bouquet cucumbers

A couple of years ago, summer residents began to widely grow cucumbers with a bouquet ovary. The arrangement of flowers in such plants is somewhat different from the standard. Usually, in cucumbers, no more than 2-3 cucumbers can form in one node. But bouquet cucumbers can form from 3 to 10 ovaries. This contributes to the formation of a very good harvest, which, subject to all the rules of agricultural technology, can become even more abundant.

Benefits of Bouquet Cucumbers

The main and very significant advantage of such varieties of cucumbers is their unusually high yield. The number of ovaries in a bouquet also depends on where exactly it is located. So, in the lower beams it is too big. Whereas in the middle part of the plant (especially on the lateral shoots) there can be much more of them. Signs of the presence of a bouquet are visible during the period of abundant flowering and the beginning of fruiting, when the plant has not yet begun to age. Productivity during this period, as a rule, is the highest.

Flowers in bouquets do not bloom at the same time. This is an iterative process that takes several days.

And since the ovary is not formed at the same time, on the same bush you can see cucumbers in different stages of their development. Thus, up to 20 fruits of different sizes can grow on one plant. However, it all depends on the variety.

How to grow

To get a good harvest without observing the rules of agricultural technology for such varieties of cucumber, if not impossible, then very difficult. It must be remembered that no matter how productive the varieties may be, one plant can feed only a limited amount of ovaries. Loading the plant with fruits is wrong. In order to regulate this process, there is a certain method of formation.

If the plant is properly formed, then instead of wasting its energy on the growth of extra shoots and ovaries, it directs resources to the growth of existing fruits. Excessive ovaries, anyway, sooner or later will not be able to develop normally – they will wither and wither.

It is also important to harvest these vegetables in a timely manner. If they are allowed to grow large and fully mature, the yield will drop. Therefore, it is best to pluck the fruits when they have not yet reached large sizes.

Features of care

Such varieties of cucumbers always give a good harvest. But in order to grow a strong plant that will produce high-quality marketable fruits, you need to follow these rules:

1. Buy seeds of cucumbers with a bouquet ovary.
2. Prepare soil for planting. This must be done at least a month before the start of the landing.
3. When planting a plant, it is necessary to provide for its future size and the way the bush is formed.
4. The formation of the plant must take place on time and correctly.
5. It is necessary to mulch the bed to prevent evaporation of moisture. Mulch needs to be added every week. Green nettle mulch has a good effect on the health of the plant.
6. It is useful to water the bed with herbal infusion.
7. Spray the plants with special preparations every week.
8. Cucumbers require proper and timely feeding. To do this, you can use chelate for cucumbers.

Also, do not forget about the appearance of the plant:

1. The lower parts should not turn yellow. If this happens, then the plants most likely lack nitrogen and need to be applied along with fertilizers.
2. If the dark green leaves dry up sharply and fall off, then there is a lack of phosphorus in the composition of the soil.
3. If the leaves on cucumbers have light edges and begin to fade during extreme heat, then the plant lacks potassium.
4. If the leaves are domed in the middle, then there is a lack of potassium.
5. If light spots appear on the leaves, then this indicates a lack of iron.

In order for cucumbers with a bouquet ovary to grow strong and give a bountiful harvest, they need to be looked after in the same way as for self-pollinated ones.

The best varieties of cucumbers with a bouquet ovary

Dubrovsky F1

This is a hybrid that matures very quickly. Usually, about 40 days pass from the beginning of its growth to the beginning of fruiting. It is best grown outdoors, but can also be grown in a greenhouse.

It has a female type of flowering. The growth of lateral shoots is limited, which gives him the opportunity to give more strength to fruiting, and the gardener cares less about the formation of the bush.

Seedlings of cucumbers of this variety are recommended to be sown in the second half of April (toward the end of the month). It can be planted in open ground after the appearance of 4-5 true leaves. Usually the plant forms from four ovaries.

The fruits are cylindrical, up to 4 centimeters in diameter and up to 12 in length. The plant tolerates drought well, is well transported. From one bush you can collect about 7 kilograms of fruit.

Picnic F1

This is one of the representatives of early hybrid varieties. From germination to the beginning of the entry into the fruiting phase, it takes from 42 days. Grown in greenhouses. It has a female type of flowering.

For seedlings, seeds are sown in the second half of April. In the phase of the appearance of 3-5 true leaves, the plant can be transplanted to a permanent place.

The fruits are cylindrical, 12-14 centimeters long, have tubercles with white spikes. On the main shoot there can be up to 10 bouquets at the same time. From one plant, you can collect up to 9 kilograms of cucumbers.

Lilliput F1

This is a representative of a variety of an early hybrid with a bouquet ovary. Very quickly enters into fruiting – already on the 38th day after the emergence of seedlings. Parthenocarpic hybrid, which has a predominantly female type of flowering.

It tolerates growing both indoors and outdoors equally well. Seeds germinate at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.

Planted in the ground after the plant receives 3 true leaves. The fruits grow up to 10 centimeters in length. The plant can form about 10 ovaries at the same time.