The most resistant varieties of open ground cucumbers

When choosing cucumbers for open ground, every gardener tries to find varieties that are not only fruitful, but also resistant to various diseases. This culture is often exposed to fungal and viral diseases, which is accompanied by crop loss, plus the plant itself also dies. To help gardeners deal a little with this complex problem, we will consider common cucumber diseases in this article and try to identify the most resistant varieties.

Overview of Common Cucumber Diseases

Any diseases of cucumbers are expressed by characteristic spots on the plant, and sometimes even on the fruits. One of the reasons is nature itself. Sudden changes in temperature from the coolness of the night to the heat of the day are detrimental to the plant. Another cause, unknowingly, becomes the person himself. By pouring cold water on the beds with seedlings of cucumbers, the gardener creates favorable conditions for the development of various diseases.

Let’s look at the most common diseases of cucumbers and briefly get acquainted with the methods of struggle:

• powdery mildew easy to identify by white spots on the front side of cucumber leaves. At first they are small, but over time they grow rapidly, affecting all the leaves. You can save the plant at the initial stage of spot development. To do this, prepare a solution of two parts of chalk plus one part of colloidal sulfur and process all the plantings in the garden. After 7 days, and then at such intervals until the cure, the plants are treated with a solution prepared from 10 liters of water and 15 g of sulfur. Instead of sulfur, 100 g of liquid soap and 7 g of copper sulfate can be added to the same amount of water.

  

• Downy mildew, scientifically downy mildew, is expressed on the leaves of the plant by similar spots of only yellow color. Sometimes a gray or purple coating may also appear on the back of the sheet. The drug “Ridomil” or “Ordan” can prevent such diseases. They are used according to the instructions that come with the package.

  

• White rot spreads throughout the plant from the stem near the ground, ending with the upper leaves. It is easy to determine the disease of a cucumber by a white slippery coating. Often this occurs due to the untimely breakdown of old foliage. When the first signs are detected, the plants are immediately sprinkled with powdered lime or chalk. It can be treated with copper sulphate by dissolving 5 g of powder in 1 liter of water. The affected parts of the plant must only be removed, there is no other way out.

  

• root rot develops on the lower part of the plant, affecting the stem and foliage. The reason for the indisposition of the cucumber is the cold water used from the well for irrigation. The plant begins to turn brown and gradually withers. Prophylactic watering with a solution of the Previkur preparation, at intervals of 14 days, will help prevent the appearance of rot on the cucumber.

  

• Antraknoz expressed as yellow spots, turning into sores, on the stems and foliage of the plant. Over time, the fetus itself is affected by ulcers of a pinkish hue. For treatment, Bordeaux liquid with a consistency of 1% or a solution of 40 g of copper oxychloride per 10 liters of water is suitable.

  

• Angular spotting or another name – bacteriosis. The disease is expressed by brown spots on the foliage of the plant and damage to the fruit by rotten sores of a brown hue. The methods of struggle are the same as with anthracnose.

  

• Mosaic affects mainly the young foliage of the cucumber, making it wrinkled with a brown-brown color. Such plants cannot be cured, it is better to destroy them. You can prevent the disease by the prevention of open ground. Once a year, in autumn or spring, copper sulphate is applied.

  

• olive blotch covers the fruit with rotten sores. Similar brown spots appear on the stems and foliage of the plant. After three days, the spots begin to blacken, increasing in diameter. This disease is more common in greenhouses due to the lack of fresh air with little ventilation. It rarely appears on open ground plants. To combat plantings of cucumbers, they are treated with the drug “Fundazol” or a 1% solution of Bordeaux liquid.

  

Even the most disease-resistant varieties can be affected by one of the ailments. To get a good harvest, it is important to identify the disease at an early stage and remember about prevention.

The video shows tips for dealing with the disease of cucumbers:

Choosing varieties of cucumbers that are optimally resistant to diseases

The easiest way for a summer resident is to plant seedlings in the garden and in a month and a half to get the first harvest. Cucumbers from open ground, saturated with sunlight, are juicier and more aromatic than from a greenhouse. However, environmental conditions often contribute to the development of many diseases. Of course, preventive measures and the ability to deal with ailments will help save the cucumber crop, but it is better if the plants themselves are resistant to diseases.

Trying to sell their product, the manufacturer writes enticing inscriptions as advertising on all packages with cucumbers, for example: “resistant to all diseases”, “super early”, “super fruitful”, etc. In fact, an inexperienced gardener, succumbing to such advertising, receives opposite picture. In order not to get into trouble, let’s try to identify varieties that are more resistant to diseases and suitable for open ground.

