Cucumber Asterix: description and characteristics of the variety, reviews with photos

It is rare to find a personal plot where cucumbers do not grow. Cucumber Asterix F1 was bred relatively recently and has already managed to catch the fancy of many gardeners. This variety has many advantages, it is unpretentious and gives a good harvest.

Description of Asterix cucumber variety

Cucumbers were bred by Dutch breeders a little over 5 years ago. Variety Asterix belongs to the early ripe hybrids of the first generation. The flowers are pollinated by bees. Flowers are predominantly female. The rhizome is well developed. The bushes are small, the leaves are medium in size, light green in color. Strongly branched.

The first harvest from cucumber bushes is collected 37-45 days after sowing the seeds in the soil and the appearance of sprouts. The yield is stable, bearing fruit even under adverse weather conditions.

Plants tolerate climate change normally, fruiting remains stable when it gets colder. Seedlings can be planted in open ground in beds and greenhouses.

The first advantage of a cucumber is resistance to diseases. Plants are practically free from powdery mildew, tobacco mosaic and Fusarium wilt.

Undemanding to care. The main requirement that must be observed before planting is the application of fertilizers to the soil. On poor soil, bushes grow poorly and give a poor harvest.

Fruit characteristics

The description of cucumbers will be incomplete if you do not characterize ripe cucumbers.

Characteristics of Asterix fruits:

• Cucumbers are 8 to 11 cm long.
• The shape of greens is elongated, cylindrical.
• Emerald skin covered with short white spikes.
• The skin is bumpy.
• The pulp is juicy, crispy.
• White streaks appear on skin.
• The mass of one greens reaches 100 g.
• Versatile use in cooking.
• Cucumbers tend to overgrow if left unharvested for a long time.
• Suitable for s alting because of the small size of greens.

Greenhouse cucumbers are in no way inferior to street cucumbers in taste and size. To increase the yield and quality of greens, mineral and organic top dressings are regularly introduced into the soil. Before planting seedlings, the beds should be watered with a solution of potassium permanganate to disinfect it.

Pros and cons

The main disadvantage of the Asterix F1 variety is that cucumbers need to be harvested after 2-3 days. If this is not done, they begin to overgrow and become tasteless.

Variety advantages:

• High palatability of fruits.
• Early fruiting.
• Zelentsy ripen en masse.
• Versatility in cooking.
• Resistance of bushes to many diseases.
• Plants normally tolerate sudden changes in climate.

Gardeners fell in love with this variety for its unpretentiousness and taste of fruits.

Reviews on the variety of Asterix cucumbers

Although the Asterix F1 cucumbers were bred quite recently, they have already managed to attract domestic summer residents.

Valery, 47:

“Planting this variety for the second year in a row. Greens are more like gherkins, especially if you pick them as soon as they appear. Delicious and crispy. For all the time of cultivation, the plants never got sick and always gave a stable harvest. I advise Asterix cucumbers to everyone.”

Ekaterina, 33:

“A couple of years ago, my grandmother recommended planting this variety. I love cucumbers, so I immediately decided to buy seeds and sow them. The seedling sprouted quickly and amicably. The manufacturer claims that you need to grow seedlings on fertile soil, so I decided to immediately add manure to the beds. The yield was excellent, every day they picked cucumbers from the garden. Delicious, juicy. Suitable for vegetable salads.”

Marina, 34:

“I didn’t like the cucumbers, maybe the whole thing is in the soil, or in the seeds. But the seedlings sprouted poorly, only a few bushes. Yield is not bad, but I would like more. The greens are really delicious. The skin is thin and the flesh is juicy. Liked in pickling.”

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