Cucumber Director: description of the Dutch variety and its cultivation with a photo

Dutch breeders have presented an ideal variety - cucumber Director. It does not require pollination as it is parthenocarpic, intended for indoor cultivation. Thanks to its characteristics, the vegetable has received numerous reviews from grateful gardeners.

Description

Cucumber variety Director F1 is a mid-season, parthenocarpic, indeterminate hybrid. The first crop ripens 40-45 days after seed germination.

Liana of medium length and climbing, with a large number of side shoots. When cultivating, it requires formation and pinching. In the axils, ovaries with 2-3 female flowers are formed. When grown in a greenhouse, up to 3 cucumbers are formed from each sinus.

Cucumbers Director F1 have medium tuberculate fruits of cylindrical shape, elongated. The length is 9-12 centimeters. Diameter from 3 to 9 centimeters. Weight from 65 to 80 grams. The skin is dark green, thin. Barely noticeable light stripes go from the flower. Pubescence white.

Pulp is pale green, crispy, juicy, without voids. It has a bright sweetish cucumber taste without bitterness. There are no seeds in gherkins, their mature fruit contains a small amount.

Due to its excellent taste, it is intended for salad use, as well as pickling, marinating and other types of preservation.

Dignity of the variety

Perfect cultivar description for growing in greenhouses, greenhouses and outdoors, this is the "leader" among parthenocarpic cucumbers, has many positive qualities.

1. High palatability.
2. Powerful branching plant.
3. Long fruiting.
4. Lightweight and transportable grade.
5. Proven disease resistance.
6. Versatile in use.
7. Possibility of double crop per season.
8. Resistant to temperature extremes.

Growing

To grow cucumbers in a greenhouse, seeds are planted in the ground in a direct way - without seedlings. On the beds, in the northern regions, a seedling planting characteristic is desirable - this way the harvest will come faster.

Preparation of soil for cucumbers consists in applying mineral fertilizers, digging beds and watering with hot water. After the manipulations, the beds are covered with a film for 7 days. After the polyethylene is removed, rows or holes are formed, and seeds are planted.

Director F1 cucumbers are planted in the greenhouse with seeds germinated in wet gauze. The air temperature in the room at night should not be below +14 degrees. Daytime air temperature should be kept within 22-27 degrees. The soil in the beds is pre-fertilized with mineral mixtures - chicken manure, compost or cow dung.

Seeds are planted in a checkerboard pattern or in a row, while the row spacing is 50 centimeters.

Cucumber care

During the growth of cucumbers fertilize up to 7 times. 3 times before flowering and 4 times during the harvest of vegetables. Thus, the harvest will be stored for a long time and will delight gardeners with excellent taste.

Use as fertilizer for cucumbers:

• urea,
• ammonium nitrate,
• superphosphate,
• potassium nitrate,
• manure,
• chicken manure,
• wood ash,
• humus,
• compost.

These fertilizers are used alone or in combination with each other. An overabundance of dressings is just as dangerous as a lack. Therefore, you need to adhere to the generally accepted rules for feeding cucumbers.

Weeding is as important to getting a quality crop as any other manipulation. After watering, the soil around the plants is loosened. This is done to maintain soil moisture and reduce water consumption for irrigation.

Shaping a bush

Indeterminate varieties of cucumbers Director F1 require the formation of a whip, if growth is not stopped, the green mass will flood the entire greenhouse, and there will be little harvest.

For this manipulation, we count 8 leaves and pinch off the top, so we do with stepchildren. When forming a bush in two and three stems, the main bush is pinched until the desired length is reached, and three stepsons are released. The rest are removed. In greenhouses, a vertical growing method is used, the stem is tied to the crossbar. Thus, access to bushes and fruits will not be limited.

Disease prevention

To prevent infection of bushes with infections, seeds and soil are disinfected with a solution of potassium permanganate before planting. To detect diseases in greenhouses, plants and fruits are constantly inspected for the presence of dark spots, rot and other manifestations of fungal infections. In case of detection, plants and soil are treated with fungicides. The measure will stop the spread of infection and save the harvest.

Review of variety reviews Director

Due to a plentiful harvest, ease of cultivation and high-quality long-lasting cucumbers, the Director variety receives numerous reviews from agronomists and summer residents.

Dmitry Ivanovich, entrepreneur: “I have been using seeds for a long time Director and I constantly get high-quality fruits that are very popular on the market. For cultivation I use the greenhouse method and in one season I get two crops. Accordingly, the profit from the sale is twice as large.”

Irina Mikhailovna, housewife: “I have a small greenhouse, I plant cucumbers in it along with tomatoes. It turns out to plant only 6 bushes, but they also provide us with delicious fresh cucumbers all summer and even autumn. I can even roll up! Great strain!”

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