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- 1 The best varieties of cucumbers grown in greenhouses near Moscow
- 1.1 Zozulya F1 variety
- 1.2 Variety Masha F1
- 1.3 Connie F1 variety
- 1.4 Tumi F1 variety
- 1.5 Variety Courage F1
- 1.6 Goosebump F1 variety
- 1.7 Variety Kuzya F1
- 1.8 Claudia F1 variety
- 1.9 Variety Boy-with-finger F1
- 1.10 Variety Crunchy Cellar F1
- 1.11 Variety White Angel F1
- 1.12 Variety Surprise
- 1.13 Variety Babayka F1
- 1.14 Variety Chupa-Shchups F1
Today, a greenhouse on a summer cottage in the Moscow region has become commonplace from exoticism, and more and more gardeners are planting plants in greenhouses to get early harvests of garden crops. One of these very popular greenhouse crops is cucumbers.
For lovers of fresh and pickled cucumbers who want to grow them in a greenhouse, it is better to choose parthenocarpic hybrids that bear fruit without pollinating insects.
Important qualities for greenhouse cucumbers are disease resistance and shade tolerance.
Greenhouse varieties are divided into three large groups. The first bears fruit in winter and spring, the second in spring and summer, the third in summer and autumn. First of all, it is necessary to decide whether the cucumbers will grow in the greenhouse all year round or only in certain seasons.
Next, you should answer yourself the question: what is required early maturity?
All varieties of cucumbers are rather conditionally divided into three groups:
- early maturing: fruiting in less than forty-five days after germination;
- mid-season: from forty to fifty days;
- late ripening; in fifty days.
If the greenhouse is large, you can try to choose varieties so that you always have fresh cucumbers.
The second question that you should answer yourself when going to the store to buy seeds: what will cucumbers be used for? There are also three groups here: for pickles and pickling, for salads and universal.
Salad cucumbers have a thick skin. They are not suitable for pickles. The brine will not be able to penetrate the thick skin and salt the vegetable properly.
The best choice for a small gardener would be universal varieties.
Going to the store to buy seeds, decide on the timing of fruiting and the scope of your crop, so as not to get lost in the sea of the varieties offered. However, even with a very narrow choice, your eyes will still run up, and the best varieties for you will have to be chosen experimentally. It is possible to provide some help.
The best varieties of cucumbers grown in greenhouses near Moscow
The concept of "best" is different for everyone. Someone worries about productivity, someone precocity, someone taste, someone unpretentiousness. Everyone chooses according to their own criteria.
Zozulya F1 variety
One of the most popular varieties for greenhouses, not only in the Moscow region, but throughout the CIS.
Mid-season. From ten to twelve kilograms are removed from a square meter. Parthenocarpic, it can bear fruit in greenhouses.
An important advantage of the variety is its resistance to diseases that develop in greenhouses. Including ascochitis. The seeds of this cucumber can be sown dry, but the soil temperature should be around 28 degrees. It is necessary to monitor the optimum humidity and temperature. The disadvantage of Zozuli is the possible bitterness with poor watering.
Variety Masha F1
A relatively new bunchy hybrid of the gherkin type. Recommended for greenhouses. Early ripening. A fairly open plant, forming up to six ovaries in one bunch, which greatly facilitates harvesting. The variety is versatile. Resistant to greenhouse diseases. Seeds are sown in a covered, unheated greenhouse at the rate of four to five seeds per square meter.When grown on trellises, leave two to three plants per square meter. The depth of planting seeds is one and a half - two centimeters. Watering every two to three days with extremely warm water. Fertilizers are applied during watering every ten days.
Connie F1 variety
Suitable for growing in a greenhouse. It is considered one of the best hybrids in its group. Early ripe high-yielding variety... Average number of lashes with bunched ovaries. Gives up to fourteen kilograms per square meter of greenhouse. Resistant to greenhouse diseases. The seeds are planted in soil that has warmed up to at least fourteen degrees to a depth of three centimeters. The seeds must be soaked before sowing.
Watering is done with warm water with regular fertilizing.
Tumi F1 variety
Stable, very early maturing hybrid. For cultivation, glass and film greenhouses are used. Ripens on the fortieth day. Cucumbers up to 12 cm long, can withstand long-term storage. Resistant to the vast majority of greenhouse diseases. The yield is up to twenty kilograms per square meter, the plant density is three - three and a half bushes per square meter.
Variety Courage F1
Designed for greenhouses. Parthenocarpic. In summer and autumn, it bears fruit in a maximum of forty-four days, in winter in fifty-four. It is formed into one stem. Beam. One node can have two to ten ovaries. Cucumbers up to 16 centimeters in length and up to 120 grams in weight. Versatile. Keeps freshness up to ten days after harvest. Productivity up to twelve kilograms per square meter.
