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The presence of a balcony, all the more insulated and with panoramic glazing, is an important, but not the main prerequisite for creating a tiny corner of wildlife. The main reason is the indomitable desire for garden art and creativity. When even household chores are ready to make room for him. When the first living sprout, which has made its way into the light of day, evokes inimitable delight and tenderness.
Pleasant cares and joys of creativity
The sad time of late autumn, when already "the fields are squeezed and the groves are almost bare", involuntarily brings up sad thoughts about the imminent move to winter apartments. All summer residents and gardeners are completing the preparation of plots for winter. They burn old tops and insulate the compost heaps. There was nothing to grow. All that was left was cleaning, pruning and sheltering the plants for the winter. Summed up the results of the summer season and sent deep into the cellar.
And only true gardening enthusiasts tirelessly prepare planting soil and place orders for seeds of balcony plants. Cucumbers are not the last on this list. A piece of the garden, carried with him to the city on the balcony, does not carry any commercial meaning. Only the joy of communicating with a beautiful corner of nature and pleasant cares when growing your favorite plants. Let only about cucumbers on the balcony from seeds.
Before moving to a winter apartment, you must make sure that all Internet bills are paid. Otherwise, preparing to create balcony and garden miracle will be more difficult.
The beginning of the balcony-field season
You can endlessly indulge in thoughts about the eternal and only good, but right now you need to think about everything. Think and start acting. And as the famous classic of scientific communism argued, planning and accounting are the basis of any serious business.
To this end, you should take up the culture of production: remove all unnecessary items from the balcony, wash the glass, take out the trash, check the suitability of the places for installing the trellises for plants.
It is necessary in parallel to deal with the means of production. First of all, revise the means of labor: make sure that the electrical wiring is working, that the infrared heaters, lamps or phytolamps, oil radiators are working. Consider also low-value household items: recalculate the existing pots with a volume of at least 5 liters, if there is a shortage, buy new containers or make it yourself. You should also make sure that there are cups to plant the seeds, as well as check the serviceability of the blinds or the suitability of the curtains.
From the means of production it is necessary: to start and prepare the required amount of soil mixture for growing cucumbers on the balcony.
If it is impossible to complete the previous task, you need to buy a ready-made soil composition for cucumbers. The amount of soil is determined at the rate of 3 pots of cucumbers per 1 m2 balcony. The acidity of the soil should be close to pH = 6.6 units.
To pay a lot of attention to agricultural technology. It is necessary to conduct a detailed analysis of the possibilities for maintaining the required climatic values when growing cucumbers.
To finally resolve the issue with the seeds of cucumbers of current varieties: choose the seeds of the desired variety, make sure that the agrotechnical requirements are met in the cultivation of cucumbers. After that, order the seeds of the cucumbers by the scheduled date and plant them.
Gadgets such as a programmable socket, a temperature regulator and phytolamps of the required glow will provide significant help.And, of course, seeds with a stress-resistant character.
Good seeds are half the battle
Choosing seeds for growing cucumbers on the balcony is a simple matter, but at the same time complex. A simple task, since the choice of varieties for growing cucumbers on the balcony is large enough. But choosing a variety of cucumbers suitable for specific growing conditions is not entirely simple, it is necessary to decide in advance which one to prefer for growing;
- parthenocarpic cucumbers... When grown, they do not need pollination, they do not form seeds;
- self-pollinated varieties... In this variety, the flowers are bisexual - they are simultaneously endowed with both pistils and stamens, form seeds during pollination, differ in yield when grown and are resistant to diseases;
- insect pollinated varieties... When grown, they need pollination by bees, require replanting of pollinator varieties, are more compact compared to parthenocarpic and self-pollinated varieties, taste superior to both previous types of cucumbers.
There is no good harvest without the best seeds.
