Cucumber Parker f1: description and characteristics of the variety, reviews of gardeners with photos

Cucumber Parker f1 is designed for both open and closed cultivation. It is also successfully grown under film. It is resistant to high summer air temperatures. It was included in the State Register of Varieties of the Russian Federation for cultivation in the southern part of the country, but the cultivation area of this hybrid goes beyond its borders. It is also successfully used in Ukraine and Moldova.

Variety description

This is an early plant variety. It has a predominantly female type of flowering. Pollinated by bees. The plant is distinguished by a powerful stem, on which cucumbers of the same size are formed in large numbers.

The description of these cucumbers emphasizes that the bushes have an average climbing. The leaves are gray-green, with a slightly wrinkled surface. The first ovary appears after 4-5 leaves. Usually 1 to 3 cucumbers are formed in one ovary.

The fruit has a cylindrical shape and a uniform dark green color along the entire length with small white stripes. Cucumbers are covered with large tubercles with white spikes. A feature of these cucumbers can be considered the fact that they do not turn yellow.

This cucumber hybrid is used as a salad dressing and can also be canned. It has high palatability.

Growing

Use two types of planting Parker cucumbers:

1. Seedling.
2. Seed (directly to open ground).

Seeds sold in specialized stores are already treated with the necessary fungicides, so additional soaking is not required.

The time of planting in open beds is determined by measuring the temperature of the soil. By this time, it should warm up to 10-15 degrees. Night temperatures should not be below 8 degrees.

Before planting, furrows are made in the ground, which are filled with rotted manure, sand and mineral fertilizers. Then the bed is thoroughly watered. Only after such preparation, seeds are placed in the furrows and covered with soil on top (a layer of about 2-4 cm). Then mulching is carried out and the bed is covered with a film.

The distance between bushes and rows of planted cucumbers leaves about 50 cm.

If there is a greenhouse, seeds are sown in them in early May, and the best period for planting seedlings is mid-May. Seedlings ready for planting should have 3-5 true leaves.

Seeds are planted to obtain seedlings in March, so that by the time they are planted in the ground, the seedlings are about 1-1.5 months old.

Preparing seeds for planting

Hybrid seeds cannot be harvested from their own crop, as they lose their maternal properties. They must be bought in specialized stores. Cucumber seeds remain viable for about 7 years.

Preparation should begin about 1 month before planting. During this time, they are heated and hardened. To establish the suitability of seeds for sowing, they are placed in a saline solution (1 tsp per 250 ml of water). Seeds suitable for planting, placed in the solution, sink to the bottom, and empty seeds rise to the surface.

Then the seeds are dried, placed in a bag and placed in a refrigerator, and after a while they are taken out of the refrigerator and placed in a warm place.

Immediately before planting, the seeds are soaked in warm water and treated with potassium permanganate to prevent diseases. After swelling, the seeds are considered ready for planting.

Construction of beds on film

Under the film, you can plant cucumbers both in the open field and in the greenhouse. The prepared bed should have a flat surface. In addition, wind protection should be provided.

The width of such beds should be about 1 meter, and there are no restrictions on the length. Manure, last year's straw are poured over the beds. In the process of their decay, heat will be released to warm the soil. From above, such a layer is covered with a layer of soil.

A week after this preparatory work, the beds are sown with cucumber seeds, and then covered with a film. If warm days are established, then shelters can be removed during the daytime and covered in the evening.

The frame for stretching the film is not required. Along the edge of the beds, polyethylene is pressed against the ground with boards or bricks. Covering material can be removed after June 10th. Until this moment, the bushes are aired daily.

Loosening such a landing is not required until the film is removed. The main advantage of this growing method is that the plants are in warmer conditions.

Features of care

To cope with weeds, when growing cucumbers on their site, they use plastic wrap. This allows you to collect decent crops of cucumbers, and the growing process is greatly simplified. If cucumbers grow on the beds without the use of a film coating, then a trellis is first stretched, on which the cucumber lash is then tied up.

Cucumbers are quite moisture-loving plants. It needs frequent watering to keep the soil from drying out. Watering should be carried out only with warm water, and make sure that moisture does not get on the foliage. In addition to weeding weeds, during the summer it is necessary to carry out 1-2 fertilizing with mineral fertilizers.

Pros and cons

The palatability of the hybrid is high. There is no bitterness in the pulp. The dense texture of the inner part of the cucumber, as well as the dense upper skin, allows them to be transported over long distances.

This hybrid has few negative characteristics. The disadvantage is that there is no way to collect seeds from your crop. And since the variety is pollinated by bees, when planting in greenhouses, it may be difficult to pollinate them.

Pests and diseases

The hybrid has the ability to resist typical diseases of this plant species: powdery mildew, tobacco mosaic, olive blotch. To avoid infection with such viruses, preplant seed treatment is carried out.

It is not recommended to plant cucumbers in the beds where zucchini or pumpkins grew before. It is advisable to wait a few years, as harmful microorganisms can infect the planted cucumbers.

Harvest and storage of crops

Fruit characteristics:

• The length of greens is 9-12 cm.
• Cucumber diameter up to 3-5 cm.
• Fruit weight is approximately 100-110 g.

The time from germination to the first harvest is approximately 44-46 days. From 1 sq. m. you can collect up to 11 kg of fruit. Harvesting is carried out from June to October.

Reviews of gardeners

Dmitry Gor, Ukraine: “I grew Parker cucumbers strictly according to the recommendations. Carefully prepared the beds, tied up and cut off the side shoots. The bushes turned out quite strong and viable. The fruits were to match the bushes, just as strong. The taste is excellent, however, they didn’t really like them, they turned out to be too embossed, but they were perfect for conservation. ”

Anastasia, Rostov Region: “I grew Parker cucumbers in my dacha. I liked the high yield of the hybrid and their disease resistance, but I was not impressed with their taste. They also have very thick skins.”

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