Cucumber Zyatek and Mother-in-law: characteristics and description of the variety with a photo

Despite the large number of cucumber varieties, breeders continue to bring out new ones. Not so long ago, Zyatek cucumbers were bred. Mother-in-law cucumber has similar features. These varieties are included in the state register of agricultural plants and are used for growing under film shelters and on the open ground of personal garden plots of amateur gardeners in Russia.

Characteristics of cucumber hybrids

These cucumbers belong to the parthenocarpic type of hybrids. Fruit ripening occurs quite early. The mother-in-law and the son-in-law are characterized by a very good yield. The regions of their most frequent cultivation: Ukraine, Russia and Moldova.

Cucumbers are characterized by resistance to typical diseases that affect this type of vegetable. This is also evidenced by the reviews of the gardeners who grew them.

Zyatek cucumber variety is distinguished by rather miniature fruits. The ovaries are formed in the axils of the leaves, 2-6 pcs. The fruits can reach only 12 cm, and one weighs about 100-110 g. They have an oblong cylindrical shape, about 3-4 cm in diameter. The skin is colored dark green with long white stripes along the cucumber. The surface of the fruit is covered with small pimples.

A positive description of the variety is also that the pulp does not have a bitter aftertaste, it is juicy and crunchy when biting into a cucumber.

Cucumber varieties Zyatek and Mother-in-law are suitable for growing in open areas and in greenhouse conditions. Sowing seeds in the ground on a personal plot is carried out after the probability of a repetition of morning and night frosts has passed.Usually this process begins in mid-May. The first greens can be harvested 42-45 days after germination.

Mother-in-law cucumbers are larger than Zyatek f1 cucumbers by only 1 cm, their length can reach up to 13 cm. The mass of mother-in-law f1 cucumbers can reach 200 g.

On numerous large tubercles, spikes are clearly visible. The pulp of the fruit is quite juicy, it does not have a bitter taste. In mother-in-law and Zyatek cucumbers, the type of female flowering predominates. Up to several ovaries can form on a bush. These cucumber hybrids are grown in open areas and in greenhouses.

Main advantages of hybrids

Beloved cucumber Zyatek is adapted for growing on small household plots, it has the following features:

good taste and attractive appearance;
universal use;
cucumbers don't grow too big;
good yield;
does not disappear due to adverse weather conditions;
ability to transport over long distances;
undemanding to the care process during cultivation;
resistance to certain types of disease.

Cucumbers Mother-in-law and Zyatek have a universal type of use. Fresh, they are added to vegetable salads, and they also acquire excellent taste as a result of pickling and s alting.

Sowing seeds

To speed up the harvesting process, Zyatek f1 cucumbers can be grown in seedlings. This method is also used in cool climate regions.

Pay attention! Hybrid seeds cannot be obtained from cucumbers grown on your site. They are bought in specialized stores or purchased online.

Seeds in coated form do not require special preparation. But in other cases, they are sorted and disinfected before sowing. Then they are hardened and soaked to facilitate pecking. To grow seedlings, seeds are planted in containers in early April. The soil is used specifically for seedlings purchased in gardening stores or in a flower stall.

Seeds are placed in grooves to a depth of about 2 cm. Then the container is poured abundantly with warm water. The next month, it is necessary to ensure that the plants are in comfortable conditions (no drafts and at an average temperature). After 30 days, 3-4 leaves will appear.At this time, the seedlings are considered ready for further transplanting into the ground. Do not plant seeds too early.

They are planted in the greenhouse in mid-May, and for planting in open areas, they should be kept for another 15 days.

Zyatek f1 cucumbers are distinguished by friendly and strong shoots. They have excellent viability and survival of seedlings. It can be grown both indoors and in a heated greenhouse. Seeds germinate at a temperature of +25+30 degrees. About 7 days before planting seedlings in the ground, it is hardened off. At the same time, the temperature briefly drops by 3-5 degrees.

Planting in the soil and caring for plants

Preparation of the beds is carried out by preliminary digging of the soil with the simultaneous application of organic fertilizers in the form of thoroughly rotted manure.Seedlings are planted on beds with a distance between plants of at least 30 cm, and row spacings are left at least 50 cm each. You can also use a 50 x 50 cucumber planting scheme. Planting 4 bushes per 1 square meter is considered optimal. m.

Care for planted hybrids of Zyatek f1 cucumbers, as well as for a similar variety called Mother-in-law f1, is not difficult. Even a novice gardener will master it.

To carry out the necessary care during cultivation, you should regularly water the soil on which cucumbers grow. This should be done only with settled warm water. It is advisable to carry out this process either early in the morning or before sunset.

It is advisable to hill the bushes to help the formation of new roots. In addition, it will protect against the occurrence of fungal diseases. They feed cucumbers planted on the beds twice a month with a complex of mineral fertilizers.

To facilitate harvesting and in order not to injure the thin stems of the plant, tying to the trellis is carried out. As the stems grow, their growth is directed to the nets placed along the row. If the stems are very long, you can help them stay on the trellis by tying them in several places to a vertically standing net.

The formation of a bush is carried out by pinching the stems on which the ovary did not appear. This is done after the whip grows to 50 cm in length. Subject to the basic rules for growing cucumbers Mother-in-law and Zyatek, you can get up to 10 kg per 1 sq. m.