Every summer resident dreams of a large harvest of cucumbers, so when planting familiar varieties or choosing new seeds, many choose hybrid varieties. For example, Aztec cucumbers meet all the requirements of gardeners and have a number of advantages. Let's take a closer look at the description of the variety and its characteristics.
Advantages of the variety
The Aztec cucumber variety is classified as parthenocarpic gherkins. The bush is medium in size. Cucumbers grow in the form of a bunch. They can be used for both salads and canning. The fruit is about 8–12 cm long, with small tubercles and stripes. Bundles combine 3–5 female flowers.
Tomatoes have the following advantages:
- they are aromatic and have no bitterness;
- React painlessly to weather conditions;
- easy to grow;
- resistant to various diseases;
- have good productivity, which is not affected by unstable air temperature: they easily tolerate its nighttime drop.
When pickling an Aztec cucumber, internal voids do not form. Cucumbers have a stable size and do not outgrow. They are recommended to be grown in greenhouses, greenhouses and open ground.
Characteristics
Aztec cucumbers are early ripening fruits and have a high yield of 9 kg per square meter. The cucumbers turn out dense and remain the same during heat treatment during preservation. They ripen 1.5 months after the seeds sprout.
The variety is resistant to the following diseases:
- powdery mildew;
- cucumber mosaic;
- olive spot;
- cladosporiosis.
Features of growing seedlings
When purchasing Aztec f1 seeds in a store, they are calibrated and processed. To speed up the germination of seeds, it is better to soak them by placing them in a damp cloth and placing them in warm water.
Then it is recommended to harden the seeds, but only those that did not have time to germinate. To do this, place them directly in a damp cloth in the refrigerator for 48 hours.
Afterwards, they must be immediately planted in pre-prepared containers or directly in the greenhouse. In the middle climate zone or the north, it is best to use the seedling method of growing cucumbers. It is known that cucumbers are painful to transplant, so it is better to use cups to reduce injury to the cucumber roots.
After the cucumbers “hatch”, you need to make sure that they do not stretch out.To do this, it is recommended to place them on a light windowsill or additionally illuminate them with a lamp. There is no need to rush to sow cucumbers to obtain seedlings, since it is not advisable to keep them in cups for more than 3-4 weeks.
To plant cucumber seedlings in a permanent place, it is necessary to take into account that it is recommended to observe crop rotation and change the location of the beds with melons. The place should be sunny and protected from cold northern winds, the soil should be fertile and loose.
If seedlings are planned for planting in greenhouses, then the seeds are sown in March, and mid-April is chosen for open ground.
When growing cucumbers in a greenhouse, it is recommended to use a trellis, then the fruits will always be clean, take up less space, and will be more convenient to clean.
When planting seedlings in open ground, it is necessary that the ground warms up well and the weather becomes stable. But at night it is better to cover them with a film cover and remove them during the day. When planting, it is necessary to maintain a distance between rows of about 50 cm, and between plants - 30 cm.
The main care for cucumbers is timely watering, removing weeds and loosening the soil. Subject to these rules and growing conditions, the Aztec variety will surprise you with its high yield.
How do they respond to the variety?
Basically, the Dutch Aztec hybrid has only positive reviews.
He's attractive:
- ease of plant growth and development;
- ease of harvesting, as it grows in bunches;
- good taste and aesthetic qualities in canning: cucumbers turn out dense and crispy, look beautiful closed in jars.
Thanks to successful selection, the Aztec cucumber variety is being chosen by an increasing number of gardeners and gardeners.It is good in any weather conditions, as it gives a stable high yield.