Competitor

The bee-pollinated plant has proven itself well when grown outdoors. High-yielding variety of medium maturation is resistant to blotch, as well as powdery mildew. Fruits up to 14 cm long and weighing 100 g ripen 53 days after germination. The peel of the cucumber is covered with large pimples with dark spikes. Cucumbers are ideal for barrel pickling.

Gooseneck fxnumx

Thanks to the work of breeders, hybrids are considered the most resistant to various diseases. The self-pollinating Goosebump F1 cucumber is well suited for open ground. The hybrid belongs to an early ripening variety, bringing a crop about 45 days after germination. Fruits 12 cm long are covered with large pimples with dark spikes. According to gardeners, cucumbers do not have the ability to gain bitterness even in hot summers.

Springwell F1

This hybrid is known even to the old summer residents of the post-Soviet space. The popularity of cucumber dates back to the 70s and continues to this day. A bee-pollinated plant can develop lashes up to 3 m long, on which bundle ovaries are formed. Fruits 12 cm long and weighing 100 g always grow even with small pimples covered with dark spikes.

 “Delicacy”

This early ripe variety of cucumbers was specially bred for open beds. The plant tolerates temperature extremes, especially cold. This hardening protects the cucumber from many diseases. Seedlings are planted with a maximum of four bushes per 1 m². Delicate fruits with dense pulp, covered with small pimples, contain a lot of sugar. Cucumbers are very tasty canned, as well as in salads.

“Erofey” and “April”

Two types of hybrids, ideal for open ground, bring early harvests. Cucumber varieties are resistant to cold, which allows planting seedlings in the southern regions from April. Approximately 55 days after planting the seedlings, ready-made fruits appear. The length of some cucumbers of the April variety reaches 22 cm, and the weight does not exceed 250 g. But Erofey cucumbers do not grow more than 7 cm.

“Son of the Regiment”

The growing variety of cucumbers with mini-fruits is a mid-season crop. Ripe cucumbers 8 cm long with white spikes can be picked 45 days after germination. A plant of medium branching is resistant to many diseases, in particular, to powdery mildew.

“Connie” and “Nezhinsky”

These two varieties of cucumbers are unique in that they can be planted even in Siberia, as they take root perfectly in open and closed ground. Plants are immune to common diseases, pollinated by insects, high-yielding. Small cucumber fruits with a maximum length of 12 cm are very juicy, crunchy and without bitterness.

New seeds of hybrids resistant to pests

All varieties of cucumbers are more or less susceptible to disease. Most often there are various kinds of rot and powdery mildew. The whitefly, spider mite, and aphid cause great harm to the plant. The defeat of the cucumber usually occurs during rapid fruiting, somewhere in mid-July. The main defense of the cucumber is its immunity, which breeders are trying to endow with new hybrids.

Among gardeners, such varieties of cucumbers are especially popular. They bring high-quality and plentiful harvests, adapt to different weather conditions, the fruits taste good. When creating new hybrids, breeders work in different directions, trying to combine in one plant the main qualities that satisfy the consumer: white spikes, productivity, even forms, the presence of pimples, the absence of bitterness, adaptation to temperature changes and, of course, cucumber resistance to all possible diseases. Thanks to new developments, cucumber hybrids have been bred that tolerate low humidity and temperature.

Zhukovsky

The mid-season hybrid is distinguished by a developed root and leaf system. This quality allows the plant to bear fruit for a long period, without fear of such diseases as BOM-1, brown spot, etc. Cucumber fruiting occurs on the 49th day after germination. Short cucumbers up to 12 cm long have a bright green color, large pimples with white spikes.

“Caprice”

An early hybrid bears mature fruit 41 days after planting. The plant has a highly developed root system, large lashes with densely spaced dark green leaves. Small cucumber fruits up to 12 cm long are rarely covered with large pimples with black spikes. The hybrid is genetically grafted with the absence of bitterness.

“Bunny”

A highly developed plant with a medium weave is resistant to almost all diseases. Fruits appear 41 days after germination. Cucumbers up to 14 cm long are rarely covered with large pimples with white spikes.

“Tanechka”

An early hybrid brings the first fruits on the 44th day after germination. Light green fruits up to 10 cm long are covered with large pimples with white spikes. Cucumber perfectly tolerates waterlogging of the soil.

On the video you can see the cultivation of cucumbers in the open field:

Conclusion

Growing cucumbers in a vegetable garden is much easier than in a greenhouse. It is only necessary to choose the right variety and provide the plant with proper care.