Cucumber Marinda: variety description, yield and cultivation with photo

Cucumber Marinda f1 was a successful brainchild of the Dutch breeders of Monsanto. In 1994, the variety appeared on sale and fell into the hands of our vegetable growers. The hybrid quickly gained wide distribution and the most positive reviews, having the following characteristics:

• early ripe;
• universal (for closed and open ground);
• parthenocarpic;
• high yield;
• gherkin;
• disease resistant;
• delicious, no bitterness.

Growing

Crunchy cucumbers Marinda every year conquer more and more hearts of housewives and vegetable growers. The amazing yield of the hybrid (25-28 kg / m²) is combined with the excellent quality of the gherkins themselves. The variety is universal, shows good results in greenhouses and unprotected soil.

The bush grows quite strong, but when properly shaped, all fruits get enough light.

The place for the beds is selected sunny, but sufficiently sheltered from the wind. Well, if in the previous year legumes, greens, root crops, cabbage grew there. It is not allowed to plant cucumbers after any melons, they have common diseases and pests.

Organic and mineral components are introduced into the dug up soil: peat, rotted manure, compost, sawdust, ash, complex mineral fertilizers in granules (according to instructions). The result should be a light humus soil mixture, saturated with minerals, to a depth of 25-30 cm.The soil before planting seedlings is abundantly watered with hot water.

Seedlings

The seedling method of growing cucumbers has established itself as the most productive. Compared to planting seeds immediately in open ground, the plants have more of the warm season for fruiting.

Seeds of cucumbers two, three years old show better germination than last year. It is helpful to first soak the seeds in growth promoter and germinate.

Marinda f1 cucumbers need a light potting mix rich in organic matter. Compost, humus, rotted sawdust and crushed peat are the favorite ingredients of this crop.

Each bush is grown in a separate glass, 400-500 ml. Cucumbers sprout at a temperature of 24-25 ℃.Then the temperature is slightly reduced, to 19-20 ℃ during the day and 17-18 ℃ at night. Water the plants often enough, with warm water, preventing the earthen clod from drying out. 10 days before the planned planting in open ground, seedlings begin to be taken out during the day in the open air, gradually increasing the hardening time.

At 20-30 days old, cucumbers will put out 3-4 true leaves and are ready to be transplanted to a garden bed or unheated greenhouse.

Shaping a bush

Planted seedlings 3-4 bushes per 1 m². The Marinda hybrid is formed into one stem, pinching the side shoots after 2-4 leaves. After planting seedlings of Marinda cucumber in the ground, you need to let the bush get stronger and take root. Therefore, the first inflorescences and shoots up to 5-6 leaves are removed, preventing the plant from wasting energy on a too early ovary.

The adopted bush is tied to the trellis. For a weak cucumber root system, it is useful to carry out high hilling several times a season. Yellowed leaves are regularly pruned, thereby updating the bush.

Hybrid Marinda is a genetically bred parthenocarpic, so flowers do not need pollination, and cucumbers can be grown indoors. In the axils of the leaves, inflorescences lay the ovary in large bunches, often 5-7 pieces. With proper care, all cucumbers are successfully poured, delighting gardeners with a harvest.

Feeding

Description of the variety Marinda f1 promises a yield of up to 28 kg/m². To obtain such results, the most important condition for hybrid agricultural technology is timely top dressing.

The active growth of the bush and the pouring of so many cucumbers requires a large amount of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, which even the most nutritious soil is not able to provide.

Every 10-15 days the plants need root feeding. You can alternate organic (infusion of bird droppings or mullein) and complex mineral fertilizers (for example, Mortar, Zdraven). Nutrient solutions are poured into the beds warm.

Irrigation

Cucumbers came to us from the tropics, so the culture itself is quite moisture and heat-loving. Through the work of breeders, hybrids are acquiring ever greater yields and precocity. Such properties increase the demands of plants in irrigation. Cucumber roots grow in the surface layer, and the lack of water is tolerated very poorly.

For the Marinda cucumber variety, frequent watering with warm water is one of the main conditions for good fruiting. In hot weather, the moisture intake should be daily.

It is advisable to mulch the soil of the beds with sawdust, peat, dry grass, straw. This will help keep the surface layer moist and create a favorable environment for earthworm colonization.

Diseases and pests

The description of the cucumber Marinda f1 says that the variety is genetically resistant to serious cucumber diseases:

• olive blotch;
• cladosporiosis;
• scab;
• mottled mosaic;

Seed treatment, proper crop rotation and the formation of loose plantings reduce the likelihood of Marinda's diseases to almost zero.

The remains of plants after the end of the season are removed from the site. In greenhouses, a complete replacement of the soil is necessary every year and the treatment of all structures with antiseptics.

The following diseases have rarely been seen in the Marinda f1 hybrid:

• angular spotting (treatment with Kuproksat or Abiga-Peak);
• anthracnose (treatment with Metaxil, Gamair, Abiga-Peak);
• downy mildew (treatment with Orvego, Alirin-B, Acrobat MC).

In violation of crop rotation, untimely weeding and other assumptions, cucumbers can be attacked by pests:

• aphid (treatment with Fitoverm, Aktofit);
• spider mite (treatment with Fitoverm);
• greenhouse whitefly ("Vertimek", "Aktellik", "Fitoverm", "Commander");
• slugs (mechanical pest collection).

Harvest

Marinda begins to bear fruit in 45-50 days. Many vegetable growers note the similarity of fruits and plants with cucumbers of the domestic variety Amur f1.

Zelentsy large-tuberculate, dark green with white spikes and light stripes. Gherkin size, 8-10 cm, but you need to harvest regularly. Cucumbers quickly barrel and lose their taste.

Important!

Marinda hybrid is picky about frequent harvesting. Cucumbers quickly overripe and interfere with the pouring of new fruits.

Reviews of vegetable growers about the Marinda variety are most often positive. The pulp is pleasant, fragrant, with small seed chambers, without bitterness. Crispy Marinda cucumbers are excellent for s alting and preservation.

The hybrid quickly adapts to weather conditions and is able to endure small cold snaps without ceasing to please the harvest. Cucumbers are quite dense and tolerate transportation well.

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