Among vegetable crops, cucumbers are valued for the opportunity to enjoy green fruits as early as the end of June. Therefore, it is advised to choose an early cucumber, Siberian Express F1, which has many advantages. The hybrid vegetable is disease resistant. And the early ripening of cucumbers and the presentation of the product allows them to be grown in farmers’ fields and summer cottages.
Characteristics of a vegetable plant
Early ripening varieties of cucumbers vegetable growers pay attention, because without them the summer menu will be poor. About the hybrid Siberian Express F1 we can say that it:
- produces the first fruits 35–40 days after germination;
- grows in open ground, despite difficult climatic conditions;
- does not require pollination;
- resistant to diseases - powdery mildew, fusarium;
- forms 1–2 greens in each node;
- allows you to collect from ten kilograms of cucumbers from one square meter.
We can say about the fruits of the hybrid that they are not bitter. They reach ten centimeters in length and weigh one hundred grams. The color of cucumbers is dark green, they are covered with large tubercles. The excellent taste and lack of bitterness in the fruits help summer residents to use the crop universally.
Cucumbers are suitable for fresh consumption in salads, slicing, and for preparing pickled and salted products for the winter.
Growing cucumbers with female flowering type
Cucumber farming technology is simple and familiar to every vegetable grower:
- To grow a vegetable plant, you need to prepare a place with humus-rich soil that is light in structure.
- It is better to plant cucumbers after corn, peas, and tomatoes.
- The soil temperature when planting seeds or vegetable seedlings should be at around 14 degrees Celsius.
- During the growing season, cucumbers need fertilizers, to which the plants respond well, increasing the number of ovaries.
The seedling method is characterized by an acceleration of fruiting time. Cucumber seedlings should have three to four true leaves by the time they are planted in open ground. Hybrid seeds do not require disinfection or heating before sowing in the ground. To obtain seedlings, seeds are planted in April in a nutritious soil mixture. In addition to humus and peat, it contains sawdust, wood ash, and nitrophoska.
The containers are filled with soil and the germinated seed material is sealed.During the period of seedling growth, water the soil and feed it with a nutrient solution (three teaspoons of nitrophoska per three liters of warm water).
When planting in open ground, four plants are placed in a hole. If you immediately sow cucumbers in the garden, then plant the seeds to a depth of 3–5 centimeters.
To increase the temperature of the air and soil and speed up the ripening of greens, corn, peas, and beans are planted every four rows of vegetables.
Siberian Express cucumber care includes:
- abundant watering;
- spraying bushes with warm water;
- pinching shoots above the fourth leaf;
- feeding with mullein in alternation with mineral complexes;
- shading cucumbers on hot days.
Proper care will allow you to quickly obtain high-quality greens.
Pest Control
Cucumbers Siberian Express F1 are resistant to disease, but pests attack plants, causing damage. Among them are aphids and whiteflies.
Growing cucumbers in a greenhouse, they don’t know how to deal with whiteflies. A small pest that looks like a butterfly with white wings, lays hundreds of eggs per season. The insect is difficult to kill with chemicals. Pest larvae can be found on the lower surface of cucumber leaves.
At the same time, the plant’s ability to photosynthesize decreases. Viruses and fungi attack plants through punctures in the leaves. If yellow or brown spots appear on the leaves of cucumbers and they curl, then the pest is easy to identify. All that remains is to wash the leaves affected by the larvae with a soap solution. Among modern insecticidal preparations, treatment with Green soap will help get rid of whiteflies. Traps made from cardboard boxes coated with rosin and castor oil will also destroy whiteflies.They are hung in a greenhouse, and the insects stick to the walls.
Aphids, like whiteflies, can be gotten rid of by spraying the bushes with an infusion of garlic, onion peels, and tobacco.
Vegetable growers' opinion on growing Siberian Express
Sincere reviews of the hybrid Siberian Express F1 indicate that cucumbers have earned popularity for their beneficial qualities, early ripening, and excellent taste. The variety is grown in greenhouses, in open ground. Many people advise grow cucumbers on a trellis. This helps preserve the vegetable's resistance to disease, since the leaves do not come into contact with the soil.
The only disadvantage of the hybrid is that you cannot collect seeds from the fruit, as some of the best properties of this cucumber variety will be lost.
