Description of the best varieties of cucumbers resistant to powdery mildew

It has already become the norm that new generation cucumber varieties are able to resist common diseases. As an example, let’s take the Dvoryansky cucumber, which, despite its excellent taste, is endowed with resistance to a number of viral and bacterial infections. Such a harmonious set of product and consumer characteristics is present in most modern varieties and hybrids. Many of them have increased resistance to powdery mildew and downy mildew, the most common fungal infections of cucumbers.

During the breeding process, modern technologies are used to create varieties that are not susceptible to the pathogen.This protection works especially successfully on first-order F1 hybrids.

Attention! The rate of reproduction and genetic plasticity of powdery mildew fungi is such that very quickly the herbicides themselves become food for a new generation of parasites.

Cucumbers weakly susceptible to powdery mildew

If outbreaks of fungal infections have become more frequent in your garden or personal plot, then you should opt for varieties of cucumbers that are resistant to powdery mildew. Selecting varieties for your site is not difficult. These can be parthenocarpic or bee-pollinated varieties for salad and pickling purposes. Attention should also be paid to disease-resistant hybrids for commercial use, zoned to the main vegetable growing zones.

Category of professional hybrids

The resistance of hybrid plants to common diseases is one of the basic criteria when choosing a variety for commercial purposes. Anyone who has once planted such hybrids recognizes their reliability and excellent productivity.

1. Cucumber Arctic F1 is a super-early hybrid for greenhouses and open ground, capable of bearing fruit 35 days after germination, with excellent commercial characteristics.
2. Cucumber Sigurd F1 is a mid-season, very productive hybrid variety. The seed producer, the Dutch company Enza Zaden, recommends the Sigurd cucumber for industrial production. For excellent taste, Sigurd F1 cucumbers were awarded the highest tasting score.
3. Another commercial hybrid, Leaf F1, belongs to Dutch breeders. Its advantage is considered to be the optimal size, color and structure of greens for salting and pickling.
4. The advantage of Lenara F1 cucumbers is the yield of up to 17 kg per square meter. meters of planting area.The fruits are fast-growing and transportable.
5. The Dutch hybrid Fuga F1 is intended for cultivation in open ground. Along with its consumer benefits, Fuga is able to resist downy mildew of a non-specific mildew nature.
6. The hybrid “ZKI 104 F1” was created for intensive growing technologies, with very short growing seasons. The ZKI cucumber has a bouquet type of ovary and is suitable for growing in protected and open ground conditions. At the genetic level, ZKI has stable marketability of fruits.

All of the listed varieties of parthenocarpics have optimal commercial qualities, but require compliance with nutritional and care regimes.

Bee-pollinated varieties

Bee-pollinated varieties are suitable for growing cucumbers in unprotected soil:

• Amurchonok is a cucumber variety zoned to the conditions of the Far East and Siberia, mid-season, high-yielding, which received a silver medal for excellent taste and product characteristics;
• cucumber Golubchik F1 is an early ripening hybrid, the greens of which are ideal for food and any type of home or industrial preparations;
• Krokha F1 is a hybrid variety, with partial ability to self-pollinate, and small gherkin-type fruits, weighing 80-90 g;
• cucumber Dvoryansky F1 is a high-yielding hybrid of medium ripening, adapted to the conditions of central Russia, with excellent commercial characteristics.

Bee-pollinated varieties have a good, traditional taste of cucumbers, both fresh and pickled. To the presented new products you can add Khabar cucumbers, Erofey, Mig, Far Eastern, zoned to the difficult conditions of the seaside. Plants are tolerant to a number of fungal diseases.

Attention! To prevent downy mildew and powdery mildew, it is necessary to select pathogen-resistant cucumber hybrids.

Self-pollinating varieties

Parthenocarpic or self-pollinating plants thrive in protected soil. One of the problems of greenhouse cultivation is the high content of pathogenic microorganisms. Planting hybrids guarantees a harvest even under conditions suitable for fungal attacks.

1. Babayka F1 cucumber is a plant with a high degree of resistance to fungal infections and root rot. The Babayka cucumber is distinguished by its bouquet type of ovaries, which guarantees a yield of up to 12 kg per square meter. meters of landings.
2. The hybrid Grandson F1 is capable of fully growing and bearing fruit in protected and unprotected soil. The Granddaughter cucumber has an extended fruiting period. Productivity up to 33 kg per square meter. meters in a greenhouse and 19 kg in the open air, with the greens weighing only 65-70 g.
3. The early ripening hybrid Gerasim F1 is suitable for daily collection of pickles, or collection of gherkins, in the harvesting mode every two days.
4. Crispy bed F1 is an early, productive variety, with a bouquet type of ovaries, capable of producing up to 7.5 kg of greens from one bush.
5. Hybrid Corporal F1 belongs to the so-called “military series” and is distinguished by the simultaneous filling of greens and uniform yield of the crop. “Corporal” is an early ripening, high-yielding variety that produces crops in any weather conditions.
6. The mid-season hybrid Grandfather's granddaughter F1 has good immunity to diseases, and bouquet ovaries provide increased productivity.
7. Cucumber Spring whim F1 is a hybrid with a long fruiting period, with greens, weighing up to 150 g, about 20 cm long, for salad purposes.
8. Little robust F1 is an early ripening cucumber, resistant to temperature changes. The weight of the greens is 110-130 g and the bouquet type of ovaries ensures a good harvest.
9. Cucumber Thumbelina F1 is a super early, productive hybrid with a long fruiting period. Everyone who planted the variety highly appreciates the taste characteristics of gherkin-type cucumbers. Thumbelina deserves exclusively positive reviews for its consumer and product qualities. Zelentsy weigh 80-90 g, have a length of 7-9 cm. “I grow gherkins on the balcony, they are ideal for pickling for the winter,” writes a housewife from the Moscow region.

The description of any cucumber variety demonstrates its best characteristics. When faced with disease problems, opt for a reliable way to combat fungal infection. This will save time and effort during summer gardening.