Cucumbers are the most popular garden crop in the world. The growing demand for cucumbers does not allow breeders to stay in the invention of more and more new varietal varieties. Variety of vegetables under the mysterious and beautiful name Cupid was bred in Holland and soon won love and recognition all over the world. This kind of culture was included in the State Register of the Russian Federation in the 200th year.
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Description and characteristics of the Amur variety f1
Cupid is an early ripe indeterminate plant. Crop begin to collect in 37-40 days after disembarkation.
Bushes are vigorous, and their weak branching allows you to omit the process of forming a bush. In each node there are no more than 1-2 ovaries.
Fruits reach ripeness at the same time. The leaves are medium-sized, delicate green color, slightly wavy on the edge.
Culture can be grown in private households and cottages, and on an industrial scale.
In the open ground, 4-5 bushes are planted in one square meter, and no more than 3 bushes in greenhouses.
Fruiting long, the most abundant crops are harvested in the first month of aging.
According to the description, the fruit is a regular cylindrical shape, wrinkling is weak. Vegetables neat and identical in size do not exceed 12 cm, and weighing no more than 110 grams.
Such characteristics allow the use of vegetables both raw in salads and cuts, and in canned.Small and neat cucumbers look very nice in winter blanks.
Besides crack resistant fruit and do not form voids inside during heat treatment.
Tastes excellent fruit quality: they are juicy and sweet, fragrant and crunchy. And ultra early harvesting periods allow you to get enough of ripe, tasty fruits in the earliest periods after long winter cold.
The presentation of the product is excellent, which allows you to grow vegetables for their own needs and for sale.
Hybrid also possesses excellent cold and drought-resistant characteristics.
Genetically, vegetables are endowed with resistance to various diseases: powdery mildew and downy mildew, cladosporia, mosaic virus, root rot.
The advantages and disadvantages of cucumbers
Varietal variety has many advantages:
- Ultra early fruit ripening.
- High yield.
- Versatility in the use of vegetables.
- A possibility of cultivation both in an open ground, and in greenhouses.
- Ease of growing without the formation of bushes.
- Unpretentious care.
- Drought resistance and cold resistance.
- Excellent presentation.
- Excellent taste of the fruit.
- Long periods of fruiting and long periods of storage of vegetables.
- Excellent transportable features.
- The lack of bitterness in the fruit.
- Resistance to various diseases.
The disadvantages of this culture are absent.
Features of growing
Grow this variety possible both from seed and seedling method.
When grown from seedlings It is necessary to take into account such an important feature as vulnerability and sensitivity of seedlings.
In the open ground seedlings plantedwhen 3-5 true leaves appeared on the shoots.
Growing this variety from seed will not cause much trouble.Seed planting gives excellent germination.
The fruits will ripen a little later than with the seedling method. But not always. Sometimes it happens that weak seedlings take root for a long time and the ripening period coincides with the vegetables planted with the seeds directly into the soil.
To ensure good germination of seeds, they should be carefully prepared. At first seed must soak in a solution of manganese.
Then the soaked seed is germinated in fabric or gauze bagsmoistened with warm water. And already sprouted seed material for some time brought to a moderate cold.
Soil requirements
Cucumbers love well-fertilized loose, moderately loamy soil.. To ensure excellent yields, you should take care of the site from autumn.
To do this, carefully remove the area from weeds and last year’s plants and fertilize it. Any organic material can be used as a fertilizer.: mullein, chicken droppings, peat.
If you can not feed the soil in the fall, you can do it in the spring. For spring dressings, use only rotten organic matter..
Also, the ground must have good breathable abilities.
Sowing rules
In open soil, seeds are planted, deepening them by 2-3 cm and pull them in well-flooded ground.
Plants are planted in the open ground when night frosts have completely receded. If, however, there is a threat of small frost at night, you should cover the area with agrofibre.
Plant care
Like any type of cucumber, Cupid loves cleanliness and order. In the process of growing culture need to regularly remove weeds and loosen the soil.
Watering needs regular and timely. It should be carried out in the evening hours, separated by warm water.
Do not use full irrigation plants, it is best when the water does not fall on the leaves, and falls under the root. But it is also important to prevent excessive stagnation of water under the roots.
Fertilize plants need throughout the growing season. You can feed every two weeks.
Suitable for these purposes as organic and mineral fertilizers: superphosphate, potash funds. It should be avoided only chlorine-containing drugs..
Diseases of culture
This type of cucumber positions itself as very resistant to various diseases and pests.
But if the plant is still damaged, to eliminate the problem, you must use the tools intended for this, which can be purchased at any specialized store.
Harvesting and storage rules
Harvest should be collected at least 3 times a week. This should be done carefully so as not to damage the ovary.
Store the fruit must be in the refrigerator, or in any cool room.
Cupid is a very productive and unpretentious variety of cucumbersgrowing you will provide yourself and your family tasty and fragrant vegetables.