Who among us does not like to eat fresh crispy cucumber ? I can assure you that there are very few such people. But even those who are indifferent to ordinary cucumbers will not be able to ignore the Chinese varieties of cucumbers - long, high-yielding and best for cooking salads .
Chinese varieties of cucumbers
Chinese varieties of cucumbers will surely please all happy owners of large families. The length of the fruits of Chinese cucumbers is from 50 to 80 cm, which means that even one of them will be enough for making a large portion of a salad. In addition, long Chinese cucumbers are pleasant to taste, do not suffer from most cucumber diseases and excellently bear fruit. The only thing that you will definitely need to do when growing Chinese cucumbers is to tie them up on trellis, otherwise you can not wait for the harvest, because sticks of Chinese cucumbers necessarily need a high support - so that the fruits do not lie on the ground. In the rest, the care is no different from the usual varieties of local selection. They perfectly feel themselves in the greenhouse and in the open ground, while Chinese long-bodied cucumbers are cold-resistant and unresponsive to the sick. When overgrown, the skin does not turn yellow, they only become larger than seeds. Some of the varieties of Chinese cucumbers can be used not only in fresh form, but in pickles.
The most popular are the following varieties of Chinese cucumbers:
- Lifent Senius;
- Lno-Mine;
- Sintiay.
On their basis in Russia were derived such hybrids:
- Chinese miracle;
- Emerald stream;
- White delicacy;
- Boa.
Variety of cucumbers "Zozulya"
Those who want to plant salad cucumber varieties on the site, but are not yet ready for Chinese exoticism, a variety of "Zozulya" cucumbers will suit. This is an early-ripening variety of high yield, suitable both for cultivation in greenhouse conditions and for open ground. Its fruits have a pleasant delicate taste and preserve the presentation for a long time.