Cucumbers True friends: description and characteristics of the variety, the opinion of gardeners with a photo

Cucumber Faithful friends F1 - a hybrid variety bred by the breeders of the company "Manul" - O. N. Krylov and A. V. Borisov. It is recommended for cultivation throughout Russia, both in summer cottages and household plots, and on farms, for the mass production of cucumbers.

Hybrid features

Faithful friends F1 - an early maturing bee-pollinated hybrid of the female type of flowering. Fruiting begins early: 38-40 days after germination.

Plant description:

• medium, climbing, slightly branched;
• leaves are medium in size, slightly wrinkled, deep green;
• formation of bundle-type ovaries, from 4 to 10 ovaries are formed in leaf nodes;
• yield - 3-3.5 kg per 1 square. m;
• hybrid is not afraid of low temperatures, abundantly bears fruit in any climatic conditions;
• has increased immunity to powdery mildew, cladosporiosis and cucumber mosaic virus.

Due to weak branching and small leaf size, cucumber care is greatly simplified.

Fruit characteristics:

• greens are oblong, cylindrical, thickened at the base;
• the size of the cucumbers is about the same: length 8-10 cm, diameter 3.5-4 cm;
• weight of each cucumber is from 80 to 100 grams;
• skin is dense, bumpy, black-thorn with slight pubescence;
• color of cucumbers is light green with short white veins, top is lighter;
• pulp is juicy, without bitterness, with a pronounced cucumber aroma.

Cucumber varieties True friends F1 are versatile in use. They can be eaten fresh straight from the garden, used for salads and prepared for the winter.

Growing and care

The children's song says: "It's no secret that friends do not grow in the garden," but True friends grow excellently in the garden. And you can grow cucumbers of this variety, even in a greenhouse, even in a tunnel-type film shelter, even in open ground.

• Sowing seeds or planting seedlings in unheated greenhouses and greenhouses is carried out from May 15 to May 20; in open ground - in the first decade of June, when the soil warms up to +18-20 degrees.
• It is recommended to sow seeds pre-soaked in warm water for 12 hours. Immediately before sowing or planting seedlings, mineral or organic fertilizers should be added to each hole. To do this, you can use peat, compost or manure humus.
• The compactness of True Friends allows you to increase planting density: in greenhouses, 3 bushes per 1 sq. m, in open ground - 4-5 bushes per 1 sq. m The distance between the grooves should be 50-60 cm.
• Planting is done at a depth of 1-2 cm and mulched with peat.
• Due to the fact that the cucumber does not have self-pollination, overseeding of 10-15% of the pollinator is necessary.
• True friends unpretentious cucumber and does not require special care. It is necessary to weed, hill up and loosen the soil in a timely manner.
• Even before germination, cucumbers should be regularly watered with settled warm water. Watering is usually carried out twice a day: in the early morning and at sunset. It is strictly forbidden to water during the day, as the leaves can burn in the sun.
• Cucumbers can be fertilized in different ways: under the root, by the leaf method, or combined. As top dressing, it is possible to use mineral mixtures and organic fertilizers. Wood ash is very effective and can be used every week from any stage of development until the end of fruiting.

Having studied the description of the hybrid and reviews about it, we can conclude that True Friends are a godsend for a novice gardener. This cucumber is easy to care for, unpretentious to weather conditions and resistant to diseases, and even please with a harvest.

Reviews about the hybrid True friends

Liliya Galieva, Rostov:

“Faithful friends, indeed, an ultra-early variety. Cucumbers grow together and taste great.”

Lyudmila Yakovleva, Krasnodar Territory:

“Faithful friends always delight with the harvest, the whole season their cucumbers are on the table. And enough sunbathing. Most importantly, keep collecting. There have never been bitter ones.”

Antonina Soykina, Samara:

“Every year I experiment with new varieties of cucumbers, but I constantly grow True Friends. This is a proven and reliable variety. The only drawback is that the bushes begin to age early, so you have to constantly rejuvenate. But the cucumbers are all even, tasty and crispy.”

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