A hothouse hybrid with a beautiful name and a bountiful harvest - “Emerald Earrings” cucumbers

In the northern regions of our country, heat-loving crops are grown only in greenhouses. Closed structures provide plants with optimal temperatures and protect them from adverse environmental conditions. This method also has a drawback - bee-pollinated varieties require artificial transfer of pollen and set fewer fruits. These plants include most varieties of cucumbers.

But there are exceptions among them. Thanks to modern selection, parthenocarpic cucumbers have appeared on the markets, which independently form bouquet-type ovaries and have only female inflorescences. A striking representative of such cucumbers is the Emerald Earrings hybrid. Is this crop only good for its ability to self-pollinate and what else will it please gardeners - read on.

Description

Cucumbers Emerald earrings are a hybrid bred by domestic breeders. Its originator is a group of agronomists from the Poisk company.

To the state register culture introduced in 2011. Since then, it has gained popularity among domestic and foreign gardeners.

Note! Seeds collected from your own harvest of Emerald Earrings are not suitable for cultivation. They produce plants not with hybrid, but with parental characteristics.

Distinctive features

The main feature of Emerald earrings is considered to be bouquet arrangement of ovaries. This is what ensures high plant productivity.

Only female inflorescences form on the bushes. With proper care, they all set fruit. The main distinguishing feature of the hybrid is the ability to self-pollinate. This greatly simplifies its cultivation in open ground and in a greenhouse.

The greenies themselves are medium in size and dark green in color. They taste sweet, juicy and crispy.

Hybrid is immune to major diseases Solanaceae This reduces the need to treat it with chemicals.

Beneficial features

Cucumbers consist of 95% water and are considered dietary products - per 100 g of pulp there are only 14 g of kcal, 0.8 g of protein, 2.4 g of carbohydrates and 0.1 g of fat.

Contains a group of vitamins: A, C, B and K. There is also a group of minerals present in cucumbers, these include: sodium, potassium, copper, calcium, magnesium.

Such components have a beneficial effect on the condition kidneys and liver, skin and hair, heart and blood vessels. They remove harmful substances from the body: waste, toxins, bad cholesterol and free radicals.

General characteristics

Description of Emerald earrings will impress even the most demanding gardeners. This The hybrid is easy to care for and has high yields.. See the table for more details.

How to grow your own

Cucumbers Emerald catkins are grown in a greenhouse and in open ground. In protected soil, the harvest is more abundant.

In any case, the beds for planting need to be prepared. This is done differently in a greenhouse and in open ground.

Before planting, the walls, ceiling and floor of the greenhouse are treated with copper sulfate. If cucumbers previously grew in the beds, then the top layer of soil is changed.

In the open ground It is important to choose the right area of ​​the garden. It should be semi-shaded. If there is no such place in the garden, then it is created artificially by fencing the beds on both sides with tall crops.

Further actions:

1. The soil is dug up to the depth of a spade bayonet. It is cleaned of plant residues. Fertilizers are applied to the soil at the rate of 6 kg of manure or humus per 1 square meter. m.
2. If the acidity of the soil is increased, it is reduced with dry lime or ash. To loosen the soil, river sand is added to it.
3. In spring, the soil is leveled with a rake and cleared of weeds. For every 1 sq.m add 25 g of superphosphate and ammonium nitrate. The beds are watered with a hot solution of copper sulfate, prepared from a bucket of water and 1 tbsp. l. vitriol.
4. A month before picking cucumbers, holes are prepared for a permanent place. For 1 sq. m place up to four plants. Use a 50x40 pattern.
5. 1 tbsp is poured into each hole. l ash or long-acting granular fertilizers. 3 days before picking the plants, chicken manure diluted 1:10 is poured into it.

To reduce the amount of feedingthat will have to be added during the season, some gardeners place nutritious organic compounds directly into the holes. To do this, add a 5 cm layer of rotted manure or humus to the bottom of each depression. The same layer of garden soil or peat is laid on top. The components are mixed. The rest of the hole is filled with ordinary soil.

The holes are watered 3 times a week and cleared of weeds so that all the fertilizers have time to dissolve in the soil and make it nutritious.

Advice. To make the soil more fertile, last year's cucumber tops or the remains of other cultivated plants are buried in it in the fall. By spring they will rot and turn into a nutrient substrate.

