The choice of seeds for crops of cucumbers depends on many factors which need to be considered to receive the tasty, ripened fruits. Even the gardener with wealth of experience can get confused in that variety of grades which are presented at the market today. Before choosing seeds of cucumbers for landing, decide on those conditions in which you will grow up them.
Instruction
1. For cultivation in the warmed greenhouses choose seeds of shade-enduring hybrids of cucumber of category F1: "manual", "marathon", "northern lights", Ladoga, "relay", "Olympic Games". In these conditions it is better to choose partenokarpichesky grades which harvest does not depend on bees pollinators. Consider that similar grades are very choosy. Any stress which plants can test can affect productivity: temperature drops, shortcoming or excess of moisture.
2. Under the film shelter of temporary type and in the open ground it is possible to grow up hybrids both partenokarpichesky, and pcheloopylyaemy. Among the last, grades with female type of blossoming enjoy wide popularity at gardeners: "loyal friends", "compass", "farmer", "captain", "lord" and "tower". They are characterized by big crops and unpretentiousness. To raise opylyaemost, interplant to them seeds of grades with men's type of blossoming. Usually they are put in bags of selection seeds and painted in any color. On such package the sunflower seed in pink frame with the inscription "The Painted Seeds — Pollinator" will be drawn.
3. In regions where there is even danger of low temperatures in the summer, plant seeds of the cold-resistant grades adapted to low humidity of the environment. These are also category F1 hybrids: "balalaika", "Salton", "trump card", "brawler", "three tankmen", "matryoshka", "boy about finger".
4. The majority of grades which are landed by amateur gardeners belongs to summer - spring to ekzotip. They differ on shade tolerance. During this period for the open ground choose shadow beam gherkins: Clean Ponds, Maryina Roshcha, "season hit" or photophilous grades: "secret of firm", "Moscow Nights", "arena", "expert".
5. You will be able to grow up harvest for short term from seeds of grades: Amur, "alphabet", "regina-plus", "bouquet". From them you will be able to reap the main part of crop in the first month of fructification. To regale on cucumbers at the end of summer and early autumn, choose cold-resistant grades which period of fructification is rather big: "anyut", "Salton", "virent", "farmer".
6. Grades of cucumbers are distinguished to destination. There are cucumbers universal, salad, pickling and for conservation. For salting the same are good "Salton", "anyut" and "farmer" and also "grasshopper", "dragonfly", "trump card", "acorn", "ant". For salads sow seeds of thin-skinned grades with saturated sweetish taste: "market", "тамерлан", "макар", Bukhara, "зозуля".