Greenhouse and open field cucumber varieties

When choosing varieties of cucumbers for planting, you need to take into account a number of important nuances, on which the amount of the harvested crop will directly depend.

So, there are varieties of cucumbers for greenhouses and open ground. True, there are also such varieties that are suitable for both options. An example is a cucumber variety called Competitor. In addition, it is fruitful, early ripening and pickling. With regard to disease resistance, this variety rarely suffers from bacterial spotting and powdery mildew.

But, if we consider the varieties of cucumbers for open ground, then Vyaznikovsky-37 immediately comes to mind. It belongs to the early varieties that are suitable for both salads and canning.

Therefore, before growing cucumbers, decide on the choice of variety. If you see the letter F on a bag of seeds, then you have a hybrid in front of you. As practice shows, it is hybrids that are resistant to various kinds of diseases.

Sometimes the cultivation of cucumbers in the open field is accompanied by a problem associated with a large number of barren flowers (no ovaries are formed). This is due to the fact that not female, but male cucumbers were chosen for the seeds. How can you tell them apart from friend?

It's simple. The female fetus has a so-called tetrahedral shape, and the male fetus has a triangular shape. If you cannot unequivocally determine the shape, then cut the cucumber into rings. In a female fetus, the seeds should be arranged in four segments. Knowing this secret, caring for cucumbers will bring you great pleasure, and you can fully enjoy the growth of fruits.