Description of the cucumber variety Emelya, features of cultivation and care

It’s rare that a summer cottage or garden plot can survive without this crop. Cucumber "Emelya" F1 is a bright representative of hybrid varieties.


Basic ideas about the variety

To learn more about the characteristics of the plant, you need to study the description of the variety. It will help prevent the most common mistakes.

Bush:

  • Parthenocarpic.
  • Indeterminate.
  • Vigorous.
  • Flowers of the female type predominate.
  • There are 7–10 ovaries per 1 internode, arranged in a bunch.
  • Ripens in 39–45 days.

Emelya cucumber seeds

Cucumber:

  • Colour: deep green.
  • Shape: cylindrical.
  • Length 13–15 cm.
  • Weight: 120–150 cm.
  • Diameter: 4–4.5 cm.
  • The skin is thin.

Features of cultivation

It is grown in the same way as other crop varieties, in two ways:

  1. Seedling method. Seeds are planted in prepared containers. Planting depth 2 cm; it is better to use peat pots. When transplanting into the ground, there is no need to pull them out. The delicate roots will not be damaged and the plant will not experience unnecessary stress.
  2. Direct sowing into the ground. The earth should be warmed up to + 18 ⁰С. The holes are filled with a special composition: manure, sand, mineral fertilizers. At 1 m2 in a greenhouse, sow 2 seeds, in open ground 3.

grinding cucumber bushes

Features of care:

  • Placement on supports. Cucumbers tied in a vertical position save space. In addition, the plant itself feels more comfortable. Oxygen access is unlimited.
  • Daily watering. Carried out in the evening. The water should be warm, preferably settled. Summer residents advise using drip irrigation, this will help avoid moisture getting on the leaves of the plant.
  • Loosening, hilling, weeding. Performing these techniques ensures the supply of oxygen to the root system of the crop. As a result, the bushes grow faster.
  • Timely feeding. At least 5 times per season. Nitrogen fertilizers for the growth and formation of the bush, phosphorus during the flowering period, potassium + nitrogen during active ripening.

Proper care will make it possible to obtain the declared harvest of cucumbers.

Emelya cucumber in the garden

Positive properties of the variety

“Emelya”, cucumbers that are characterized to a greater extent on the positive side. Its advantages include:

  • Adaptation to climate change.
  • Cold resistance.
  • High yield.
  • Unpretentiousness.
  • Immunity to diseases.
  • Early maturation.
  • Versatility of use.
  • Great taste.

The species has practically no downsides; one drawback is that the collected seeds will not yield any harvest the next year.

Emelya cucumber in open ground

Disease susceptibility

Like all hybrids, Emelya cucumbers resist some diseases characteristic of the crop:

Treatment for powdery mildew and root rot is required. Timely prevention will help avoid the death of the plant.

Use of vegetables in everyday life. Productivity

The characteristics of the species make it possible to use cucumbers for any type of canning. Used fresh in salads and table decorations.

Number of fruits per 1m2 — 16 kg, it all depends on care. The more accurately the recommendations were followed, the higher the yield.

Manufacturers recommend harvesting vegetables when the cucumber has reached a length of 15 cm. Further growth reduces the taste characteristics.

Emelya cucumber in the garden

The opinion of summer residents about the variety "Emelya"

Numerous reviews are mostly positive. Some summer residents strive to give practical advice to a novice gardener:

  • Michael. Having once bought the Emelya variety of cucumbers, she has not stopped growing it to this day. The harvest is excellent, grown in a glass greenhouse. It is easy to care for, but the main thing is regular watering.
  • Alexei. Due to the cold climate, cold-resistant varieties were sought. They advised me to buy Emelya. Grown in a greenhouse. Very tasty, not bitter.

Hybrid varieties of cucumbers are gradually replacing ordinary ones. Since the care is minimal, but there are more positive qualities. “Emelya” will delight summer residents not only with its unpretentiousness and harvest, but also with immunity to diseases.

watering cucumber

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