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A couple of years ago, summer residents began to widely grow cucumbers with a bouquet ovary. The arrangement of flowers in such plants is somewhat different from the standard one. Usually, cucumbers in one node can form no more than 2-3 cucumbers. But bouquet cucumbers can base from 3 to 10 ovaries. This contributes to the formation of a very good harvest, which, subject to all the rules of agricultural technology, can become even more abundant.
Benefits of Bouquet Cucumbers
The main and very significant advantage of such varieties of cucumbers is their unusually high yield. The number of ovaries in a bouquet also depends on where it is located. So, in the lower beams, it is too large. Whereas in the middle part of the plant (especially on the lateral shoots) there can be much more of them. Signs of the presence of a bouquet are visible during the period of abundant flowering and the beginning of fruiting, when the plant has not yet begun to age. Productivity during this period is usually the highest.
Flowers in bouquets do not bloom at the same time. This is an alternating process that takes several days.
And since the ovary is not formed at the same time, then on the same bush you can see cucumbers in different stages of their development. Thus, one plant can grow up to 20 fruits of different sizes. However, it all depends on the variety.
Another important advantage of such a plant is that bouquet cucumbers will in no way leave gardeners without a crop. Even if the first ovary for some reason may not develop, the next one will definitely begin to bear fruit.
How to grow properly
To get a good harvest without observing the rules of agricultural technology for such varieties of cucumber is, if not impossible, then very difficult. It must be remembered that no matter how productive the varieties have, one plant can feed only a limited amount of the ovary. It is wrong to load the plant with fruits. In order to regulate this process, there is a certain formation technique.
If the plant is properly formed, then, instead of spending its energy on the growth of extra shoots and ovaries, it directs resources to the growth of existing fruits. Excessive ovaries anyway, sooner or later, will not be able to develop normally - they will fade and dry out.
It is also important to harvest these vegetables in a timely manner. If you allow them to grow large and fully ripen, the yield will drop. Therefore, it is best to pick the fruits when they have not yet reached large sizes.
Care features
Such varieties of cucumbers always give a good harvest. But in order to grow a strong plant that will give high-quality fruits of a presentation, you need to adhere to the following rules:
- Buy seeds of cucumbers with a bouquet ovary.
- Prepare the soil for planting. This must be done at least a month before the start of disembarkation.
- When planting a plant, you need to provide for its future size and the method of forming a bush.
- Plant formation must take place on time and correctly.
- It is necessary to mulch the garden to prevent moisture evaporation. You need to add mulch every week. Green nettle mulch has a good effect on plant health.
- It is useful to water the garden with herbal infusion.
- Spray the plants with special preparations every week.
- Cucumbers require proper and timely feeding. You can use a cucumber chelate for this.
Also, do not forget about the appearance of the plant:
- The undersides should not turn yellow. If this happens, then the plants most likely lack nitrogen and must be applied along with fertilizers.
- If the dark green leaves dry up sharply and fall off, then in the composition of the soil there is lack of phosphorus.
- If the leaves on the cucumbers have light edges and begin to wilt during extreme heat, then the plant does not have enough potassium.
- If the leaves are domed in the middle, then there is a lack of potassium.
- If light spots appear on the leaves, then this indicates a lack of iron.
In order for cucumbers with a bouquet ovary to grow strong and give a bountiful harvest, they need to be looked after as well as self-pollinated ones.
The best varieties of cucumbers with a bouquet ovary
Dubrovsky F1
It is a hybrid that ripens very quickly. Usually, it takes about 40 days from the beginning of its growth to the beginning of fruiting. It is best grown outdoors, but you can also grow it in a greenhouse.
Has a female flowering type. The growth of side shoots is limited, which gives him the opportunity to devote more energy to fruiting, and the gardener takes less care of the formation of the bush.
It is recommended to sow seedlings of cucumbers of this variety in the second half of April (towards the end of the month). You can plant in open ground after the appearance of 4-5 true leaves. Usually the plant forms from four ovaries.
The fruits are cylindrical in shape, up to 4 centimeters in diameter and up to 12 in length. The plant tolerates drought well and is perfectly transported. From one bush, you can collect about 7 kilograms of fruit.
F1 picnic
This is one of the representatives of the early maturing hybrid varieties. From germination to the beginning of the entry into the fruiting phase, it takes from 42 days. Grown in greenhouses. Has a female flowering type.
For seedlings, seeds are sown in the second half of April. In the phase of appearance of 3-5 true leaves, the plant can be transplanted to a permanent place.
The fruits are cylindrical, 12-14 centimeters long, have tubercles with white thorns. The main shoot can have up to 10 bouquets at a time. Up to 9 kilograms of cucumbers can be harvested from one plant.
Lilliput F1
This is a representative of the early ripening hybrid variety with a bouquet ovary. Very quickly enters fruiting - already on the 38th day after germination. Parthenocarpic hybrid, which has a predominantly female flowering type.
It tolerates cultivation both indoors and outdoors. The seeds germinate at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.
They are planted in the ground after the plant receives 3 true leaves. The fruits grow up to 10 centimeters long. The plant can form about 10 ovaries at a time.
