Choosing the best variety of cucumbers for a polycarbonate greenhouse

To obtain not only an early, but also a rich harvest of cucumbers, gardeners grow them in a polycarbonate greenhouse. This material transmits sunlight well and retains heat. The result of your work also depends on the correct choice of vegetables.

Let's look at the best varieties and cucumber hybrids for polycarbonate greenhouses.

Requirements for cucumbers

Breeders have developed many varieties and hybrids of cucumbers for growing in greenhouses. The main requirement for such types is self-pollinating, since it is not easy for insects to get into the greenhouse. For this reason, it is important to choose only self-pollinating or parthenocarpic varieties. The former have both male and female flowers. In parthenocarpics, only female flowering predominates; fruiting occurs without pollination.

Experienced vegetable growers plant 2-3 varieties from different manufacturers in the greenhouse.

Important! There is no point in collecting seeds of hybrid cucumbers for planting next year: they will lose their parental characteristics.

Review of the best hybrids

The crop is chosen depending on taste preferences, the desire to harvest earlier or later, plant productivity and resistance to weather conditions and diseases.

Cupid f1

Amur f1 - early parthenocarpic with bunched ovaries. Its growing season is 5-6 weeks. Gherkin-type cucumbers, 12–15 cm long, dark green, slightly tuberous, with a large number of thorns. Weight - 90–110 g. The flesh is crispy, without bitterness. Vegetables are suitable for fresh consumption and pickles.Productivity - 12–14 kg/m2.

The hybrid has good transportability and resistance to cucumber mosaic virus, cladosporiosis, and powdery mildew. The crop is grown in all regions.

Murashka f1

Early and high-yielding (10–12 kg/m2) parthenocarpic. It begins bearing fruit on days 43–46. The vegetables are 11–13 cm long, dark green with black spines. The taste is excellent, without bitterness.

Hybrid resistant to cladosporiosis and powdery mildew. Recommended for cultivation in the Northern, Northwestern, Central, Volga-Vyatka, Central Black Earth, North Caucasus, Middle Volga regions of the Russian Federation.

Benefit f1

Precocious self-pollinating a hybrid of salad and canning purposes. Cucumbers grow up to 12 cm, average weight - 90 g. The pulp is not bitter.

Benefis begins to bear fruit on the 45-46th day. Productivity - 11.5 kg/m2. There is immunity to powdery and downy mildew. The crop is grown in all regions except Siberia, the Urals and the Far East.

Orpheus f1

Orpheus is an early-ripening, high-yielding, self-pollinating hybrid with bunched ovaries. When grown in spring and summer it produces 8.6 kg of vegetables, in summer and autumn - 16 kg. Cucumbers are about 12 cm long, with juicy and crispy flesh.

Important! The crop is recommended for cultivation in light zone 2 (Central region, Urals).

The plants are unpretentious in care, resistant to powdery mildew and cucumber mosaic.

Favorite man f1

These cucumbers are great for salads: they are aromatic and crunchy, without bitterness. The dark green fruits are elongated, large-tubercular and white-spiked.

Early ripening, high-yielding hybrid.

Fast and Furious f1

Early ripening parthenocarpic, resistant to cladosporiosis, downy mildew, powdery mildew. Suitable for all regions. The yield in the greenhouse is 12.5 kg/m2.

Dark green large-tubercular cucumbers weighing 110–130 g are suitable for canning and pickling, and for fresh consumption.

Annushka f1

Early ripening (45–55 days) high-yielding hybrid with female-type flowering and bouquet fruiting. White-thorned, tuberculate cucumbers reach 13 cm in length and weigh 90–120 g. They are consumed both fresh and canned.

Annushka is resistant to scab, cladosporiosis, powdery mildew, and mosaic. From 1 m2 it gives 7-8 kg of vegetables.

Maryina Roshcha f1

Early parthenocarpic, bears fruit on days 39–42 after full germination. Productivity - 10–13 kg/m2. Gherkins, no more than 12 cm long and weighing 100–110 g, are covered with tubercles and white spines.

The hybrid is resistant to mosaic, cladosporiosis, powdery and downy mildew. Collected vegetables are well transported and stored for a long time, suitable for canning and fresh consumption.

Selecting a variety and hybrid

A crop is selected for cultivation in a polycarbonate greenhouse, focusing on early maturity, productivity, and climatic characteristics of the region.

Early

Cucumbers, which are grown in spring and summer, are resistant to temperature changes, high-yielding, but grow well in the shade:

1. Courage f1 - begins to bear fruit 40–43 days after full germination. From 1 m2 it produces 16–18 kg of vegetables. The bushes are powerful with bunched ovaries. Cucumbers are tuberous, weighing up to 120 g. Courage is resistant to major diseases.
2. Zozulya f1 is parthenocarpic, but it is better to pollinate it in the first month. The first cucumbers appear on days 46–48. Up to 25 kg of fruits are collected from 1 m2. Their length is 14–23 cm, weight — 160–290 g. Vegetables are suitable for fresh consumption and pickling.

