Cucumber Farmer: description and characteristics of the variety, opinion of gardeners with photo

Cucumber Farmer F1 is declared by the manufacturer as a super-yielding hybrid. Its productivity is impressive. With standard care, 25 kg of greens are removed per square meter. For those who are impressed by this figure, here is a brief description of the variety and some care tips.

Short description

Farmer's cucumbers need to be grown outdoors.

Both methods are suitable for reproduction:

• dry (sprouted) seeds into the ground;
• 25-day-old seedlings.

Each of the methods has its pros and cons: early harvest when using seedlings, stronger bushes - when sown with dry seeds.

Ripening dates, sowing

The plant is mid-season, it enters fruiting time 40-45 days after emergence. Cucumber seedlings Farmer planted in the ground at the end of May under covering material or in the first decade of June. Accordingly, seeds are sown for seedlings from the end of April to May 10-15. Quality seeds germinate within a week.

Seeds in the ground cucumber variety Farmer should be sown at the end of May. Auspicious days for planting cucumber from May 24 to May 28. Add fertilizers (superphosphate, urea, potassium nitrate), humus, ash to the soil when forming holes. Pour the soil, crush, put 3 seeds each, sprinkle with sifted humus, layer thickness 1.5-2 cm.

Fruits

The characteristics of the fruit will satisfy any gourmet. They are even, slightly ribbed, white-thorned. The length of commercial greens is from 10 to 12 cm. You can pick gherkins, they are of good quality, can be used for blanks.

The average fruit weight is around 100 g. Zelentsy has a classic cucumber taste, fragrant, without bitterness. The purpose of the fruit is universal:

• summer vegetable salads;
• spicy snacks;
• winter salads;
• marinades and pickles.

For winter preparations, the choice for growing cucumber varieties Farmer in your garden is more than justified. Alternatively, a hybrid is ideal for a small market business: purchasable, productive, easy to care for.

Bushes

Farmer F1 - plant of indeterminate type, the growth of the central stem is unlimited.The average length of the lashes is 2 m. The bushes are medium-branched, covered with dark green leaves. The size of the leaf plates is medium, the surface is slightly wrinkled. Flower type is female. Fruits are formed in knots of 1-2 pieces. A bush with a tight fit can be driven in one stem.

Pollination

Cucumber variety Farmer belongs to the group of bee-pollinated plants, so it is not suitable for greenhouse cultivation. In order for the cucumbers to be well tied, plant a pollinator variety in the garden. The main requirement for selection is one flowering time.

Plant pattern

For the full development of the bushes need space. Often it is not necessary to plant cucumbers, the yield drops with dense planting, 30 cm is the optimal distance when forming holes. Leave one bush in each hole.

Good reviews about growing a hybrid on a trellis. Vertically growing cucumbers get sick less, bear fruit better and longer.It is easier to care for such plantings of cucumbers. Install the trellis in preparation of the ridges for planting. The bushes are tall, so construct a structure with a height of 1.8-2 m.

Planting and care tips

Care tips are simple. For early production, grow seedlings, for winter harvesting, sow the ridge with the seeds of the Farmer cucumber from the end of May to June 10. Make the main emphasis during summer care on watering and disease prevention.

Water regularly (every 3 days). Water temperature for irrigation 20-25 °C. Watering time: morning - until 11 o'clock, evening - before sunset. The best yield of cucumbers is obtained by using a trellis and mulching the soil. The farm hybrid loves top dressing, especially responds well to the application of nitrogen fertilizers or mullein infusion in the active growth phase.

Reviews

According to gardeners, the Farmer variety copes well with the vagaries of the weather, is productive, easy to care for, pleases with long fruiting.

Valentin, Saratov:

“I am a farmer, cucumbers in summer are an income item. Cucumber cultivar Farmer has been planting for a year now. I sow in the ground at the end of May, bear fruit for a long time, stably. Easy care: drip irrigation, weeding. I combine fertilizing with watering. They buy cucumbers well.”

Alena, Nizhny Novgorod:

“I am planting several holes for winter preparations. I collect gherkins, pickle. Preparations are great in winter. She praised the Farmer variety to the neighbors, they also got hooked on it, now they always have a harvest.”

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