Who among us does not like cucumbers? Even in winter, we are so drawn to buy a fresh green vegetable and enjoy its juicy and delicious flesh. Of course, the best cucumbers are those that have grown in our garden, and not bought in the supermarket. What kind of cucumbers is better to plant in the garden - we learn in this article.
It seems that it is very simple - to buy seeds from the store and grow a vegetable from them. But it's not entirely true. From the very first step - buying seeds - you need to decide on the choice of variety. What is it for? First of all, it depends on it, plant cucumbers in the open ground or they need a greenhouse , whether they are capable of self-pollination or they need access to bees.
In second place is the speed of ripening fruit. The earliest, for example, give fruit after 1.5 months after planting. But if you want to prolong the pleasure, you can plant a few later varieties. Another factor - you want cucumbers for salads or for pickling. And there are varieties of universal, suitable for any use.
The best varieties of cucumbers
Depending on what is more important for you - earlier ripening or better taste, the suitability of a vegetable for salads or for pickles, you need to choose one or another variety.
The best varieties of early cucumbers , for example, are:
- "Altai Early 166" is very early and productive;
- "April F1" - cold-resistant, early, can be grown on the balcony;
- "Hermann F1" is a hybrid, self-pollinating and very early hybrid;
- "Muromsky 36" - the earliest, requires frequent harvesting;
- "Moscow dude F1" - bee-dusted, early-ripening, resistant to diseases;
- "Zozulya" - ripening, very productive, resistant to diseases;
- "Cascade" - dense and crunchy fruits, often irregular in shape;
- "Finger" is a universal bee pollinated variety;
- "Borovichok F1" - early, bee-dusted, with predominantly female flowering;
- "Bush" - early maturing, the plant is very compact, with egg-shaped elongated fruit.
If we talk about the way to consume cucumbers, they are conventionally divided into salad, salted and universal. And the best salad varieties of cucumbers are:
- "Agate" is an early hybrid of salad dressing;
- "Adam" - with good in form and color fruits;
- "Aelita" - medium-ripened, shade-tolerant, good for winter greenhouses;
- "Biryusa" is a medium-sized, for winter greenhouses;
- "Elegant" - early ripening, suitable for salads and salting;
- "Movir 1" - early maturing, universal purpose;
- "Saltan" - bee-dusted, early-ripening.
The best varieties for pickling :
- "Siberian salin F1" is a precocious hybrid, with a beam arrangement of the ovaries;
- "Nezhinsky 12" - the best variety for salting, unpretentious and medium-sized;
- "Parisian cornichon" - early-maturing, bee-dusted, resistant to diseases;
- "Salty" - early, medium, with a mixed type of flowering.
Popular varieties of universal destination :
- "Zakuson F1" - ultra-rugged hybrid with excellent fruits;
- "Droplet" - early, high-yielding, with beautiful cucumbers, suitable for long-term storage and sale;
- "Ira F1" - bee-dusted, ultra-rash, with a female type of flowering.
The best sorts of cucumbers for greenhouses :
- "Boy-with-finger" - early, with a female type of flowering;
- "Benefit F1" is an early, self-pollinated hybrid;
- "Alekseyich F1" - medium-sized, universal, with female flowering;
- "Emelya F1" - early, universal.
In fact, varieties of cucumbers are much larger, we listed only the best and most popular among experienced gardeners. What sorts of cucumbers are best - it depends on what you want from them, where and under what conditions you will grow and in what form you want to eat. Make your choice consciously, and you will certainly get a good result on your site.