White cucumber: description of varieties, cultivation and care rules with photo

Unusual fruits and vegetables in the plots have become normal in our time. To surprise acquaintances and friends, you can grow white Chinese cucumbers. It will please with its taste and unusual appearance.

Choice variety

Every farmer knows how to grow cucumbers, but in order to get an excellent harvest, you need to choose the right type. There are popular crop varieties with white fruits:

• "Petite White". The length is 5-7 cm. They grow first among white and green varieties. Unpretentious and undemanding to care. Perfect for s alting and fresh for salads. In addition, the small size looks good in mixed vegetables.
• "White Angel F1" medium-ripening variety of white cucumbers. Refers to the parthenocarpic species. It takes 45-50 days from germination to maturity. On 1m^{23 bushes are planted. The weight of the vegetable is 100 g, the length is 7-10 cm. The taste is classic cucumber, there is a slight bitterness, the color of the fruit is white. Of the features of the variety, when overgrown, it loses its taste. It is better if their size is 4-5 cm. No immunity to disease.}
• "Bride", early ripe cucumber. But when growing, many experience difficulties. Very capricious and demanding variety. Refers to insect pollinated hybrids. Ripens within 38-42 days. 4 plants are planted on 1m^{2. Very productive look. Their features, the plant is tall, requires a lot of care, namely watering and fertilizing. It is very difficult to grow a white cucumber without some experience. But the result is worth the effort, because it tastes excellent.}
• "Chinese white" is a very common look. Fruits for a long time. Its fruits do not spoil for a long time. Has immunity to diseases. The Chinese bred this variety.
• "Snow Leopard". Cucumbers are white, reach a length of 20 cm. The taste is excellent, suitable for canning, fresh consumption.
• "Snow White", very famous among cucumbers with white fruits. The peculiarity of the variety is that it easily tolerates temperature changes. Suitable for growing outdoors or greenhouses. Use for any kind of use.
• "Bidigo-Lungo". It belongs to hybrid types of culture, unpretentious, high-yielding and tends to bear fruit for a long time. Its features are that it was bred for film growing.

Besides the unusual appearance, white cucumbers attract summer residents with their taste. It is impossible to describe, only to understand by tasting. Many different varieties of exotic vegetables have been bred, so the choice of variety, as always, remains with the vegetable grower.

The difference between white-fruited vegetables and the usual green cucumbers

Distinctive features of the regular color and white species are insignificant, but they are still there:

1. First of all, there is a difference in the color of the fruit.
2. Taste differences are reduced to the absence of bitterness and the presence of a richer aroma.
3. Strong growth of vine plants.
4. Undemanding to formation.
5. They are resistant to changing weather conditions, lowering and raising temperatures. White-fruited cucumbers tolerate shading well.

You don't need to know any special agricultural techniques to grow vegetables in the area. The main condition is a mandatory garter to the supports, to improve air flow and stabilize fruit ripening.

Rules of care

It is not difficult to care for the culture of the white-fruited variety. It is necessary to regularly water the plants, loosen the surface of the beds and carry out top dressing. Watering is carried out in the evening, with warm water. Feed with complex fertilizers.

It is not required to form a plant, as they bear fruit both on the lateral lashes and on the central stem. Harvesting begins from the moment when the cucumbers are 10-15 cm in length. Further growth will result in a loss of flavor.

Opinion of summer residents regarding varieties

Find more useful information by reading the reviews of those who grew them on their plots:

• Irina Sergeeva. If you are tired of everything standard, he suggests trying to grow species with white cucumbers.They are very tasty, more tender, their skin is thinner. If you have grown ordinary varieties before, then there will be no difficulties. The main thing is the garter to the trellis and timely complex top dressing. Most of all I liked White Angel cucumbers.
• Allah. Grows white cucumbers in a greenhouse. They are also called snakes. For what reason, he does not know. Landings are resistant to cold and heat. And most importantly - a record harvest. It is not clear why other gardeners do not appreciate them so much. Satisfied with everything, and the taste, and the price, and the fact that the plant gives fruits much longer than its green counterpart.
• Christina. I ordered a variety of cucumber "White Angel", I liked everything very much. Especially the reaction of friends and acquaintances when you serve these vegetables on the table during a feast. They are very tasty, do not spoil for a long time. Otherwise, they do not differ from the same green varieties.
• Marina. Grows several varieties. I really like the unusual look of the fruit. They are unpretentious and, unlike ordinary varieties, are not afraid of the cold.The only condition for their proper growth is timely watering and feeding. Most suitable rotted manure or diluted chicken manure. Can be fertilized with complex fertilizers.

If a gardener wants to grow something exotic on the plot, white cucumbers will come in handy. Some even call them "ghosts", for the reason that at night they are always visible in the garden, they seem to glow. Not to mention how spectacular they look in a fresh salad, combined with unusually colored tomatoes.

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