Cucumbers "Friendly little F1": characteristics of the variety and cultivation

Growing cucumbers in the garden is not expensive and quite profitable, but the harvest of vegetables depends on the choice of seeds with good characteristics.

Grade "Friendly little F1" appeared in early 2000 thanks to Russian breeders. Improved plant quality allows you to grow it in any region of our country. Unlike many other varieties, where bees take part in pollination, the plant of the “Friendly Family F1” variety is self-pollinating. Seeds suitable for planting in open ground, and for growing in hotbeds. This variety is medium early and high yielding. From plant seedlings to the first harvest 45-50 days.

Cucumbers of the above-described variety have a length of up to 12 cm, and a cucumber is 3 cm thick. The fruits are covered with soft spikes with fuzz. The color of the fruit is saturated green with barely visible light stripes. It is believed that the most pronounced cucumber flavor have fruits that have not reached full maturity - gherkins (cucumbers up to 8 cm long) and pickles (up to 5 cm). Basically, fruits of this size are used for canning.

The skin of the cucumber is firm and crunchy, and the pulp without admixture of bitterness (which is rare for other varieties).

There are many advantages to the “Friendly Little F1” variety. Seeds of Russian breeders of high quality and affordable, with a guaranteed high yield, a good percentage of germination and resistance to disease. But there is one drawback - collecting seeds from this plant is useless, since the seed material of hybrids is bred by breeders when they cross two distinct varieties. Those who wish to repeat planting seeds of this variety will have to re-acquire the seeds, but the harvest is worth it.

Hybrid “Friendly Family F1” is unpretentious and resistant to the emergence of various diseases for this plant, so the cultivation of cucumbers of this variety is suitable even for novice gardeners. Highlights for growing plants:

• preparation of seeds, seedlings;
• soil preparation;
• the correct distance between the plants;
• timely watering;
• care and garter plants.

To plant seeds or seedlings in open ground, it is necessary to prepare the soil - fertilize and dig up to enrich the earth with oxygen, to form a hole with a diameter of 30 to 40 cm. The distance between the holes must be at least 60 cm, otherwise the plants will interfere with each other's growth. This distance is left with the horizontal method of growing cucumbers. When growing plants vertically on a trellis, slats or in a greenhouse, seeds are sown in grooves, the distance between seedlings (germination) is from 25 to 40 cm.

Planting of pre-treated seeds is carried out in a moist, heated to + 18 ° C soil at a depth of 2-3 cm. The bed can be covered with polyethylene, it helps to keep the heat accumulated by the soil during the day longer, protects the plant from damage during precipitation, and also reduces moisture evaporation. In the daytime, the film is removed from the beds, and back into place at night.

Basically, watering the plant is carried out at the root of up to three times a week, depending on the drying of the ground. There is a lot of disagreement about the top irrigation, but most gardeners agree on the same opinion - if the plants are watered from above, they are carried out in the early morning or in the evening (with low solar activity). Watering in the daytime can lead to sunburn of the leaves.

Sprouted sprouts require special care. First of all, the ground around the shoots should be periodically carefully loosened and weeds removed in a timely manner.Growing stalks with a vertical method of cultivation must be tied up. This will not only provide the plant with access to sunlight, make it easier to pinch the side shoots, but also make it easier to harvest the ripening crop. And also, regardless of the weather, the crop will remain clean, which is not always possible with a horizontal mode of cultivation.

It is necessary to pinch cucumbers or not, the gardener himself decides, since there is no single opinion on this matter, and many gardeners do not see the difference when harvesting. But firms engaged in the packaging and sale of seeds on the package indicate not only the description of the variety, but also the technology of pinching the plant, if it is needed.

Summer residents and gardeners about cucumbers “Friendly family of F1” leave positive feedback all the time, and the increased demand for seeds indicates a high-quality product. People like not only the taste of vegetables, many people note a high percentage of seed germination and plant simplicity. As you know, the best product advertising is satisfied buyers.

Growing a crop of cucumbers, with no experience, is quite simple. And care and attention to the plant - a pledge of a rich harvest!

On the cucumber variety "Friendly Family F1", see the following video.