Libelle cucumbers and the secrets of their successful cultivation
One of the popular vegetable crops that gardeners like to grow are cucumbers. This vegetable is low in nutritional value and low in vitamins. But its high taste and wide field of application allowed it to acquire the widest popularization.
Content:
- How are cucumbers useful?
- Problems that may arise when growing cucumbers
- Cucumber varieties and hybrids
- Diseases of cucumbers
- Libelle cucumber variety
- Libelle cucumber growing system
How are cucumbers useful?
- Not quite ripe fruits - zelents are considered suitable for consumption.
- Cucumbers are pickled, canned, salted and used to prepare a variety of salads.
- They have a positive effect on the human body: they lower the acidity of gastric juice, promote easy absorption of food, are very useful for diabetes and rheumatism, liver and kidney diseases.
- This vegetable crop contains a large amount of iodine in its fruits.
Problems that may arise when growing cucumbers
Unfortunately, there are some difficulties in growing this crop. There is a significant periodicity over the years in yield and fruiting. Environmental conditions (air temperature, weather, pests, humidity) are an important influencing combination of factors. It turns out that the "successful cucumber year" falls no more than once every 5-7 years. If desired, it is possible to get acquainted with all the nuances of growing this vegetable crop. Knowing and using all the secrets of growing, it will be possible to harvest every year.
The method of cultivating cucumbers in greenhouses, that is, in greenhouses, can also serve as a guarantee of the annual harvest.
Cucumber varieties and hybrids
There are various hybrids and varieties of cucumbers. They differ in the size of the greenery and its tuberosity, the disease of resistance or its absence, the type of flowering, early maturity, suitability for processing, yield, length of the lash, color of the thorn.
In the process pollination this vegetable crop is attended by insects, the bulk of which are bees. Varieties have been created that do not need pollination. The fruits are tied by themselves. They are called parthenocarpal. They are grown in greenhouses.
The best varieties for salting are recognized hybrids and varieties, on the fruits of which there are gray-black spines and not small tubercles. They are often used for canning as well. Only for canning, it is better to take fruits with small and large tubercles and white thorns.
Diseases of cucumbers
Diseases (powdery mildew, peronosporosis, olive spot) bring great harm to these vegetable crops. Therefore, in practice, those hybrids and varieties that combine general disease resistance are of the greatest value. The following varieties and hybrids are especially popular among amateur vegetable growers: Nerosimy 40, Nezhinsky, Graceful, Competitor, Aquarius, Libelle.
Libelle cucumber variety
The Libelle cucumber is a medium ripe variety with a good harvest. White thorny and large bumpy fruit. It is mainly used for preparing salads. It can also be used in canning. You can plant it in greenhouses, film shelters, in open ground.
The characteristic of the variety is a hybrid that is pollinated by bees, has a long weave, an average degree of ripeness, stability in fruiting.The fruit looks like a spindle, contains a small number of ribs, reaches a length of 12-15 cm, is colored dark green, has white thorns. Ideal for canning and pickling at home.
Fruits on Libella cucumbers appear no earlier than 50 days, from the time of emergence of seedlings above ground level. The yield of this variety is quite large, reaching 10 kg / sq. Libelle cucumbers will surprise you with their unique taste and eye-pleasing appearance. This variety is especially resistant to various ailments. And Libelle by the end of the summer period will surprise you with increased yields.
Libelle cucumber growing system
These vegetable crops love light, warmth and moisture. Their root system is poorly developed. The part that is above the ground has a lot of mass. Therefore, the plant must be planted in soil rich in humus and with a high degree of fertility. For proper development and growth, we note the following ideal temperatures: air 25-27 C, soil 20-22. The emergence of various diseases is possible at a temperature of about 10 C. In the case when it lasts long enough, the plant inhibits development and does not yield a crop. The fertilization process will not take place if the temperature is about 35 C.
Cucumbers Libelles love the moisture of the soil and air. Their deciduous system is quite well developed, so moisture evaporation is intense. Remember, regular, timely watering and good soil warming will be the key to your high yield.
Not the last place in the quantity and quality of the crop is occupied by the preparation of the land before sowing and the quality of the planted seeds. It will not be bad if you have seeds that have been stored for 3-4 years for planting.