Description of the best varieties of cucumbers and rating of the most productive ones for 2024

Cucumber is a popular crop among gardeners. It is grown in garden beds and in greenhouse conditions. Let's consider the pros and cons of the best varieties of cucumbers for 2024, what varieties can be chosen for open and closed ground, for regions taking into account the climate, for pollination, for salads and pickling, what other criteria are used to select, what bunch varieties can be selected.

Varieties for open ground for 2024

Cucumber varieties are divided into groups according to ripening time. The early ones are planted to quickly obtain products, the middle and late ones are planted to obtain a harvest that will be used for processing and conservation. Dividing into periods allows you to plant cucumbers of different periods in the garden and harvest throughout the summer.

Early

Kibria – for salad and canning consumption. Fruiting begins on days 49-57. Advantages:

• self-pollinating;
• indeterminate;
• the plant is vigorous, there are many vines;
• number of flowers – 1-3;
• the fruit is oval, short, dark green, medium tuberculate;
• medium dense pubescence of light color;
• weight – 70-90 g;
• harvest - 13.6-19.3 kg/sq. m;
• resistant to MR, VOM and cladosporiosis.

Not for industrial cultivation.

Herman is also intended for canning processing and salad preparation. Characteristics:

• self-pollinating;
• universal application;
• determinate bush, medium-sized,
• green cucumber, with short stripes and faint spots, medium-tubercular, white-pubescent, not bitter;
• weighs 70-90 g;
• fresh and canned fruits of excellent taste;
• yield – 8.5-9 kg per meter;
• marketability – 95%;
• immunity to fungi and viruses.

Not intended for industrial cultivation.

Mid-season

Nezhinsky is a well-known old variety, which, thanks to its qualities, can compete with new varieties:

• universal application;
• the lashes are long, branched,
• cucumber is ovoid, green with medium-long stripes, short, surface coarsely tuberculate, black pubescent;
• weight – 80-110 g;
• from each meter you can collect 4.9 kg;
• does not suffer from PTO or olive spot.

Disadvantages: mixed flowering, pollinated by bees.

Merry Company is a self-pollinating variety with universal use of fruits. Pros:

• vigorous bush;
• green cucumber, medium tuberculate, white pubescent;
• fruit length – 7-9 cm;
• taste good;
• harvest per sq. m at the level of 9.4 kg/sq. m;
• not affected by root rot;
• marketable condition.

Disadvantages: For canning use only.

Late

The Farmer variety can be grown both in gardens and on farms. The fruits are universally used and are pollinated by bees. Advantages:

• bush with long vines, indeterminate;
• there are 1-2 ovaries per node;
• the cucumber is spindle-shaped, with large tubercles, dark green in color, white-pubescent;
• weight – 95-105 g;
• can be used for food, pickling and preservation;
• harvest - 12-14 kg/sq. m;
• cold-resistant;
• does not become infected with powdery mildew, spotting, or PTO.

Disadvantages: moderately resistant to downy mildew.

Athlete is a salad variety. Characteristics:

• bush with strong growth;
• the fruit is long, 3.5-4.5 cm thick, dark in color with indistinct stripes, with large tubercles, with light pubescence;
• weight – 138-177 g;
• harvest - 25.6-27.1 kg/sq. m;
• marketability – 88%;
• immune to powdery mildew.

Cons: Pollinated by bees.

The best varieties of cucumbers for the greenhouse

April - a variety for preparing salads. Characteristics:

• medium-long main lash, weak branching;
• fruit with sparse tubercles and pubescence;
• weight – 210 g;
• per meter of beds you can collect 23.9 kg;
• friendly return of fruits.

Disadvantages: for setting, pollination is necessary in the 1st month of fruiting.

Table can be used for preparing salads and canned food. Fruiting occurs on days 50-53.Pros:

• indeterminate bush with vigorous growth;
• short, green cucumber with light-colored stripes, weighing 110 g;
• surface with tubercles, medium-dense white pubescence;
• yield – 16-21 kg/sq. m;
• does not become infected with powdery mildew and PTO.

Cons: Pollinated by bees.

Selection of cucumbers depending on region

In the southern regions, almost any variety of cucumbers can be planted. In the middle zone and, especially, in Siberia and the Urals, you need to choose cold-resistant varieties.

In warm areas

Steppe is a variety for growing in beds. It ripens early, is pollinated by bees, and can be used as a salad, for pickling and canning. Advantages:

• indeterminateness;
• average height;
• short cucumber with large tubercles, green, striped with spots, white pubescent;
• fruits in any form have an excellent taste;
• harvest - 1.7-4 kg per 1 sq. m;
• marketability – 96-98%;
• friendly formation of the ovary;
• drought resistance;
• for commercial production.

Cons: moderately resistant to downy mildew.

