There is no vegetable garden that doesn't have crispy cucumbers. Among the many varieties, the Finger cucumber is especially popular, which is suitable both for fresh consumption and for pickling. In addition, Fingers are endowed with high yield and good taste.
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Description of the variety
The finger cucumber is an early-ripening, bee-pollinated type of vegetable, bred at one of the experimental stations in Russia by breeder V. I. Shefatov. Plants of this variety are endowed with good immunity to diseases (including downy mildew) and resistance to low temperatures. Fingers are grown in open ground. You can plant cucumbers in a greenhouse if you install a fan or a beehive.
Fruiting occurs evenly and lasts 2 months. If all agrotechnological requirements are met, about 7 kg of fruit can be harvested from one bush. Thanks to their dense structure, cucumbers can easily be transported over long distances.
Medium-length branches are formed on a not very climbing stem. The leaves, which have the usual shape for cucumbers, are dark green. The description of the variety contains information that the flowers of the plant are predominantly female.
Fruit characteristics:
- The fruits are covered with dark green skin.
- Unlike many varieties, the slightly tuberous surface of the fingers does not have spines.
- The cucumbers are crispy, tasty and not bitter.
- The maximum length of the fruit is 12 cm, and the weight is 130 g.
- Fruits that, after ripening, hang on the vine for a long time, become overripe and become yellow and watery.
Features of cultivation and care
Cucumber fingers love to grow in well-pickled and well-drained soils. The culture of this variety can be grown without seedlings and in seedlings. They begin to sow the plant in the garden bed after the average daily temperature rises above +15 C. The planting material is placed in grooves 2 cm deep.
The characteristics of a variety can be spoiled by improper sowing. So, in addition to temperature and row depth, the germination rate also depends on the position of the seeds. This is how it is best to lay the planting material with the spout up at an angle of 45 degrees.
The bed for sowing cucumbers is prepared in the fall. To do this, mineral or organic fertilizers are applied during digging. A mixture of 200 g of wood ash, 40 g of superphosphate, 25 g of potassium has worked well as a top dressing. Fans of organic fertilizers scatter cow manure over the garden bed. For 1 sq. m.area, 1 bucket of substance is consumed. Immediately before sowing, the soil is thoroughly loosened with a rake.
Caring for the Finger variety of cucumbers is no different from caring for all types of cucumbers. To ensure that the plant bears as many fruits as possible, the bushes are regularly watered and fed. After heavy rain and regular watering, the soil is loosened. Weeds are removed as necessary.
Despite the fact that cucumbers love moisture, you should not overwater the plants. Due to the constant exposure of the roots and stems to water, plants become susceptible to fungal diseases.
During the flowering period, cucumbers are watered only with settled water, the temperature of which is close to the ambient temperature. Due to temperature shock, the plant can shed some of its ovaries, thereby greatly reducing the yield.
Have you grown this variety of cucumbers? What impressions did you have from cultivating the plant? Your reviews will complement the description of the variety, and even the most distrustful gardener will be able to compare all the advantages and disadvantages of the plant and will be 100% confident in his choice.
