The choice of planting material for cucumbers is now so great that it is not surprising and confused when choosing. Cucumber varieties for open ground are divided into self-pollinated and bee-dusted. Both species are good enough for cultivation in any locality, and their taste qualities are very similar.
Self-pollinated varieties are planted where, for some reason, the bee does not fly in summer and few other insects. In addition, in a rainy summer, which is very difficult to predict, the work of bees will be difficult, and therefore bee-dusted varieties will remain without ovaries, and truck farmers without harvest .
The best sorts of cucumbers for open ground
Everyone knows that cucumbers are grown in order to consume fresh, as well as for preservation and souring. The latter should be with a dense flesh and not have voids, otherwise there will not be a presentation in the form of winter blanks.
In addition, all varieties are divided into early, middle and late, so there really is something to choose from. It is best to use them all, and in this case fruit will be cucumbers throughout the summer, smoothly passing the baton from early to medium and late alternately.
The best self-pollinated varieties of cucumbers are:
- April F1;
- Cupid F1;
- Spring F1;
- White Angel F1
- Tiny raccoon without bees F1;
- Connie without bees F1;
- Crispina F1;
- F1 F1;
- Zozulya F1;
- The legend of F1;
- Lapland F1;
- The boy with a finger F1.
The best self-pollinated varieties of cucumbers for open ground pollinate themselves, as evidenced by their name. This will happen even if the summer is cold, windy and rainy. All these cucumbers are hybrids, as indicated by the F1 marking. This means that such varieties are practically not susceptible to disease, less demanding of environmental conditions, rather than non-hybrid varieties.
Most gardeners hope puts on early self-pollinated varieties of cucumbers. They are ultra-fast-ridden:
- Masha F1;
- Hermann F1;
- Zozulya F1;
- Shrub F1.
Very popular in recent years have become bunches of cucumbers for open ground, because they grow in clusters, just a few pieces, which greatly increases their yield, and collect them -
- The legend of F1;
- April F1;
- Zozulya F1;
- Far East F1;
- Spring F1.
Hybrids of self-pollinating varieties are in fact very many. Each summer resident can only experimentally find out which of them are suitable for his site and for a specific locality.