Landing

Emerald catkins cucumbers are grown in seedlings and without seedlings. In both cases planting material required proper preparation.

Often, hybrid seeds are coated or glazed in a factory. These seeds are covered with a layer of nutrients and are colored red or orange. Processing instructions are indicated on the packaging.

Factory-treated seeds do not require disinfection or treatment with growth stimulants. Many gardeners warm them up and germinate them before planting.

If the manufacturer has not prepared the seeds for planting, then this is done at home. The process includes several stages:

1. The seeds are sorted. Dense specimens without unevenness or dark spots are suitable for planting.
2. The calibrated planting material is put back into the packaging or in a fabric bag and placed on or next to the battery. This is done 30 days before planting. Warmed planting material germinates faster.
3. Then seed growth is stimulated. They are soaked for 24 hours in a growth stimulator. They use both purchased products (“Epin”, “Potassium Humate”) and homemade preparations, for example, a solution of 1 teaspoon of honey in a glass of water.
4. The seeds are germinated. To do this, they are wrapped in damp cloth and placed in a warm place. The material is moistened with warm water as it dries. After 2-3 days, the seeds should sprout.
5. The bent planting material is hardened. It is placed in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.

Note! When growing cucumbers in seedlings, the first harvest will appear faster.

By seed method

By seed method Cucumbers are grown in the southern regions of our country. In this case, the seeds are sown directly into the ground.

Sowing seeds is possible when the soil warms up to a temperature of +15 °C, at a depth of 15 cm. The time to start growing cucumbers depends on the climate of the region:

• in open ground without film - end of May;
• in open ground under film - mid-May;
• in unheated greenhouses - early May or late April.

Note! Practice shows that when growing Emerald earrings in a greenhouse, the yield will be higher.

Before sowing the seeds, water the holes with warm water, using 1 liter of liquid for each. One seed is sown in each hole to a depth of 4 cm. They are sprinkled with soil, which is slightly compacted.

In open ground, crops are covered with film. It is opened slightly for ventilation every day. When the first shoots appear, the duration of the procedures is gradually increased. After another two weeks, the film is completely removed.

Seedling method

The seedling method is used in all regions of our country. It will allow you to get stronger plants and an earlier harvest.

A universal seedling soil mixture is suitable for cucumbers. Many gardeners prefer to prepare the soil themselves. To do this, mix the nutrient substrate and base in equal proportions, and add half a portion of baking powder to them:

• base: garden soil, turf, black soil;
• nutrient substrate: peat, humus;
• baking powder: sawdust, sand, crushed coconut substrate.

You will need drainage for seedlings. They use crushed ceramics, expanded clay and brick, small crushed stone, and shell rock.

The soil and drainage are disinfected. They are calcined in the oven or poured with a dark pink solution of potassium permanganate.

Advice. To saturate the soil with nutrients, ash and nitrophoska are added to it.

Cucumber seeds are sown in individual containers. Plastic pots, disposable cups, cut-off bottles, and peat containers are suitable. It is important to ensure that there are drainage holes at the bottom of the container.

Drainage is poured into the bottom of the containers, then the pots are filled with the prepared soil mixture. The soil is watered with warm water and placed in a place with a temperature of +25-27 °C to warm it up.

One seed is sown in each container to a depth of 2 cm. The crops are covered with film and placed in a place with a temperature of +26-27 °C.

When the seeds germinate, the film is removed. Then they are looked after so that the seedlings turn out strong and hardy:

1. Seedlings need daylight at 16 o'clock.After the seeds germinate, place it in a well-lit place - for example, on a windowsill. If this is not enough, use fluorescent lamps.
2. It is important that the plants are not in a draft. This will lead to their death.
3. Water the seedlings 1-2 times a week. The soil is moistened abundantly. Additionally, spray the leaves with a spray bottle. Use only warm water.
4. When the second true leaf appears, fertilize it. Use a composition prepared from 1 liter of water and 1 tsp. nitrophoska.
5. A week before planting in a permanent place, the seedlings begin to harden. It is taken outside or into a greenhouse during the warm part of the day.

After 3 weeks, the seedlings are ready for picking to a permanent place. By this time, the plants will reach a height of 15 cm and will have 3-4 true leaves.

Plants dive together with a lump of earth. The root collar is not buried.