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

Based on many years of experience in growing cucumbers, gardeners choose for themselves the best ones that suit them in all respects. Many of them like cucumber Ira. Find out what's special about it below.

Characteristic variety

This is an early maturing bee-pollinated hybrid. Grown both in the greenhouse and outdoors. The bush is vigorous. If the crown is not pinched, it will grow up to 2.5 meters. The side lashes also need to stop growing. Usually this procedure is carried out after 4-5 sheets. When growing in a greenhouse, you need to provide access to insects for pollination. Cucumbers are tied in the lateral sinuses, 2-3 pieces each.The hybrid gives the first harvest in 40-45 days after seed germination. Up to 10 kilograms of crop ripens on one square of plantings.

Description of the fruit - small in size, grow up to 8-10 centimeters in length, the weight of one cucumber is 90-110 grams. The surface of the fruit is strewn with small tubercles with white spikes. The shape is cylindrical. The color is green with bright stripes that do not reach the middle of the cucumber. The fruits are crispy, the pulp is juicy, in the context of the seeds are small, barely noticeable. The taste is sweet, without bitterness, has a rich cucumber aroma.

The fruits are intended for fresh consumption, they are also used to prepare pickled salads and roll up whole. The hybrid is resistant to olive blotch, anthracnose and bacteriosis.

Positive qualities of a hybrid

Gardeners note the following positive characteristics when growing:

Early fruit ripening.
Excellent bright fruit flavors.
High yield.
Versatile in use.
Storage.
Disease resistance.

Conditions and methods of cultivation

To get a good harvest of Ira f1 cucumbers, they need to be grown. It is important to choose the right soil for growing. It should be fertile, not sour, light. At the end of the season, the soil is prepared in advance - compost is added there and dug up. In the spring, this soil can not be fertilized. One has only to dig again and prepare the beds. So that bacteria do not develop in the ground, it is shed with hot water with potassium permanganate, then covered with plastic wrap for a week. After these activities, the soil is ready for planting.

If you decide to plant Irina's cucumbers in a greenhouse, then planting should be done in mid-May. The main condition is that there are no night frosts, and the air temperature does not fall below 15 degrees. Otherwise, landings will be lost. Cucumbers are usually planted in rows with a distance of 50 centimeters between them. The width between planted plants is from 20 to 40 centimeters. Depends on the area of the bed and growing conditions.

Seeds are planted at a depth of 1.5-2 centimeters. You can’t plant deeper, they just won’t germinate. After planting the seeds, the bed can be covered with a film for better germination, but before that it is watered with warm water at room temperature. When sprouts of cucumbers appear, the film is removed and they continue to grow. It must be remembered that this is a tall variety, so the whips are allowed along the trellis or tied to the crossbar. Whoever likes it more. Also indoors, you need to provide access for insects to pollinate flowers.Otherwise, there will be no harvest.

Plant care

Ira cucumbers have demanding characteristics, during growth they are watered, weeded, help to cope with diseases and fertilize:

Ira is a demanding hybrid, so manipulations will have to be done daily.
Water. In hot weather, plants are watered once a day, if the weather is variable, then several times a week.
Weeding. In the beds, weeds are constantly removed for better growth of cucumbers.
Loosening. After watering, the soil under the cucumbers is loosened so that the fungus does not multiply in it, and the roots breathe.
Garter. This procedure is carried out so that the lashes grow vertically. So it is more convenient to water, loosen and harvest. Cucumbers grown vertically get more sunlight.
Fertilizers. As a rule, cucumbers are fed with mineral and organic fertilizers. With a lack of nutrients, complex preparations are used.
Inspection of plants. To detect disease, rot or other ailment, cucumbers are closely monitored. If a disease is detected, it is necessary to treat the bushes with chemicals, and remove diseased shoots.

Review reviews about Ira

This hybrid develops and bears fruit in all regions of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Therefore, it has already received numerous reviews.

Polina writes: “I experimented a lot with varieties in search of a suitable one for my site. Finally, I found Ira, this hybrid gives excellent results in the greenhouse and in the open garden. Doesn't get sick. The fruits are neat and beautiful, the taste is excellent, not bitter. Sweet and crunchy. This quality remains even after pickling. To my conditions of cold nights and warm days, the variety adapts instantly.One year there were frosts, the temperature dropped to -1 degrees, the plants were sitting in a greenhouse without heating. And nothing - not a single bush was missing.”