Ajax cucumbers: description and characteristics of the variety, cultivation with photo

In 2000, Ajax Dutch cucumbers were added to the Russian plant registry for cultivation in garden plots, farms and household plots.

Main characteristics of the variety

This is an early bee pollinated hybrid. It is grown in open areas due to its pollination by bees; access to greenhouses is difficult for bees. Often varieties are grown for sale due to long storage.

The plant has a powerful branched stem with medium tuberous dark green leaves. Indeterminate with most female flowers. A stepson grows from the sinus with one to three fruitful flowers.The plant is large-sized, so you need to grow them on a trellis in a vertical way. It is necessary to gradually form the plant by removing excess stepsons.

Description of cucumber - dark green on one side and bright green with yellow short stripes on the other. The average size of a mature fruit is from 9 to 12 centimeters and weighs up to 100 grams. Zelenets has a white edge, which disappears when the vegetable is washed. Ripe cucumbers have hard skin. The variety is high-yielding, up to 5 kilograms of crop is removed from one bush.

The taste of fresh fruit is mediocre, not bright, but without bitterness. More often used for preparations for the winter.

Early harvest is formed together, the collection begins in June and continues until September. Resistant to temperature rises as well as slight fluctuations. Therefore, the variety has positive reviews from agronomists and gardeners.

Positive qualities of cucumbers

This type of cucumber has many advantages, among them:

• yield 5 kilograms per bush;
• storage duration,
• resistance to infections and fungi,
• resistance to temperature extremes,
• fruit is versatile in use,
• excellent shipping features,
• easy care.

Flaws

The variety has its drawbacks, but they are much less than advantages.

1. Mediocre taste when fresh.
2. Unable to grow indoors.
3. Cucumbers have hard skin.

Features of cultivation

The soil for planting is prepared, as with the cultivation of other varieties. Humus and manure are added, dug up, a bed is formed with a rake. Untreated seeds are soaked for two hours in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. You can find out if the seeds have been processed or not by color. Usually seeds treated with chemicals are red or yellow.

Growing is done at an air temperature of 18 degrees, while the night temperature must be more than 10 degrees, otherwise the seeds will not germinate. Many seeds germinate before sowing, this will increase the likelihood of germination.

The landing pattern is as follows:

• draw stripes in the garden with a rake at a distance of 30 centimeters from each other,
• strips spilled with warm water,
• cucumber seeds are planted at a distance of 20 centimeters, 1-2 seeds per hole,
• sprinkled with earth for a centimeter,
• spill water again.

The characteristic of a cucumber is such that as the plant grows, the stems will begin to weave. For this, two cuttings about 2 meters high are taken and driven into the ground on both sides of the bed - in the middle. A trellis clings to them or clotheslines are pulled in the form of a net. For this purpose, you can not use a metal wire - when heated in the sun, the plant will burn.

Clianas of the Ajax cucumber variety cling to the structure with tendrils. With this method of growing Ajax f1 cucumber, it is convenient to process, care for and harvest.

During the season, gardeners feed plants 2-3 times with mineral and organic fertilizers.

Although the variety is resistant to most diseases, powdery mildew should be avoided. The fungus will overtake the plant by surprise. It is necessary to ensure that the leaves and fruits of the cucumber do not lie on the ground, the fungus from there will move to the culture and infect it. Cucumbers should be watered under the root, avoiding drops of water on the leaves and fruits.

Cucumber care

Ajax cucumber varieties are demanding for watering, you need to carefully monitor soil moisture, prevent drying out, otherwise the harvest will turn out to be poor. Loosening and weeding the soil is also an important element in the care of any plant. When there is a lot of weed grass on the beds, it absorbs all the microelements and moisture - the cucumbers do not get anything. They stop growing, bear fruit and eventually dry up.

One should constantly form a bush, when neglected, growth will go into the green mass of the plant, not giving the desired yield. To do this, the first three stepchildren on the plant are broken out, then the stepsoning occurs according to the scheme 1 through 2 or 1 through 3 breaks out.

Harvesting is carried out continuously, overgrown fruits will be hard and not tasty, delay the growth of new vegetables. Since the variety is early ripening, the harvesting of the first fruits will begin in mid-June and, depending on the weather conditions of the region, will continue until September.

When properly cared for, one bush produces 5 kilograms of fresh, delicious vegetables, which are then used to prepare delicious fresh vegetable dishes, jars, pickling, making pickled salads and much more.

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