The Friendly Family cucumber has excellent characteristics and meets all the requirements of a high-quality productive variety. These include good germination, excellent taste, and disease resistance. To grow the Semeika variety in the garden you don’t need to put in a lot of effort. It is enough to study the rules for growing this crop.
Details about the variety
The Merry Family and Friendly Family cucumbers are similar in shape and yield. These are first generation hybrids. They are planted due to positive reviews and excellent commercial qualities.
The friendly f1 family is characterized by the sweet and juicy taste of the fruit.They are almost never bitter and crunchy in the mouth. Gardeners often grow the variety for eating in salads, as well as for pickling and pickling.
Description of fruits:
- The cucumbers are small, 10–15 centimeters, weighing from eighty to one hundred grams.
- The pulp is tender, aromatic, without seeds.
- Light fluff on top, thick skin.
- They have a regular, elongated shape.
The variety is mid-early, the fruits ripen within a month and a half from the moment the seeds germinate.
How to grow?
The variety is grown in seedlings in greenhouses or in open ground under a film. This is a strong culture that is not afraid of cold weather, pests, or diseases. Gives an excellent harvest in any conditions.
They grow seedlings at home on the windowsill in special containers. Plant seeds in March or April.
If we talk about the characteristics of cultivation, it should be noted that this plant has its own requirements. If you follow them, you can improve the quality of the crop.
Before sowing seeds, they should be treated against fungus and infections. Earthlings must be too sour. After the first leaves peck, make a pick.
They are planted in the soil only when it warms up to 18 degrees. First, the soil is loosened, fertilized and watered. It is better to prepare the land in the fall. Plants should be planted, keeping a distance so that it is convenient to approach them, so that they do not interfere with each other’s development. The distance between the bushes should be about thirty centimeters. If grown correctly, the cheerful company of a friendly family will delight you with a bountiful harvest in greenhouses.
Gentle care
Descriptions of caring for cucumbers are available on the Internet or in books. There's nothing complicated there.
It is important to feed the crop with organic and mineral fertilizers on time.But it is important to be more careful with manure and droppings, since too much of these fertilizers affects the taste of plants and their development.
The variety is resistant to diseases, but the bushes should be sprayed for prevention. For this purpose, special medicines are bought in stores. They also sell pest control products.
Cucumbers are grown on a trellis. This is a new type of hanging for tall climbing plants. There is the necessary illumination for him, and a lot of free space.
Do not forget that cucumbers need regular, abundant watering twice a week. The water should not be cold; watering is carried out at the root. The normal water temperature is 23–25 degrees. Do not allow the soil to dry out or water to stagnate. Use drip irrigation in greenhouses.
Be sure to remove weeds from the beds, which interfere with the normal development of cultivated plants. Loosening the soil and mulching rows is also shown.
If vegetables are grown in a greenhouse, then you should open the windows and doors on hot days. It is necessary to harvest the crop in a timely manner, this promotes abundant fruiting.
If you decide to plant the Druzhnaya Semeika variety of cucumbers, then it is worth studying the necessary conditions for growing this variety in order to provide the necessary care. Then the plant will bear a bountiful harvest and delight the family with crispy cucumbers.
