Cucumber Hector f1 - a hybrid bred by the staff of the company "Nunems" (Netherlands). It was included in the state registry of Russia in 2002. Recommended for cultivation throughout the country.
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Specifications and description of bush cucumber varieties Hector f1
Hector F1 (or Hektor) - super early shrub variety, characterized by good disease resistance.
The plants are very compact, no more than 80 - 85 cm high, with abundant fruiting.The leaves are dark green, medium size. Weightiness is average.
From 1 square. meters can collect up to 4 kg of cucumbers, suitable both for the fresh use, and for salting.
The bushes of the f1 hector variety are determinants, i.e. having an end point of growth. therefore they do not need pinching.

Advantages and disadvantages
Among all other varieties hector f1 stands out for its good attitude to thickening, the early appearance of the ovary (4-5 knots), resistant to infections and powdery mildew.
Also, its advantages can be attributed to:
- excellent fruit flavor and ultra early harvest;
- suitability for mechanized cleaning;
- friendly germination and abundant fruiting;
- resistance to short frosts.
Also the disadvantages include low demand from buyers, because of what they do not often meet on the market.

Ground Requirements
Grade Hector f1 prefers light fertile soils and does not like clay, sour and heavy.
Before planting, it is advisable to ensure that the soil is well loosened, it is necessary for good permeability of nutrients and water. It is also desirable that it be mulched with humus and wood chips.
Cucumber Hektor perfect for growing on ordinary garden plots.
How to plant: rules and methods
Grown cucumbers described varieties Seedlings and through direct sowing.
In the first case at the end of April, take plastic cups, make a few holes at the bottom, so that was where to leave the excess water when watering. Fertile earth, heated to room temperature, is poured into prepared dishes.

They make it approximately in the middle of a depression of 1-1.5 cm, in which they stick seeds that have been choked, they are slightly added dropwise and watered.
Put in a place well lit by the sun. Transplanted into the soil, when there are 2-3 true leaves..
In the open ground seeds need to plantwhen it gets warm enough outside. The soil should warm up to at least 15 degrees at this time.
It makes holes or grooves, which fertilize mineral dressings, peat or manure (you can all together) and watered.
Hatching seeds are placed at a depth of not more than 4 cm at the rate that for 1 square. meter should be 5-6 bushes.
After planting, they are immediately covered with plastic wrap. Shoots appear about 5-7 days.
Seeds need to be placed spout upotherwise, sprouts from them may never appear.

Cultivation and care after planting
All care for planting cucumbers in the soil is reduced to watering, loosening the soil, fertilizing (if necessary) and getting rid of weeds.
Fertilizers should use organic and mineral complexes., which in addition to phosphorus and potassium include salts of nitric acid.
For example, these are tools such as Reasil Forte or K-Humat-Na. Also do not forget in a timely manner. remove yellow cucumber leaves from the bushes.

Diseases and their prevention
The variety is resistant to various diseases, including the cucumber mosaic virus and brown spotting. Only thing its all the same can hit - this is downy powdery mildew.
To prevent this from happening, a number of preventive measures need to be taken:
- create favorable conditions for plant growth;
- closely monitor the level of soil moisture, it should not be raised or lowered;
- cover cucumbers on rainy days or at night;
- water exclusively with warm water.
If the disease still appeared, plants should be completely sprayed with serum, milk shreds, diluted in water at the rate of 1:10, with Topaz, Quadris or Jet.

Harvesting and storage rules
You can harvest Immediately after reaching the green leaves of 8-12 cm.
Also need to remove all damaged fruit., although their variety practically does not exist. It is recommended to bring all fruits into the house for storage only after the first frost.
Save Hector cucumbers can be fresh in water for up to 3-4 weeks. To do this, pour water into a cup so that it is only 1-2 cm above the bottom. There lower fruit tails down.
Remove the vegetable department for a day, after which the procedure is repeated. Worth saying that This is a very good way, but it is better to preserve cucumbers for the winter.using any available recipe.

Cucumbers Hector f1 are in great demand among Russian gardeners, despite some of their shortcomings.
This is simply explained: the fruits of this variety are resistant to diseases, germinate well and bloom profusely, give a very early harvest, can be assembled mechanically, suitable for raw food and conservation. It remains only to plant and grow.