Every year, new varieties of cucumbers with improved characteristics are created, you have to study a lot of information in order to choose the best one. The Emerald earrings variety was created in 2011 by the specialists of Gavrishsem LLC. Belong to the bundle type: ovaries are formed in each node at once, several pieces. Depending on weather conditions and soil fertility, the number of cucumbers in each bunch can reach 10 pieces.

Characteristics and description

By the type of flowering, the variety is parthenocarpic (self-pollinated). This means it is suitable for both greenhouse and outdoor cultivation. The cucumber is crispy, there are no voids in it, it is fragrant. Fruits are even, covered with fluff, no more than 10 cm long. Skin color corresponds to the name.

The main advantages of the variety:

 

  • Early maturity. After sprouting, an average of 45 days pass before the first harvest. This quality allows sowing in several stages and harvesting until October.
  • Productivity. Up to 10 kg of fresh cucumbers can be harvested from one plant.
  • Disease resistance.
  • Versatility. Varietal cucumber grows indoors and outdoors. The plant feels best in a greenhouse.
  • Cold resistance. The variety tolerates temperature extremes, especially mature plants. Lowering the temperature below + 5 ° C negatively affects the condition of the young plant. It stops developing. This variety does not tolerate frosts, even short-term ones.
  • Universal purpose. The fruits are good fresh and salted.
  • Female flowering type. Allows you to get a harvest even with unfavorable weather surprises for pollinators.

Cucumber emerald earrings on a branch

Note! The plant produces its entire crop within two weeks.

The only drawback of this variety is its prickly nature. It is necessary to collect fruits with gloves.

Another property of Emerald Earrings is the quick return of the harvest. This feature can be attributed to both positive and negative.

Growing conditions

What Cucumbers Emerald Earrings Look Like

Cucumbers Sankina Lyubov

To get a good harvest of cucumbers you need:

  • Observe the temperature regime. Daytime temperature is not lower than 18-20 ° C. Nighttime - not lower than 15 ° C. Such conditions are provided by planting at a later date, in a greenhouse or under temporary film shelters.
  • Provide soil moisture. Until the emergence of shoots, watering should be daily. After - regular to maintain the surface layer of the soil in a moderately moist state.
  • Eliminate drafts. If the weather is hot, the greenhouse or greenhouse is ventilated by opening only one side.
  • Provide regular feeding. Watering with a solution of potassium humate is necessary once a week. Once every two weeks, you need top dressing with a full mineral fertilizer.

Further care consists in watering, feeding, removing weeds and regularly harvesting.

Cucumber care

Bunch cucumbers need to pinch the side shoots. Each shoot is pinched after the third leaf. Without this technique, the plant sheds part of the ovaries, since it lacks nutrients that are spent on building up green mass.

With proper care, you can harvest an impressive harvest of delicious miniature cucumbers every year.