Nugget – canned cucumber and for salads. Pros of plants:

• indeterminateness;
• powerful growth;
• 1-stem, no need to shape;
• the fruit is spindle-shaped, with indistinct ribbing, green, with small frequent tubercles, white pubescent;
• weight – 90-100 g;
• 10-12 kg are collected per meter.

Cons: pollination is required for the ovary to set.

For the middle zone and Moscow region

Murashka is a universal-purpose variety, parthenocarpic, early. Characteristics:

• indeterminateness;
• strong growth, average number of lashes;
• the cucumber is dark green, with a moderate number of tubercles, black pubescent;
• weighs 90-100 g;
• taste good;
• marketable fruits in a volume of 10.3-12.0 kg/sq. m;
• does not suffer from powdery mildew or cladosporiosis.

Can only be planted in private plots.

Benefis is grown for consumption in salads and for preservation. The first harvest can begin on the 46th day. Advantages:

• indeterminateness;
• average number of lashes;
• there are more than 3 flowers in a node;
• the cucumber is short, oval-shaped, green, with unpronounced tubercles, dense pubescence;
• weighs 92 g;
• harvest 11.5 kg/sq. m;
• does not suffer from MR or LMR.

Not intended for planting on a production scale.

For Siberia and the Urals

Smak is grown in outdoor garden beds. Advantages:

• will sing early;
• pollinated by bees;
• universal application;
• medium height, few lashes;
• short fruit, ovoid shape, low tubercles, light pubescent;
• weighs 51-76 g;
• 2.6-4.53 kg are collected per meter.

Fruits can only be used for preservation.

Champion can also be grown in garden beds outside. Variety characteristics:

• mid-ripening;
• self-pollinating;
• versatility of application;
• the cucumber is short, dark-colored, tuberculate, with light pubescence, weighs 69-82 g;
• from 1 sq. m harvest 2.7-4.6 kg.

Cons: For canning use only.

Other selection criteria

Cucumber varieties also differ in other characteristics. You can choose according to the level of productivity, by purpose, by pollination, with a bunched ovary.

The highest yielding varieties

Hector is grown in garden beds. This is an early ripening variety, pollinated by bees, and has a universal purpose. Advantages:

• determinacy;
• bush form;
• cucumber with large but sparse tubercles, white pubescent;
• weighs 95-100 g;
• collect up to 9 kg per meter;
• does not suffer from spotting or viral diseases;
• friendly fruiting.

Can only be grown in personal gardens.

Spartak is grown in private farms. This is an early-ripening, self-pollinating cucumber, suitable for cutting into salads. Advantages:

• indeterminateness;
• average vigor;
• 4-5 flowers per node;
• the fruit is short, dark green, with an average number of tubercles, weighing 100-130 g;
• can be collected at 11.7 kg/sq. m.

The variety is not intended for cultivation in agriculture.

Cucumbers for canning

The pet produces fruits weighing 100 g, in addition to the uniformity of the fruits, it has the following advantages:

• early ripening;
• lumpy;
• mid-season.

Disadvantages: thin skin.

Solnechny is a mid-season variety and has the following advantages:

• productivity;
• weight up to 130 g, cucumbers are of the same type.

Cons: unexpressed taste.

Hybrids for pickling

Benefits of Crispy:

• parthenocarpicity;
• fruit with pronounced black tubercles;
• productivity.

Disadvantages: intended for planting in private household plots.

The early ripening variety Murashka has the following advantages:

• tufted ovary;
• strong fruit skin;
• big harvest.

Cons: length up to 15 cm.

The best varieties for salads

Stella is an early ripening variety, advantages:

• cucumber – 22-25 cm;
• thin light skin;
• bright taste, persistent aroma.

Disadvantages: does not last long.

Advantages of the Korolek variety:

• early;
• smooth skin;
• the average size;
• harvest

Not resistant to downy mildew.

Self-pollinating and parthenocarpic

Advantages of the Gerda variety:

• gherkin type;
• mid-early;
• does not suffer from fungal diseases.

Cons: average yield.

Advantages of the Zadavaka variety:

• tufted ovary;
• gherkin type;
• beautiful fruit shape;
• not bitter.

Cons: short fruiting.

Bunch varieties

Harvest cucumber Vyuga in 1 knot it ties 4-5 ovaries, in addition, it has different characteristics:

• fruits up to 8 cm in length and 60-70 g;
• disease resistance;
• long fruiting.

Disadvantages: demanding agricultural technology.

A child in a bundle forms up to 5 pieces of cucumbers, advantages:

• fruit uniformity;
• weight of copies – 90-120.

Demanding about growing conditions.

It will not be difficult to choose for gardeninggarden plot is the best cucumber variety. You can be guided by many criteria; modern varieties have different characteristics, which only makes the choice of a vegetable grower easier.