Cucumbers Son of the regiment: description and characteristics of the variety, reviews of gardeners with photos

Cucumber Son of the regiment - a hybrid high-yielding variety that conquered professional and novice gardeners with beautiful tasty greens. This information is confirmed by many gardeners, leaving positive feedback on the forums.

Description

Mid-early, indeterminate variety. Fruit ripening begins 40-45 days after seed germination. Flowering type - female. In one ovary 3 cucumbers are formed. The hybrid is pollinated by bees. The bushes are medium-sized, medium climbing. Leaf plates are medium, painted green. Hybrid Son of the regiment has good resistance to scab and tolerance to powdery mildew.

The shape of cucumbers is cylindrical, extended at the stalk. The surface is moderately covered with small tubercles. Fruit length 7-9 cm, diameter - 2.5-2.8 cm. The taste is delicate, pleasant, without bitterness. Zelentsy weight - 75-100 g.

Son Polk's Cucumbers are suitable for making salads, vegetable and canned whole fruits. The hybrid is suitable for outdoor cultivation. You can also grow a crop in a greenhouse in which there is a hive or a fan. With proper care and favorable weather conditions, the yield of the variety is 10.5 kg / 1 sq.m.

The benefits of a hybrid variety are:

1. Product presentation of fruits.
2. Good tasting fresh and processed.
3. High yield.
4. Resistant to most cucumber diseases.

Features of cultivation and care

To obtain seedlings, cucumbers are sown in late March - early April. Peat or plastic cups filled with loose substrate are used as planting containers.

Seeds are sown in open ground when the air warms up to +10-+12 ⁰С. Seeds are planted in rows 1.5-2 cm deep. The recommended interval between rows is 50 cm, between plants - 30 cm.

In caring for cucumbers, the Son of the Regiment should have the following garden manipulations:

• Water. In order for the cucumbers to be well tied, you need to water the bushes with slightly warm water 1 time in 2-3 days. In order to prevent root rot and fungal diseases, water is introduced into the aisles. The volume of water for irrigation is determined by the age of the plant - the older the bush, the more moisture it needs.It is believed that the need of young plants for moisture is 3-4 times less.
• Feeding. Like all vegetable crops, cucumbers are demanding on top dressing. For normal growth, you need to make 5-6 dressings. The best results are shown by solutions of cow manure and chicken manure, mixtures of superphosphate, carbamide, potassium sulfate.
• Pinching. They lead a bush in one stem. To improve the yield, remove a few lower flowers. If necessary, pinch the top of the central cucumber lash.

As you can see, the care of the hybrid is very simple. All it takes to get a generous harvest of greens is a little effort and patience.

Reviews

Marina, 43: “The variety did not live up to my expectations. The yield was average, and the taste was ordinary. I will not plant more.”

Ivan, 51: “One of the best early varieties I have ever grown. Cucumbers are delicious, crispy.”

Tatiana, 38 years old: “I have been growing a hybrid for several years in a row. I really like the resistance to diseases and the taste of fruits in it. I make salad and twists out of greens.”

Lyudmila, 48 years old: “A good productive variety. The bushes are disease resistant, and the cucumbers are beautiful and tasty. The only drawback is that when growing bushes in a greenhouse, you have to take care of their pollination.”

Have you grown Son of Regiment F1? How did the plants perform? Please share your opinion so that gardeners who like the hybrid can weigh the pros and cons of vegetable crops.

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