have to take care of pollination. "

Have you grown Son of the F1 Regiment? How did the plants show themselves? Please share your opinion so that gardeners who like the hybrid can weigh the pros and cons of a vegetable crop.