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Cucumbers – no matter how much you grow them, it’s still not enough, because they are good both fresh, and for pickling, and for conservation. Recently, unique beam hybrids have appeared and immediately began to enjoy great popularity. That is, cucumbers grow like 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 amateur gardeners. These cucumber garlands 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 bunch varieties of cucumbers.
Description and features of agricultural technology of beam varieties
The main feature of bunch-type cucumbers, even from the name, is that they can form several ovaries at once in one node, sometimes up to 10-15 pieces. Naturally, this cannot but distinguish such varieties from ordinary varieties, 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 one hand, yes, they do, but not so unique, at least even a not very experienced gardener can create 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 a 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 methods 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 cucumber plants planted per square meter can be doubled.
- It is important to make sure at the very early stages of growing cucumbers 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 since autumn. It is also necessary to use film shelters or tunnels to preserve heat, since cucumbers can 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 bunched cucumber varieties only in greenhouse conditions.
- It is advisable to collect greens as often as possible, maybe even every day, as overgrown cucumbers can inhibit the formation of new ovaries.
- Starting from the flowering period and the entire fruiting period, weekly top dressing of cucumbers with a complex organo-mineral fertilizer with trace elements is mandatory.
- In the greenhouse, the release of a large amount of carbon dioxide will have a beneficial effect on the yield of cucumbers. To do this, a barrel with fermented herbal infusion is placed in the greenhouse.
- It is mandatory to use a trellis for growing bunch varieties of cucumbers. To do this, two-meter poles are installed at the ends of the beds, between which a wire is stretched in three places along the height. It is desirable to attach another mesh with large cells to the wire (size 10-20 cm). Whips of cucumbers are fixed on this grid. Planting on a garden bed in a greenhouse is necessarily single-line; in open ground, you can use a two-line planting of cucumbers.
Various garlands
After an initial idea of u1buXNUMXbwhat beam varieties of cucumbers are obtained, it is necessary to return and consider one of the most interesting beam varieties, which was already mentioned at the beginning of the article, namely Siberian garland cucumber FXNUMX.
Description of the cucumber variety 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 the “Magnificent Five” cucumbers sold by the Ural Summer Resident company.
The manufacturer gives the following characteristics of the cucumber variety Siberian garland:
- Early ripening, from germination to the beginning of fruiting about 40 days.
- Parthenocarpic means no bees or other insects are needed for pollination.
- Belongs to the bouquet (or beam) type, due to which it becomes possible to produce up to 500 cucumbers from one plant. In one ovary there can be up to 15 cucumbers.
- High taste and commercial qualities of fruits – cucumbers without bitterness and voids, 5-8 cm in size.
- They are distinguished by slow fruit growth, which is why small cucumbers practically cannot outgrow, even if you do not collect them on time. But the formation of further ovaries with untimely collection of greens in any case slows down.
- Great prolongation 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 variety of cucumbers in their personal plots.
Reviews about the hybrid Siberian garland
These are the various reviews about this hybrid of cucumbers found among Internet users, part-time gardeners – gardeners.
We must pay tribute, this fact was taken into account, the remnants were sent to the manufacturer, and for 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 hybrid of Siberian garland cucumbers justifies the hopes placed on it.
What other garlands are
The most interesting thing is that among the beam varieties there is another cucumber hybrid called Garland F1. This hybrid of cucumbers from the well-known agricultural company “Gavrish” was registered in the state register of Our Country back in 2010.
Garland Cucumbers have the following characteristics:
- Early ripe, begin to bear fruit on the 42nd day after germination;
- Growth is powerful, the type is slightly branched;
- Plants are shade-tolerant;
- Parthenocarpic, i.e., pollination is not necessary for the formation of fruits
- Beam, or bouquet type – about 4-6 ovaries in one nest;
- The 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 blotch.
If we compare the descriptions of both hybrids, then Garland’s cucumbers are larger in size and weight, but there are much fewer of them 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 desirable to form the bushes of cucumbers Garland and Siberian garland in a special way in order to obtain the maximum possible yield.
The formation of a bush of cucumbers should occur 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. Leave only one ovary and one leaf in each sinus.
In the middle part of the cucumber bush (up to one meter), 2 ovaries and two leaves are already left, the rest is removed. See the photo below for more details.
When the main shoot reaches the top 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 bunches of cucumbers will begin to form in the main sinuses.
In the southern regions of Our Country, due to the abundance of sun and heat, the formation of a bush of cucumbers is a voluntary matter. Even if it is not carried out, cucumbers, subject to other agricultural practices, 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 picky gardeners and will allow you to prepare various and numerous cucumber blanks for the winter.
