Cucumber Kumanek f1: characteristics and description of the variety, yield with photo

Cucumber Kumanek f1 is adapted to the conditions of the south and the center of Russia, grown in open ground, as it is pollinated by bees. The variety normally tolerates heat and drought, rainy and cloudy weather in the Volga-Vyatka region.

Description of the hybrid

Determinant shrub grows to a height of 1.7 m, lets out many branches with rough leaves of a dark green hue. Clusters with cucumbers look beautiful, because in place of a bunch of inflorescences, up to 5 fruits are tied at once, which have:

• cylindrical shape;
• bright green tint;
• sweet taste;
• dense pulp.

The first cucumbers ripen in a month and a half after shoots appear. One Zelenets weighs up to 100 g, does not exceed 15 cm in length. The peel is covered with tubercles and white stripes. The fruits are not bitter, do not have voids. The crunchy characteristics of Kumanek cucumbers set them apart from other hybrids. Pickled greens are even tastier than fresh ones.

Variety Benefits

Despite the fact that cucumbers ripen in May, the bushes continue to bear fruit until August. Farmers collect up to 600 centners of crop per hectare in the fields. They value the strain for its resilience:

• to downy mildew;
• to powdery mildew;
• to cucumber mosaic;
• to sudden changes in the weather.

Even in hot climates, the plant tolerates the lack of watering all week well. Cucumbers do not turn yellow, but lose their presentation within a few days, so farmers strive to sell the harvest as quickly as possible.

For summer residents, this is not a problem, as they preserve crispy greens and look forward to the first cucumber.

How to prepare seeds?

Before you grow a hybrid in your garden, you should read not only the description of taste, but also how to plant them. First you need to check the seeds for germination and select damaged and empty ones. After that, they are dipped in a solution of potassium permanganate for three days, which allows you to protect the seed from fungal spores. There are other ways to harden.

Aloe leaves are kept in the freezer for a couple of days, the squeezed juice is mixed with water, or a honey solution is prepared, where cucumber seeds are placed, which can be collected from the Kumanek variety hybrid on their own. In order for the seeds to germinate faster, they are laid out on a wet cotton cloth, covered with gauze in 2 layers on top. The material will remain wet if the cloth is dampened with water.

Ready-made seeds are produced by the Russian company Aelita. They do not need to be hardened, treated with potassium permanganate.

Features of planting

Cucumbers are sown in the garden when the air temperature rises to 15 degrees. A place for a hybrid variety should be selected on a site where the sun shines almost all day. Between the rows it is necessary to leave a distance of up to 70 cm, between the holes - up to half a meter.

To make cucumbers ripen two weeks earlier, seedlings are being prepared.Seeds are placed in peat cups that serve as food for the bush, and then decompose, and cucumbers do not suffer from stress when they are moved to open ground. So that the seedlings do not stretch upwards, the stems strengthen, good lighting is needed. Cucumber bushes are moved to the garden at the age of no more than a month, subject to the following conditions:

1. Spring frosts are over.
2. The temperature does not drop to 10-12 degrees.
3. Winds blow from the south and west.

Summer residents, who have been growing cucumbers for years, plant calendula flowers around them, which helps to attract the attention of bees.

Rules of care

To harvest an excellent crop of crisp greens, it is better to water the beds in the evening, then the moisture lasts longer, the cucumbers do not taste bitter.This hybrid variety tolerates temperature fluctuations if the soil is well fertilized. They feed the soil near the Kumanek hybrid with organic matter. Wood ash and humus are perfect for this purpose. The earth under cucumbers is saturated with nitrogen and potassium, fertilized with urea. It is advised to feed the bushes once a week.

Hybrids develop and grow better if weeds are removed in time, the soil will loosen after each watering. Cucumber of the Kumanek variety is not afraid of mosaics, it is resistant to downy mildew, but in adverse weather it is subject to root rot. If the plant is infected with this disease:

1. The leaves are turning yellow.
2. The ovary is crumbling.
3. The bush withers and dries up.

They fight infection and pests by spraying cucumbers with biological agents such as Integral, Bactofit. It is desirable to treat seeds with these preparations before planting.

Summer residents who grow the Kumanek cucumber variety write only positive reviews about the hybrid. They like the fact that Zelentsy:

• do not outgrow;
• do not turn yellow;
• not bitter.

Appetizing cucumbers are crunchy, great for canning, voids do not form in the pulp. Even an inexperienced gardener is able to form bushes; they are cared for like ordinary determinant hybrid cucumbers.

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