Hybrids account for more than ninety percent of the cucumber seed market. And summer residents choose them because they begin to bear fruit earlier and the cucumbers remain green for a long time and do not turn yellow. If we consider such a hybrid as the Hector cucumber, we would like to note that it does not need to be pollinated, and it is easy to care for.
About the Dutch cucumber Hector
Reviews and descriptions from summer residents reliably tell about the Hector F1 cucumber:
- The plant belongs to the parthenocarpic vegetable species.
- Bushes with dark green leaves reach a height of seventy centimeters.
- Zelentsy grow up to nine to thirteen centimeters in length, appearing thirty days after germination.
- The fruits are without bitterness, juicy and tasty.
The hybrid has high yields. When grown, the vegetable can withstand temperature changes and is resistant to fungal diseases and viral infections. Planting density is also not a problem for Hector. The seedlings do not stretch and remain with strong stems. And if you plant it in a greenhouse, the fruits will appear a week earlier.
After harvesting greens, they can be transported without loss while maintaining their excellent appearance.
The hybrid produces fruits on time both in open ground and under film. Cucumber seeds germinate one hundred percent. When sown in May, the fruits reach maturity already at the end of June.
Precocious Brawler
The Buyan cucumber was bred for cultivation in the Moscow region, the yield of which is up to nine kilograms per square meter of planting. This is one of the best hybrids resistant to powdery mildew, false and true, and cucumber mosaic virus.
There is no need to pollinate the plant, since it is of the parthenocarpic type, that is, it has more female flowers than male ones.
A bush with medium branching takes root well in open ground. Cucumber Buyan F1 quickly goes through the growing season where there is a lot of light. Growing it requires the following:
- placing vegetable seedlings in a greenhouse - two or three bushes per square meter, up to four in a garden bed;
- watering parthenocarpics with warm water;
- forming a bush into one or two stems;
- every two weeks applying organic or mineral fertilizer.
The variety is demanding on soil composition. The soil for the plant should be loose, nutritious, and neutral in acidity.
Hybrid Baby
Sweet gherkins are obtained from the early hybrid Malyshok. Dark green cucumbers, ten centimeters long, with tubercles on a thin skin, do not taste bitter. Due to their juiciness and tenderness, they are suitable for summer salads. And in canned form they are consumed with pleasure. Cucumber Baby receives only positive reviews from summer residents. Zelentsy do not turn yellow for ten days after collection and tolerate transportation well.
The only problem in growing a hybrid in a greenhouse is organizing pollination of female flowers by bees. Regular watering and feeding are important for this variety.
Ultra early variety
The Nadezhda F1 cucumber is the first to bear fruit among vegetables. The hybrid is suitable for planting in central areas. The fruits of the variety have the following characteristics:
- weight seventy grams;
- oval shape;
- tubercles and black pubescence;
- the pulp is juicy and dense;
- thin dark green skin.
A bee-pollinated variety is selected for cultivation in farmers' fields. Such determinate varieties of cucumber can be easily processed by agricultural machines.
Parthenocarpic Grasshopper
Everyone doesn’t mind enjoying a delicious crispy cucumber as early as possible. Therefore, summer residents are advised to choose for planting parthenocarpic cucumber Grasshopper. Outwardly, spindle-like greens appear 39-42 days after germination. The fruits are medium-sized, slightly pubescent, suitable for slicing, summer salads, pickling and pickling.
Hybrid Grasshopper F1 pleases with high yields. From ten to fourteen kilograms of crispy greens are harvested from one square meter.
Ideal varieties for industrial vegetable growing
Farmers choose vegetable varieties to grow in their fields that are convenient and easy to care for. It is important that the plants are resistant to diseases and tolerate drought. Considerable attention is paid to the description of the variety. Here the role is played by the ability of greens not to turn yellow, to maintain their presentation for a long time, and to withstand transportation.
Cappuccino F1 cucumber has these qualities. Note:
- early ripening of the variety;
- disease resistance;
- classification as parthenocarpic species that do not require pollination;
- versatility in use.
The fruits of the hybrid are harvested in July when sown in May. A medium-sized plant produces up to four to five kilograms of greens from one bush.
Chistye Prudy cucumbers have long been popular among vegetable growers. Fragrant fruits weighing over one hundred grams appear on the fortieth day after germination. The oval fruits of the Chistye Prudy cucumber variety are loved for their preservation of presentation. You can meet the hybrid Chistye Prudy F1 not only in small farmsteads, but also in the fields.
Advantages of hybrids
Cucumber hybrids have firmly conquered the market. Despite the fact that it is impossible to take seeds from them, summer residents like to grow hybrid vegetables. They don't need pollination. Parthenocarpic types of vegetables are suitable for greenhouses so as not to suffer from pollen transfer. And insects do not always get into the room; you have to set bait for them.
Many people like gherkins because they are convenient to preserve.
The characteristics of early ripening cucumbers are the highest, and all because they are used for summer salads.
Hybrids for sale must have excellent presentation and transportability.
Varietal types of vegetables are becoming a thing of the past, giving way to plants that:
- disease resistant;
- do not get sick during the growing season;
- have juicy, without bitterness pulp;
- do not overgrow and do not turn yellow;
- bear fruit early.
Many of the hybrids are crossed with each other, which is why plants with similar qualities and characteristics are found.
How do hybrids differ from each other?
Among the variety of hybrid varieties, those that differ in the type of pollination are distinguished. For parthenocarpic species it is not necessary, but in bee-pollinated species pollen is transferred by insects.
The surface of many fruits is covered with tubercles with black or white spines.
Cucumbers differ little in color, only a shade of dark or light green, or white stripes.
When choosing seeds, pay attention to early hybrids of the female flowering type. The external characteristics of the fruit are not that important.
