Cucumber "Claudine F1": characteristic of the species and cultivation

Cucumber is one of the most ancient vegetable crops, eaten raw. Currently, it remains the most popular among summer residents. A variety of varieties opens up opportunities for gardeners of any climatic zone.Consider a cucumber "Claudine F1", which belongs to the early ripe hybrids.

Cucumber is an annual plant of the pumpkin family. He comes from subtropical countries. The first mention of him found in the Chinese annals more than five thousand years ago. It was originally used as a spice for dishes, as wild species had a high degree of bitterness. In ancient Egypt, the cultivation of cucumbers began: they began to be used as food, used in cosmetology and for medicinal purposes.

Tsarist Russia learned about the plant at the beginning of the sixteenth century, and at the beginning of the eighteenth culture was first grown in protected soil.

At present, world breeding represents many high-yielding, resistant to pests hybrid varieties of this crop. Cucumber "Claudine F1" is a Dutch company Royal Sluis.

The variety is self-pollinating, early ripening, with active beam shoots that have only female flowers. A powerful bush is open to care and harvest. For proper fruit development and long-term fruiting, it requires timely formation and maintenance.

The hybrid belongs to the salad type, as it has a pleasant taste, without bitterness. Fruits have a thin peel, dense flesh. They are widely used in the preparation of salads and consumed fresh in the form of cutting. This variety is not recommended for use in conservation because of the delicate structure of the fruit.

The average weight of cucumber is eighty grams, the length of the fruit reaches ten centimeters. Outwardly, they are dark green, smooth, with a lumpy surface and prickly light spikes, sometimes longitudinal stripes are seen in color. The first fruits are ready to eat about forty days after planting. A timely unpicked vegetable retains its shape for some time.

Plants of this variety are characterized by prolonged fruiting in the open ground and in the closed. The yield per square meter reaches ten kilograms. Hybrid variety has immunity to such diseases as powdery mildew, borage mosaic, downy mildew. It is also resistant to high temperatures.

Cucumber "Claudine F1" unpretentious care. For growing seedlings using peat pots. Before seeds should be treated with minerals or other beneficial substances. Hybrid plants do not tolerate transplantation from place to place, as root damage may occur, after which the acclimatization period is delayed. That is why peat pots are used.

In open ground, the variety is sown in spring at a temperature not lower than 10 degrees. After that, it is desirable to carry out moderate watering (three liters per square meter).

The variety bears fruit equally well with both vertical and horizontal cultivation. After germination, cucumbers are thinned and free from weeds, weak plants. The variety loves feeding with any nitrogenous fertilizers, which is useful throughout the season. During the period of growth and fruiting, this procedure should be carried out at least four times. The yield and timely loosening, weeding, pinching of shoots also increase the yield and prolong the fruiting period.

Pests and diseases persecute any plant. Cucumber hybrid has protection from some of them, but not from all. When dealing with such troubles, you must strictly adhere to the dosage of drugs. Before flowering, crops can be treated with chemicals, and closer to harvesting, it is better to apply proven folk methods.

A small midge-whitefly will be overcome by garlic soaked in water (200 grams of garlic are taken for 1 liter of water). Against aphids, destroying the leaves, you can use a solution of 3 liters of water, 60 grams of wood ash and 30 grams of soap.

It is more difficult to fight diseases, but the drugs that exist today help to prevent them. Cladosporiosis is a serious nuisance. The affected areas are removed mechanically, and the entire plant is sprayed with a chemical solution.

Hybrid "Claudine F1" rightfully receives good reviews, especially they relate to the excellent taste of the fruit and the resistance of the crop to diseases. Consumers also admire the excellent germination of seeds. If the recommended agrotechnical care is observed, the yield sometimes even exceeds the one declared by the manufacturer. The choice of this variety by many gardeners from year to year confirms the high consumer qualities of cucumber.

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