Resistant to greenhouse diseases. Photophilous.
It is necessary to ensure that the leaves do not grow and do not obscure the ovaries. Also, the yield will be lower with late planting, as the length of the day decreases in autumn. To obtain the maximum possible yield, it is necessary to observe the planting density: two plants per square meter. Zelentsy should not be overexposed. With timely harvesting, new ovaries appear. The Kurazh variety is included in the State Register of Russia.
Goosebump F1 variety
Does not suffer from powdery mildew and cladosporium disease, but vulnerable to peronosporosis and root rot.
Hybrid for greenhouses and open beds. Included in the state register of the Russian Federation. Parthenocarpic early maturing with bundle type of ovary formation. One node has up to six female flowers.
The bush is formed into one stem, since the variety has an average ability to form lateral shoots. Versatile. Good fruit taste. Cucumbers are up to thirteen centimeters long and weigh up to one hundred grams. You can get twelve kilograms of the crop per square meter. The planting density on trellises is two plants per meter.
Variety Kuzya F1
Parthenocarpic early ripe hybrid beam type for greenhouses... Zelentsy are short, up to seven centimeters. There is no bitterness at the genetic level. Versatile. Suitable for pickles, preservation and fresh salads. Especially good with cherry tomatoes.
Claudia F1 variety
Recommended for greenhouses. It has established itself as a reliable variety that can give a good harvest even under unfavorable conditions, since all flowers are female. Indented. Universal. Cucumbers have a great taste, there is no bitterness. Size up to twelve centimeters, weight up to eighty grams. Fruiting in 50 days after germination. You can get up to twenty-seven kilograms per square meter. Differs in resistance to weather conditions, does not require daily harvest. For this reason, it is a very good option for gardeners who harvest once a week.
Seeds are sown to a depth of one and a half to two centimeters into the heated ground. The bush has the ability to grow well, too frequent planting of seeds is contraindicated.Watered with warm water, fertilizer is applied every ten days.
Variety Boy-with-finger F1
Bushy parthenocarpic hybrid for greenhouses and open beds. High-yielding. Early ripe. Cucumbers up to ten centimeters long. Universal.
Bushes grow strong, with long branches. Do not thicken the planting, bush hybrids are photophilous. Leave enough room for the cucumbers to grow.
Variety Crunchy Cellar F1
It must be admitted that the name of the variety is rather strange, which is redeemed by its excellent taste. Designed for greenhouses and open beds. Early ripening, versatile. Resistant to greenhouse diseases.
Seeds are sown to a depth of two to three centimeters in the soil warmed up to fourteen degrees. The above varieties have already been tested by time and received the title of "best" from professional vegetable growers. But progress does not stand still. Today, they are gaining popularity, maybe not yet bearing the title of "best", but definitely exotic varieties.
Variety White Angel F1
It is included in the state register for growing in greenhouses of private household plots and small farms. A productive late-ripening hybrid. Cucumbers are white, eight centimeters long. In an immature state, they have a greenish tint. The pulp is greener than the skin. Overriding, they acquire a completely white color and a spherical shape. Cucumber for universal use. Well canned, but the rind is harsh, not for everybody.
Variety Surprise
It is a thermophilic late-ripening variety that bears fruit one hundred days after germination. Grown in a greenhouse. The lashes are long, but the overwhelming majority of the fruits are tied in the middle of the vine. The length of the fruit can be up to one meter, but the quality will be much worse than that of a green leaf twenty centimeters long. Too soft for preservation, only consumed fresh.
Two more parthenocarpic varieties are completely new for the Moscow region. Perhaps in a couple of years they will receive the title of "best". The breeders of these varieties undoubtedly have a sense of humor.
Variety Babayka F1
Breeders promise a thin, delicate skin and sweet crunchy flesh in this early ripe bunchy hybrid. The ability to grow side shoots is genetically limited, that is, does not require stem formation.
The length of the zelents is up to thirteen centimeters. The variety is versatile. Resistant to major diseases. It is frost-resistant, which is important when growing it in unheated greenhouses.
Variety Chupa-Shchups F1
Yes exactly. Received the name for the shape of the fruit. Already included in the state register as recommended for growing in greenhouses in private household plots.
The diameter of the fruit is four to five centimeters, and the weight is up to eighty grams. Early maturing, frost-resistant. In a knot of three female flowers. The pulp is sweet, juicy. The variety is versatile.
Seeds are recommended to be sown directly to the greenhouse in mid-May.
