Many gardeners who plant cucumbers are faced with a choice: which varieties to plant in order to get a bountiful and high-quality harvest. In this case, you should pay attention to bunch cucumbers. They are chosen by both beginning gardeners and experienced farmers.
Advantages of bunch cucumbers
These hybrids have been consistently popular among gardeners for many years. Their advantages include:
- Unpretentiousness in care and maintenance.
- The productivity is very high.
- Early maturation.
- They are small in size.
- Resistant to temperature changes.
- They do not overgrow, allowing you to harvest once a week.
- The taste qualities allow the fruits to be consumed fresh and for pickling.
Every year the number of bunched cucumber hybrids in the world increases. But at present there are already species that have proven themselves among gardeners. They are resistant to diseases and allow you to harvest up to 500 cucumbers from 1 bush with good care.
Blizzard F1
An early ripening hybrid that does not require pollination. The fruits reach a weight of 70-90 grams and fit well into pickling jars due to their small size (12-15 cm). This species is loved by summer residents and farmers for its unpretentiousness and high productivity (up to 15 kg per 1 m2). The fruits grow in clusters and are small, therefore they belong to the gherkin class.
Siberian garland F1
Early ripening, parthenocarpic, i.e., does not require pollination, hybrid. Allows you to get a large harvest, because the ripening period of the first fruits is very early - already in June. The length of the fruits does not exceed 10 cm; they resemble gherkins in appearance. The garland tolerates lower temperatures and bears fruit until September.
Zelenka F1
The hybrid, presented to buyers in 2019, was bred for open ground and has an early period of fruiting (43-48 days after germination). Cucumbers weigh 70-90 grams and have excellent taste both fresh and canned. Productivity reaches 12 kg per 1 sq. m in closed ground.
Dashing boys F1
Designed for cultivation in greenhouses and open ground, while having almost 100% germination. The fruits are small, suitable for pickling and salads.
Emelya F1
Early ripening hybrid, suitable for open ground and greenhouses. The weight of the fruit reaches 120-150 grams. This variety of bunch cucumbers tolerates low temperatures well and is resistant to diseases.
Maryina Roshcha F1
Suitable for open and closed ground. Productivity can reach 13 kg per 1 m2. It is unpretentious to its location - the beds tolerate shade well, the variety is cold-resistant. The taste qualities allow the fruits to be used for salads.
Nothing gives a beginning gardener more confidence than success and a big harvest. And after the first result is visible, there will be no desire to stop. And all the doubts that haunt you at the beginning of the journey will only bring a smile to the winner in the end.
Author, what kind of price tag for cucumbers is 571 rubles?
What did you come up with?
There is much better and 100 times cheaper.
Murashka, Kurash, Garland. Maisky, Alekseech, and a sea of what
We've gone completely crazy: a Siberian garland for 689 rubles.
This is probably ten packs
the price tag is sky-high, do you want to get rich quickly?
For 689 rubles you can buy 20 kg of cucumbers during the season and eat them all winter.
Well, they’re counting on the crazy ones, they’ll grab it, make sure that they got it for 689 rubles, the same as for 20 rubles.