Late

Crops that tolerate a lack of sunlight and low temperatures are suitable for autumn-winter cultivation:

1. Olympics f1 is a mid-season hybrid for winter greenhouses. It begins to bear fruit at 58–70 days. The average length of white-thorn cucumbers is 18 cm, weight is 150 g. Productivity is high: 23–33 kg/m2. The culture is not affected by cucumber mosaic.
2. Ararat f1 is smooth-fruited and begins to produce cucumbers 43–48 days after full germination. Productivity - 22–25 kg/m2. Vegetables weigh up to 150 g. There is immunity to powdery mildew.

Self-pollinating

Almost all plants for greenhouses are self-pollinating. Among them the following stand out:

1. Alekseich f1 is a universal early hybrid. Produces gherkins up to 8 cm long with excellent taste. Productivity - 204–545 c/ha. Plants are resistant to powdery mildew and peronospora. Recommended for cultivation in the Central Black Earth and North Caucasus regions of the country.
2. Matilda f1 is a self-pollinating early hybrid, medium-sized and medium-branched. Cucumbers with white pubescence weigh 70–90 g. Marketable yield is 14 kg/m2.

Without bitterness

Often, due to irregular watering, cucumbers begin to taste bitter. However, hybrids have been developed that, even with a lack of moisture, retain excellent taste:

1. Fidget f1 is a universal-purpose hybrid, resistant to cladosporiosis, powdery mildew, and tolerant to downy mildew. Productivity - 11 kg/m2. The taste of large lumpy short vegetables is excellent.
2. Golden Duke f1 is an early medium-sized hybrid that tolerates drought well. Gives up to 15 kg/m2. Resistant to powdery mildew and peronospora.

Productive

The most productive varieties combine a complex of valuable characteristics: early ripening, long-term fruiting, immunity to diseases:

1. Pinocchio f1 is an early parthenocarpic. The first vegetables weighing 80–120 g are produced on days 44–46. Up to 13 kg of crop is harvested from 1 m2. The hybrid is tolerant to peronosporosis.
2. April f1 is an early ripening salad hybrid. The average weight of cucumbers is about 200 g, length is up to 22 cm. Productivity is 24 kg/m2.

Sustainable

Stable immunity to the main diseases of the pumpkin family is one of the important requirements for the crop.

The following cucumbers are suitable for greenhouses:

1. Grasshopper f1 is an early parthenocarpic of universal use. Resistant to powdery mildew, cladosporiosis, peronosporosis, mosaic. Yields 10–14 kg of vegetables per 1 m2. It begins to bear fruit on days 39–42 after full germination.
2. Sugar baby f1 is a mid-early hybrid with immunity to cucumber mosaic virus, cladosporiosis, and powdery mildew. Productivity - 9.4 kg/m2.

Depending on the region

Cucumbers are grown in heated greenhouses in any region. If you want to get a better harvest, pay attention to the regionalization of the crop, especially in unfavorable climates.

Siberia

The following varieties and hybrids are suitable for harsh climates:

• Vector;
• Katyusha f1;
• Vitan;
• Ob f1.

These are early and mid-season plants that are resistant to temperature changes and diseases.

Reference! Vector, Katyusha and Vitan are bee-pollinated crops.

Ural

Particularly popular in the Urals are:

• Firefly;
• Altai;
• Bush;
• Chernomor f1.

The bushes are early and mid-season, resistant to diseases and sudden temperature changes, and are highly productive.

According to cultivation purposes

For preservation, mainly late varieties are used: they are not prone to overgrowth and produce cucumbers with dense pulp, without voids.

The following cucumbers are especially popular:

• Bagration f1;
• Harry f1;
• Field Festival f1.

Salad cucumbers are sweet and crunchy, but they are not suitable for canning:

• Orlik f1;
• Tsarsky f1.

The purpose of each variety or hybrid is indicated on the packaging.Vegetables are also identified by their appearance: white spines on salad cucumbers, darker ones on pickled cucumbers.

Reviews from gardeners

Many farmers speak positively about growing cucumbers in a greenhouse:

Elizaveta, Tomsk: «For many years in a row I have been growing two hybrids: Zozulya and Murashka. I always get a great harvest of sweet, crisp vegetables.”

Vasily, Voronezh region.: “I prefer to cultivate early greenhouse cucumbers, such as Anyuta, Emelya. They are good for salads and for pickling.”

Elena, s. Baevo: “Every year in a polycarbonate greenhouse I grow the best, in my opinion, hybrids: Benefit, Murashka and Boy with Thumb. It’s just a pity that they don’t grow from the collected seeds next year.”

Conclusion

Growing cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse is not difficult. The right variety or hybrid is chosen depending on climatic conditions, early ripening, pollination, yield, taste and purpose of vegetables. Self-pollinating or parthenocarpic crops with long-term fruiting and strong immunity are well suited for greenhouses.