Parthenocarpic cucumbers: what is it, how to shape and grow, varieties with photos

Cucumber breeding does not stand still, trying to make it easier to get fruits in an easy way, without pollination. It is parthenocarpic cucumbers that are suitable for those summer residents who do not have the opportunity to transfer pollen from the stamen of one flower to the pistil of another or attract insects to this. Hybrids bred by breeders do not require pollination. But getting seeds from them to grow your favorite variety is possible.

Pros of parthenocarpic varieties

Not everyone knows what a parthenocarpic cucumber means, often confusing it with a self-pollinated one. But modern hybrids don't need pollination, which means they don't have seeds inside.

The advantages of parthenocarpic hybrids include:

• profusion of flower formation;
• duration of fruiting;
• great taste;
• lack of bitterness in fruits;
• preservation of presentation during transportation;
• preservation of useful properties for a long time.

Outwardly, the parthenocarpic cucumber is distinguished by the lush growth of the bush. And for eating this type of vegetable is most suitable. There are no seeds in the pulp of the fruit, which allows you to enjoy greens to the fullest.

If only greenhouse conditions were suitable for the first hybrids, now varieties of cucumbers for open ground have appeared.

Parthenocarpics for greenhouse

Parthenocarpic cucumbers are especially suitable for greenhouses, because many of the hybrids do not tolerate sudden changes in air temperature.

Cucumber Furor F1 belongs to the early ripe type, because the variety bears fruit 37-39 days after emergence. Of the characteristics of the hybrid, one can distinguish from him:

• power of the root system;
• uniform fruit color;
• harvest abundance;
• resistance to diseases - cladosporiosis, powdery mildew, mosaic.

Cucumber variety suitable for pickling.

April cucumber is suitable for greenhouses. In addition to excellent taste, it bears fruit for a long time, gives high yields.

Zozulya has a middle branch of a bush from which tuberculate fruits are harvested. There are always a lot of them, they are of excellent presentation, they do not turn yellow for a long time.

One of the varieties for pickling and pickling cucumber Kuzya F1. Although greens are smaller than usual, they taste crispy and juicy, without bitterness.

Emelya F1 parthenocarpic differs in early maturity. Cucumbers fifteen centimeters long are dark green in color with large tubercles. The hybrid is ideal for greenhouses, where it pleases with high yields.

Description of Advance cucumbers makes it possible to get acquainted with a highly branched plant. It has excellent marketability.

Cucumbers are harvested in July, they are good both fresh and for pickling.

The hybrid Arina is distinguished by strong growth of the bush, giving powerful lateral shoots. A vegetable of the female type of flowering pleases with crops of greens, long, glossy, with white spikes. In addition to salads, they are used for canning.

Parthenocarpic cucumbers bred for greenhouses are more suitable for fresh consumption, but some varieties are also good for winter preparations.

How to grow in a greenhouse

Cucumber seeds before planting in the soil of the greenhouse undergo a series of procedures aimed at germination, hardening. Rejected and viable seeds are put in a bag and lowered into a container with water at room temperature. To accelerate the appearance of sprouts, the Zircon growth biostimulator is added to the liquid. After a day of soaking, the planting material is transferred to a bag and placed on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. These procedures are not necessary for purchased seeds, they are already prepared for planting.

The soil for greenhouses is prepared from humus with the addition of a complex of fertilizers consisting of urea, potassium sulfate, superphosphate. In an unheated greenhouse, planting is carried out when the soil warms up to fifteen degrees Celsius. Cucumbers do not grow at low temperatures. They need a lot of heat and light. Therefore, the scheme for planting cucumbers in a greenhouse is as follows:

• the distance between plants is not less than half a meter;
• rows one and a half meters apart;
• three seeds are placed in each hole to a depth of two to three centimeters.

Germination takes place under the film after abundant watering.

How to form parthenocarpic species

Caring for parthenocarpic cucumbers includes regular procedures:

• watering;
• feeding;
• loosening;
• weeding.

Be sure to pinch in order to form a bush. This means that it is necessary to regulate the density and length of the cucumber branches. Without formation, a parthenocarpic cucumber hybrid will constantly form shoots. This means that all the strength of the root will go into the green mass, and not fruiting. Then there will not be enough light and food for the plants.

The formation of parthenocarpic cucumbers takes place when the fifth - sixth leaf appears on the plant. In the axils of these leaves, all the flowers and shoots formed there are removed, that is, they are blinded. Then they pinch the rest of the lashes, leaving them on the first ones along a small length of 20-25 centimeters, then higher - at 35-40 and 45-50. The main shoot is fixed on the trellis and pinched when it reaches its maximum length.

We grow parthenocarpic varieties in open ground

If at first parthenocarpic types of cucumbers grew only in a greenhouse, then gardeners adapted to grow them in open ground.

Open field varieties

Successfully grows in conditions of low temperatures, while maintaining the ability to set fruits Zabiyaka cucumber. The hybrid bears fruit until frost, delighting with small, such as gherkins, fruits. Cucumber Brook has similar characteristics.

Early Fawn has gained popularity among gardeners with its disease resistance, excellent taste of greens. From one square meter, the plant gives up to seventeen kilograms on the fortieth day after germination. Fawn cucumbers are suitable for growing in greenhouse conditions and in the garden.

Dense and tender, without bitterness, the flesh of cucumbers Uglich F1. With the right agricultural technology, already in July they feast on small cucumbers of a rich green color with tubercles.

Hybrid Canaglia F1 is tied to a trellis, as the bush grows up to two to three meters in height. The variety is valued for early fruiting, use in salads, excellent presentation. The cucumber Zircon F1 also belongs to tall species. But it is better to grow it in seedlings. Suitable variety for cultivation in the fields. And his yield is excellent, and the cucumbers are even, they retain their marketable appearance for a long time, they do not turn yellow.

All parthenocarpic varieties of cucumbers are resistant to diseases of a heat-loving vegetable.Fruits can be quickly sold because they are tasty, tender, suitable for summer salads. Among them, there are many that are significant for fresh consumption at the beginning of summer. Variety Kucha Mala belongs to such parthenocarpics.

Among the productive hybrids, one can note the Meva cucumber, which gives more than twenty kilograms of long greens with smooth skin from one square meter.

Reviews of gardeners about varieties of parthenocarpic species are only positive.

Rules for growing in the garden

Hybrids are easy to care for outdoors. It is important for them to prepare a trellis about two meters high. The planting scheme is similar to that in the greenhouse soil. If the variety is strongly branched, then the distance between plants is fifty centimeters. When the entire bed is planted with hybrid plants, the stem is formed at the same time, when flowers and shoots appear on the main shoot in the axils of the first five leaves.Blinding is carried out, such an action in which flowers and shoots are completely removed. The rest of the whips, located above the fifth sheet, only pinch.

Cucumbers are also watered depending on the periods of growth. At first, moisten moderately, reducing the frequency of watering and its abundance during the appearance of inflorescences.As soon as the vegetable fades, the frequency of watering is increased. Do not forget that you need to take warm water.

Top dressing is carried out using mullein diluted in ten liters of water or mineral fertilizers. You can spray cucumber leaves with a nutrient solution. It is prepared by adding wood ash.

Parthenocarpic types of cucumbers are grown by many, because they have many positive qualities and do not require careful care.

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