Among the subspecies of gherkins, the cucumber Everyone is the envy of f1 is especially popular among gardeners. Thanks to the painstaking work of breeders, the hybrid bears fruit abundantly and tolerates weather conditions unsuitable for the crop.
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Description
The variety belongs to the group of early ripening parthenocarpic cucumbers. The advantages of the bred plant include:
- High yield. From one bush it is possible to collect up to 10 kg of excellent greens.
- Ability to self-pollinate.
- The versatility of the fruit: cucumbers are suitable both for fresh consumption and for whole-fruit canning.
- Suitability for transportation.
- Long shelf life.
- Excellent taste, without the bitterness inherent in some types.
- Good immunity to cucumber diseases: spotting, mosaic, root rot, powdery mildew. Thanks to this feature, the Envy of Everyone cucumber variety does not need to be sprayed with chemicals, which allows you to harvest environmentally friendly fruits.
- Unpretentiousness to environmental conditions: cucumbers are suitable for growing in open ground, in a greenhouse and even on a windowsill.
- Long-term fruiting.
Based on this characteristic, your neighbor should definitely be envious. The main disadvantage of the hybrid variety of cucumbers is that the seeds cannot be collected independently, and the cost of purchased planting material is high.
Cylindrical cucumbers are painted in a rich green color, which is diluted on the sides with thin white stripes. The average length of cucumbers is 8–11 cm. Weight is 80–100 g. The tuberculate surface is covered with short white spines. The core of the fruit is dense and crispy. The taste of cucumber is delicate, the smell is rich cucumber. From 3 to 6 ovaries are formed in one node. The harvest is harvested once every 2 days.
The description of the variety may remain on paper if the cucumbers are not cared for correctly. What needs to be done for culture to fully reveal its potential?
Features of cultivation and care
Cucumber seeds are planted for seedlings in the third ten days of March - the first ten days of April. Until the sprouts appear, the temperature in the room is set at +25 ⁰C, and then reduced to +20 ⁰C.
Since the bush of hybrid origin is afraid of drafts, the risk of their occurrence is reduced to a minimum. To do this, the cracks in the window are sealed, and the greenhouse is ventilated only by opening one door. Cucumber root system It will develop normally if you place a piece of foam plastic or plank under the container before installation.
The length of daylight hours for cucumbers should be 15–16 hours; if it is shorter, the plants are illuminated with fluorescent lamps. However, this should be done when the day is too short. The characteristic contains information that the yield of hybrid cucumber practically does not decrease due to insufficient lighting.
Cucumbers are planted in a permanent location after the ground has warmed up and the risk of return frosts has disappeared. If winter still decides to make itself known, the plants are covered on top with polyethylene or old rags. Depending on whether the plants will weave along the ground or a vertical trellis between the bushes, leave from 15 to 60 cm of free space.
Caring for cucumbers during the growing season includes:
- Watering. Like all varieties of cucumbers, the hybrid “Everyone is Envy” is very demanding of moisture. The soil is kept moist. Waterlogging should not be allowed. Provided dry weather has established, cucumbers are watered once every 2-3 days.
- Topping. How to shape a cucumber, each gardener decides independently. The most popular scheme is to pinch off the bottom 4 nodes and leave one leaf in the existing ones. When forming a bush, only the central conductor is left, and the side shoots are removed.
- Feeding. The “Envy of Everyone” cucumber is regularly fed with mineral and organic fertilizers according to the generally accepted scheme for feeding cucumbers.
Reviews on the forums about the hybrid variety fully confirm the stated characteristics. According to gardeners, with proper care the hybrid produces high yields. The cucumbers are crispy and flavorful.Have you grown this variety? What impressions do you have from a culture with such a promising name?
