Cucumbers have always been popular with Russian gardeners. Among the variety of varieties, domestic and Dutch cucumber seeds are most common. The latter have proven themselves excellently due to their high yield and resistance to various diseases.
The immunity grafted into the culture at the genetic level makes the plant hardy and quite unpretentious. It is not at all necessary to be an experienced agronomist to grow these varieties of cucumbers. However, in order to get a good harvest, certain rules must be followed.
Why are Dutch cucumbers so popular
In Russia, you can find a huge variety of cucumber hybrids. The great demand for them is due to the minimum number of shortcomings against the background of the positive qualities of culture. Their seeds are not cheap, but, as a rule, the result justifies all the costs.
Dutch cucumbers
Do not ignore the growing tips that are written on the seed packaging. It is worth considering the climate and the region, because some Russian latitudes differ in many ways from the climatic zones of the Netherlands and somewhere vegetables will have to be grown in a greenhouse.
The main advantages of Dutch cucumbers:
- high yield even from a small number of bushes. The result of a special type of ovary - "bouquet", or bunch;
- genetically determined resistance to various fungal, viral and bacterial diseases;
- excellent taste without bitterness, even with insufficient watering;
- presentation of fruits, cucumbers are of the same size and presentable;
- good tolerance for long-term transportation;
- suitability for consumption both fresh and canned.
The best varieties of cucumbers for open ground
Russian gardeners and gardeners prefer the following varieties and their varieties:
Meringue F1
This variety belongs to the very early ones, it is self-pollinating and quite unpretentious in care. The fruits have a delicate and delicate aroma, the weight of each cucumber is about 100 g.
According to the description of Merengue F1, diseases such as downy mildew, transsporosis and many others are not terrible. There is no bitterness in cucumbers, and the duration of fruiting is quite long. If you feed the plants in accordance with all the rules of agronomy, they will bear fruit until October.
Meringue F1
Masha - hybrid F1
This type of breeders received as a result of crossing two varieties. Cucumbers-hybrids from Holland Masha have a lot of advantages: increased yield, presentable uniform-sized fruits and one-time ripening.
The plant has a female flowering type and parthenocarpic fruit formation. The lashes of the hybrid reach 70 centimeters when grown outdoors and up to a meter in greenhouse conditions.
Masha - hybrid F1
Ecole F1
The Ekol hybrid is self-pollinating, the fruits ripen quickly enough, on average 45-47 days. The hybrid is recognized as acceptable for growing in the North Caucasus by the state register of Russia.
Plant height reaches three meters, does not differ in a large number of lashes and has rather small foliage.
As a rule, there are 5 fruit ovaries for each node.
The fruits are rather small, no more than 7 centimeters in length, and the weight does not exceed 75 g. Dutch cucumbers are prickly to the touch, with a compacted "edge".The peel is dark green in color, with small spots and whitish blotches. Most often, such fruits are used for salting and other types of canning, although they are also used fresh.
Ecole F1
When growing hybrid varieties, it is important to take into account the climatic characteristics of the region and follow all the rules of care. It also takes into account the formation of bushes and the Dutch technology of growing cucumbers. In this case, the Dutch cucumber varieties will fully meet expectations and become a decoration of any table.
The advantage of the "Dutch" is not only in the rapid ripening, but also in the special rich taste of the fruit.
