Cucumber Dirigent F1: description and characteristics of the variety, reviews of summer residents with photos

Cucumber Dirigent F1 is a relatively new hybrid bred in the Netherlands. Thanks to its many advantages, it has already gained recognition and popularity among gardeners. Of the positive qualities of the variety, it is worth highlighting early ripeness and excellent taste.

For several thousand years, people have loved and grown cucumbers. After all, cucumber is not only tasty, but also a he althy vegetable.

Hybrid features

Dirigent F1 - an early ripe hybrid variety of indeterminate type that does not require pollination. Constant regeneration of the plant, allows you to get a higher yield. Dirigent begins to bear fruit, on average, 40 days after sowing.

Plant description:

• medium and medium branched;
• leaves are small, dark green;
• flowering female type, 1-3 female flowers in a node;
• tolerates high temperatures and hot climate well, bushes do not burn in the sun;
• hybrid resistant to powdery mildew, brown spot and cucumber mosaic virus;
• high yield - from 4.5 to 7 kg per 1 square. m.

Due to the openness of the plant, harvesting becomes more convenient and affordable.

Fruit characteristics:

• greenies are equally short (up to 10 cm long), cylindrical;
• length to diameter ratio 3.1:1;
• color dark green with small stripes, moderate spotting;
• the peel is dense, with small tubercles and white pubescence;
• weight of cucumbers 65-80 grams;
• semen chamber is small;
• cucumbers are delicious, juicy and crispy.

Dirigent F1 cucumbers are great for salads and canning.

Growing and care

Dirigent is recommended for cultivation in greenhouse conditions and in open ground. It can be grown by seedling method or sown directly on the garden bed under covering material. Since Dirigent is a hybrid variety, the seeds sprout together and do not require additional processing.

• Sowing in the soil is done when it warms up to +18-20 degrees.
• Seedlings are planted in greenhouses and greenhouses in the first decades of May, at the age of 20-25 days. By this time, the sprouts should form from 2 to 5 leaves.
• Before sowing seeds and planting seedlings, it is recommended to fill the holes with peat or humus, and then mulch them. Organic mulching will attract earthworms, which will loosen and fertilize the soil, supplying the cucumber root system with oxygen and essential trace elements.
• Seeds should be planted with the nose up, at an angle of 45 degrees and to a depth of no more than 1 cm. This will facilitate and speed up the germination process.
• After sowing, the bed or container must be tightly covered with non-woven material. Pour warm water over the material from the sprayer. So the soil will not be washed away, and the soil will be sufficiently moistened and provided with oxygen.
• After the appearance of the first shoots, watering should be limited. Cucumbers love moisture, but do not tolerate its excess. You need to water with warm water twice a day - in the morning and in the evening.
• The first two weeks of active growth, it is recommended to gently loosen the soil in order to provide the roots with oxygen. It is important not to get carried away here, since the root system is located close to the surface and can be easily damaged.
• You can feed cucumbers with organic and mineral fertilizers. The first feeding should be done two weeks after germination. It is advisable to make two more before flowering and two after.

Advantages and disadvantages

Although the reviews of experienced gardeners about Dirigent cucumbers are mostly positive, the hybrid still has drawbacks.

Pros:

• precocity;
• high yield;
• unpretentiousness;
• uniformity of size and shape;
• disease resistance.

Cons:

• high price of seeds due to the difficulty of obtaining them;
• lack of self-collection of seeds.

The main advantage of hybrid varieties is that they also bear fruit abundantly even in an unfavorable year.

Reviews

Svetlana Gavrilova, Moscow:

“Last summer I planted Dirigent F1, I liked it. Cucumbers are rarely tuberculate, non-thorny, fragrant and tasty.”

Oksana Emelyanova, Kostroma:

“I liked the dirigent because it is very good at preserving. Cucumbers are all right, crispy and without voids.”

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