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Cucumbers - no matter how much you grow them, it is still not enough, because they are good fresh both for pickling and for preserving. Recently, unique beam hybrids have appeared and immediately began to enjoy immense popularity. That is, cucumbers grow in a real fan from one point - even, from an aesthetic point of view, the sight is very attractive, and if they are also tasty and crispy! For example, Siberian garland cucumbers appeared on sale just a couple of years ago and have already caused a real stir among amateurs - gardeners. These garlands of cucumbers look very attractive in most advertising photos.
It is necessary to figure out how much the description of the Siberian garland variety corresponds to reality, and what, in general, are the features of beam varieties cucumbers.
Description and features of agricultural technology of beam varieties
The main feature of bundle-type cucumbers, even from the name, is that they can form several ovaries in one node at once, sometimes up to 10-15 pieces. Naturally, this cannot favorably distinguish such varieties from ordinary ones, since only due to this quality, several times more cucumbers can be harvested from the same area. Indeed, statistics show that the number of fruits on one bush of the Garland F1 cucumber variety can reach 500 pieces or even more.
But such unique plants must also require unique growing conditions. On the other hand, yes, they do, but not so unique, at least even an inexperienced gardener is quite capable of creating such conditions. Indeed, if the basic requirements of the culture are not met, the plants will not be able to "feed" their numerous ovaries in the garland, and some of them will dry out.
To prevent this from happening, it is necessary to take into account and scrupulously implement all of the following agrotechnical techniques for caring for cucumbers:
- Plant cucumbers as little as possible. In the greenhouse there are only 2 cucumber plants per square meter, in the open field the number of planted cucumber plants per square meter can be doubled.
- It is important already at the very early stages of growing cucumbers to make sure that they grow strong, healthy, have a powerful root system, a strong stem and large leaves - that is, the plants must initially have the strength to feed so many ovaries. To do this, in the open field, it is necessary to use warm ridges with a large layer of organic matter, preferably prepared in the fall. It is also necessary to use film shelters or tunnels to preserve heat, since cucumbers will be able to show all their power only in high humidity and warm, without temperature extremes, weather. Perhaps because of this, in the middle lane and to the north, it makes sense to grow such bundle varieties of cucumber only in greenhouse conditions.
- It is advisable to collect the greens as often as possible, maybe even every day, since overgrown cucumbers can inhibit the formation of new ovaries.
- Starting from the flowering period and the entire fruiting period, weekly feeding of cucumbers with complex organo-mineral fertilizer with microelements is required.
- In the greenhouse, the release of a large amount of carbon dioxide will have a beneficial effect on the yield of cucumbers. For this, a barrel with fermented herbal infusion is placed in the greenhouse.
- It is imperative to use a trellis for growing bunch varieties of cucumbers. For this, two-meter pillars are installed at the ends of the beds, between which the wire is stretched in three places along the height. It is advisable to attach another mesh with large cells (size 10-20 cm) to the wire. On this grid, lashes of cucumbers are fixed. Planting in a garden bed in a greenhouse must be a one-line planting; in open ground, you can use a two-line planting of cucumbers.
Various garlands
After the initial idea of what the bundle varieties of cucumbers is, it is necessary to return and consider one of the most interesting bundle varieties, which was already mentioned at the beginning of the article, namely the cucumber Siberian garland F1.
Description of the variety of cucumber Siberian garland
This hybrid was obtained at the Chelyabinsk breeding station (Miass) in 2013 and is one of the representatives of the collection hybrids of cucumbers “magnificent five”, sold by the company “Uralsky Dachnik”.
The manufacturer gives the following characteristics of the Siberian garland cucumber variety:
- Early ripening, from germination to the beginning of fruiting for about 40 days.
- Parthenocarpic - this means that bees and other insects are not needed for pollination.
- Belongs to the bouquet (or bunch) type, due to which it becomes possible to yield up to 500 cucumbers per plant. One ovary can contain up to 15 cucumbers.
- High taste and marketability of fruits - cucumbers without bitterness and voids, 5-8 cm in size.
- They differ in slow growth of fruits, which is why small cucumbers practically cannot outgrow, even if you do not collect them in time. But the formation of further ovaries in case of untimely collection of zelents in any case slows down.
- Large elongation of fruiting - literally until the very first frost, you can shoot delicious cucumbers.
Indeed, the characteristics are impressive, but what do real consumers say, gardeners who grew the Siberian garland cucumber variety in their personal plots.
