Maryina Roshcha F1 are cucumbers with remarkable characteristics, which were bred for cultivation in open and protected ground. This hybrid is early ripening, but in a greenhouse you can get a harvest of such gherkins earlier than in the garden beds.
What are parthenocarpic hybrid cucumbers?
On packages of vegetable crops (including cucumbers) the inscription “parthenocarpic hybrid” is often found. But not all vegetable growers know what this means. Most often it is believed that such plants pollinate independently, without the participation of insects. This opinion is not correct. In such vegetables, fruits are formed without pollination at all.
When plants self-pollinate, seed material is necessarily formed in the fruits. But the fruits of parthenocarpic hybrid varieties do not form seeds.
Such plants are most suitable for growing in greenhouses, because insects usually do not get there.
Summer residents, appreciating the many advantages of such vegetable crops, are happy to grow them in beds or in greenhouses. And if the first parthenocarpic varieties were intended for fresh consumption of ripe fruits, now new hybrids have appeared that are excellent for preservation.
Main advantages parthenocarpic hybrid cucumbers consider:
- fruits ripen throughout the season;
- gherkins ripen quite quickly;
- resistance to adverse weather conditions;
- cucumbers have a pleasant taste and are free from bitterness;
- high resistance to most diseases; if affected, it is easy to cope with the disease;
- no need for pollination;
- ripe cucumbers - the same size and uniform color;
- a number of hybrids are suitable for pickling and preservation;
- the harvested crop is stored for a long time without losing its marketability and taste, and tolerates transportation well over long distances;
- When overripe, cucumbers do not lose their even green color.
Description and main characteristics of the hybrid Maryina Roshcha
Cucumber Maryina Roshcha is a high-yielding bunch gherkin hybrid that produces only female flowers. This variety can be planted in beds in open ground, under film coverings, or in glazed greenhouses. The yield in greenhouses will be much higher than in garden beds.
The quantity and quality of the harvested crop is not affected by unfavorable weather conditions during the season; ripe cucumbers can be harvested almost before the first frost on the soil. Maryina Roshcha is a plant with long vines, the height of which can reach 1.8 - 2.2 m. The shoots grow lateral stems well, the hybrid can continue to bear fruit at temperatures close to 0. The hybrid requires mandatory tying to the trellises of the main shoot.
A description of the variety would be incomplete without a story about the fruits. Each node can form up to 5 ovaries. At the same time, up to 12 cucumbers can ripen on each bush of Maryina Roshcha. The fruits are small in size, which is why they are called gherkins, the length of ripe cucumbers is no more than 12 cm, the color is soft emerald, the skin is quite dense, covered with white tubercles and spines.
Ripe gherkins are suitable for fresh consumption and for preservation. The taste of salted or pickled Maryina Roshcha cucumbers is no worse than fresh ones.
Transportability characteristics: the harvested crop can be safely transported over long distances - the cucumbers will not lose their excellent presentation and good taste. The keeping quality of collected cucumbers is high - the fruits can be stored fresh under appropriate conditions for up to 2.5 - 3 months.
Hybrid Maryina Roshcha is highly resistant to the following diseases:
- powdery mildew;
- olive spot;
- cucumber mosaic.
This vegetable crop tolerates the following diseases quite easily:
- downy mildew;
- all types of root rot.
Advantages and disadvantages
In addition to the above advantages of parthenocarpic hybrid cucumbers, specific advantages of Maryina Roshcha should be noted:
- resistance to significant temperature drops;
- a sufficiently large number of simultaneously ripening cucumbers on the shoots;
- the possibility of growing in protected ground and on a windowsill, since the variety does not require pollination by bees;
- the harvest can be used for salting and pickling;
- high resistance to most diseases.
The hybrid has practically no disadvantages. It should be noted that the vines of this cucumber crop require obligatory garter using the trellis method.
Nuances of cultivation
The hybrid can be planted from seed directly into the ground or through seedlings. The best type of soil is loam or sandy loam, loose and well permeable to moisture and air. On heavy soils, the mandatory application of peat is required - in the form of additional fertilizer or as a mulching material.
For seedlings, it is better to sow the seeds in separate peat pots, in which the cucumbers will be planted in a permanent place in the future. It is better to buy a nutrient mixture for sowing seeds in a specialized store; it should be special for vegetable crops. Seeds should be buried in containers to a depth of 1.5 cm. Before germination, the room temperature should be about 24 °C. After most of the seedlings have germinated, the temperature should be lowered to 15 - 16 °C.
Young plants are planted in open ground after the threat of spring cooling has passed. In the greenhouse, the density of seedlings is up to 3 plants per 1 m2, in open ground - up to 4 plants per 1 m2.
Reviews from vegetable growers who have grown this variety for more than one season are mostly positive. It is especially noted that caring for this hybrid in garden beds or in greenhouses is no different from caring for ordinary cucumbers.