Good seeds of modern cucumbers are not a panacea for a bad harvest. But it would be wrong not to say that they are the main component of the overall success in the struggle for it. Parthenocarpic and self-pollinated varieties are most suitable for balcony cultivation.
Which one to choose depends on the conditions created for this and the personal preferences of the grower:
Parthenocarpic plants:
№ p / p | Variety characteristics | Variety name | |||||
Balagan variety | Banzai variety | Variety King of the Market | Variety Quick start | Baby Mini variety | Anzor variety | ||
1 | Plant type | Determ. | Indeter. | Indeter. | Determ. | Determ. | Determ. |
2 | Maturation | Early | Middle | Middle | Early | Middle | Early |
3 | The start of fruiting | After germination on the 40th day | on the 50th day after germination | on the 50th day after germination | on the 40th day after germination | on the 51st day after germination | on the 42nd day after germination |
4 | Yield | Up to 16 kg / m2 | Up to 9 kg / m2 | Up to 15 kg / m2 | Up to 12 kg / m2 | Up to 16 kg / m2 | Up to 10 kg / m2 |
5 | Zelenets sizes | Up to 14 cm long and weighing about 100 g | Up to 40 cm long and about 350 g weighing | Up to 15 cm long and weighing about 140 g | Up to 14 cm long and weighing about 130 g | Up to 9 cm long and weighing about 150 g | up to 9 cm long and about 150 g weighing |
6 | Ovary | Up to 10 pieces are formed in the nodes. | — | — | up to 30 ovaries at a time. | Up to 3 pieces are formed in the nodes. | Up to 4 pieces are formed in the nodes. |
7 | Variety resistance to disease | Resistant to most | Resistant to mosaic and cladosporium | Resistant to rot and cladosporium | Resistant to rot and cladosporium | Resistant to most | Resistant to most |
8 | Taste character | Cucumbers are dense, crunchy with tubercles | Have a pleasant taste and aroma, with bumps | Have a pleasant taste and aroma, with bumps | Good taste, not bitter, with bumps | They have a bright taste, thin skin, not bitter, with tubercles |
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9 | Application | Universal | Salad | Salad | Salting | Salad | Universal |
10 | Note |
| Shelf life is short | plant as 50 × 40 cm. | Has short lateral branching | High resistance to stress |
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Self-pollinated plants
№ p / p | Variety characteristics | Variety name | |||
Matilda variety | Zozulya variety | Zyatek variety | Emelya variety | ||
1 | Plant type | Determ. | Indeter. | Determ. | Determ. |
2 | Maturation | Middle | Early | Middle | Early |
3 | The start of fruiting | After germination on the 50th day | After germination on the 40th day | on the 48th day after germination | on the 30th day after germination |
4 | Yield | Up to 16 kg / m2 | Up to 12 kg / m2 | Up to 7 kg / m2 | Up to 15 kg / m2 |
5 | Zelenets sizes | Up to 12 cm long and weighing about 110 g | Up to 40 cm long and about 350 g weighing | Up to 10 cm gherkin type | Up to 15 cm long and weighing about 120 g |
6 | Ovary | Up to 7 pieces are formed in the nodes. | — | Up to 12 pieces are formed in the nodes. | Up to 7 ovaries at a time. |
7 | Sustainability to disease | To the majority | To the majority | To the majority | To the majority |
8 | Taste character | Cucumbers have a bright taste, smooth, not bitter, with tubercles | Cucumbers have a bright taste, smooth, not bitter, with small tubercles | Cucumbers have a bright taste, smooth, juicy and crunchy, with tubercles | Cucumbers have a bright taste, smooth, not bitter, with tubercles |
9 | Application | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal |
10 | Note | High stress resistance | Most popular variety | Plant as 50 × 40 cm. | Has short lateral branching |
All of the listed varieties of cucumbers are distinguished by excellent taste and good disease resistance. All bear fruit well and give good yields. What cucumbers to choose for your balcony is a matter of personal taste and the conditions for growing.