Reviews of the hybrid Siberian garland
Such diverse reviews about this hybrid of cucumbers are found among Internet users, part-time gardeners - gardeners.
We must pay tribute, this fact was taken into account, the leftovers were sent to the manufacturer, and in 2016, already proven, good cucumber seeds went on sale. So, there is a possibility that single negative reviews are connected only with this misunderstanding, and in general, the Siberian Garland cucumber hybrid justifies the hopes placed on it.
What other garlands are there
The most interesting thing is that among the bunch varieties there is another cucumber hybrid called Garland F1. This hybrid of cucumbers from the well-known agricultural firm "Gavrish" was registered in the state register of Russia back in 2010.
Garland cucumbers have the following characteristics:
- Early ripe, begin to bear fruit 42 days after germination;
- Strong growth, weakly branched type;
- Shade-tolerant plants;
- Parthenocarpic, i.e. no pollination is required for fruit formation
- Bunch or bouquet type - about 4-6 ovaries in one nest;
- Fruits are short, cylindrical, 12-14 cm long, weighing 110-120 g, with white pubescence and medium-sized tubercles;
- The taste of cucumbers is excellent, suitable for both salads and preparations;
- Good resistance to powdery mildew, root rot, olive spot.
If we compare the descriptions of both hybrids, then Garland's cucumbers are larger in size and weight, but they are much smaller in the nest.
This allows you to grow it in greenhouses in the middle and northern latitudes, where sunny days, even in summer, are not always enough.
A little about the formation of garlands
Due to the peculiarities of growth in the middle lane and to the north, it is advisable to form the garland and Siberian garland cucumber bushes in a special way in order to obtain the maximum possible yield.
The formation of a cucumber bush should take place strictly in one stem. To do this, you first need to tie the main stem to the trellis, then carefully cut off all the lateral processes in the lower part 50 cm up. In each bosom, leave only one ovary and one leaf.
In the middle part of the cucumber bush (up to one meter), 2 ovaries and two leaves are left, the rest is removed. For more details, see the photo below.
When the main shoot reaches the upper part of the trellis, it is pinched, and then allowed to grow horizontally. When the crop on the main stem is ripe, the cucumber bushes are fed with nitrogen-containing fertilizer and new cucumber bunches will begin to form in the main axils.
In the southern regions of Russia, due to the abundance of sun and heat, the formation of a cucumber bush is voluntary. Even if it is not carried out, cucumbers, subject to other agrotechnical techniques, will have enough light and heat to ripen a bountiful harvest.
Thus, both garlands are quite capable of satisfying the tastes and desires of even fastidious gardeners and will make it possible to prepare various and numerous cucumber preparations for the winter.
I read the comments as if they were not at all about those cucumbers about which I myself now want to write! I am shocked by this alimony, and by what has grown with me! Personally, this year I have sown cucumbers of 5 different varieties and producers! Of the 74 seeds sown, only 5 Siberian garlands emerged, nothing else grew, one of them was weak, and another was blown away by a hurricane, hail, as a result, only 3 bushes of the Siberian garland grew and bore fruit in our country! They grew in our warm garden - something between a greenhouse and an open garden! The garden was unavailable in 2016, and in 2017 she added a little black soil, i.e. in this 2018 I did not fertilize it in any way! The cucumbers are very sweet, without voids they have even outgrown even that of excellent taste and quality, now it is October in the yard, but we still collect these cucumbers from the garden, although the frost began on August 31 (Sverdlovsk region)! Maybe it's just that I was the only one who was so lucky with the Siberian garland!
Sorry for the money spent. Of the five plants, there is not a single bunch type, besides, among them there are small-thorny fruits with large thorns, in terms of yield - the worst of all of the 10 planted varieties. Don't be fooled by pretty pictures!
I grow "Garland" from "Gavrish" I live in Almaty the harvest is impressive. Taste, everyone in the family likes (even the mother-in-law) the size is ideal, it grows very bad, it was a cold spring. They are the only ones you lived. I planted it in the place where the chicken house was last year, that is, the land was fertilized conscientiously. Now July is the second decade. I'm going to plant it until late autumn. she comes with us in mid-November.
Nothing to do with the picture on the package with seeds, the cucumbers are pale, inconspicuous, no garlands, one cucumber sticks out in each inter-site, next to Herman looks more decent, they are not worth it,