Cucumber variety Bobrik
Among the variety of cucumber varieties and hybrids on the market, the Bobrik hybrid cucumber variety deserves special attention. It has a number of advantages over analogues. Having planted this hybrid on a plot or in a greenhouse, you can provide yourself with crispy cucumbers for the whole summer.
Cucumber variety Bobrik
Characteristics of the variety
Cucumber hybrid F1 Bobrik is super early maturing, parthenocarpic, having flowers of only female type and bouquet formation of ovaries.
The hybrid exhibits resistance to a range of cucumber diseases such as powdery mildew, cladosporia, root rot and downy mildew. The yield from each plant reaches 5.5-7 kg. The cucumber is relatively cold-resistant, showing resistance to temperature fluctuations.
Description of the bush
Plant of indeterminate type, very tall. The lash does not end with a flower, its length can be up to 3.5 m. Climbing is average, with a slower growth rate of zelents, which do not outgrow and do not turn yellow. The leaves of the hybrid are green, smooth, small in size.
Description of the fetus
According to the description, a fruit weighing 90-100 g grows up to 10-13 cm in length, has many tubercles with white thorns, dense flesh and skin. It is able to withstand long haulage. In each leaf sinus, 6-12 ovaries are formed. Fruits are dark green, with light stripes up to 1/3 of the length of the fruit.
Cucumbers of the Bobrik hybrid are suitable for making salads, pickling and pickling. Gardeners appreciate it for an early and bountiful harvest.
Benefits of the Bobrik hybrid
The Bobrik variety has a lot of advantages
Bobrik has a number of positive characteristics:
- is high yielding;
- differs in cold resistance and high stress resistance;
- has a high shade tolerance, which allows it to be planted at the earliest possible date;
- refers to early ripening: 42-45 days pass from germination to the formation of the first zelents;
- has a long flowering period;
- lays in internodes from 6 to 12 ovaries;
- has a great fruit taste;
- has versatile fruits;
- adapted for growing both in greenhouses and in the open field;
- has a high degree of parthenocarp, no pollination is required to set cucumbers;
- has good transportability;
- has resistance to a number of diseases.
Fundamentals of agricultural technology
Medium loamy soils with good air permeability are well suited for Bobrik cucumber.
It is recommended to sow seeds for seedlings in early or mid-April. From sowing to planting seedlings in the greenhouse, it should take 25-30 days. It is possible to sow seedlings in a greenhouse when the air temperature warms up to 25-28 ° С, and the soil temperature - up to 18 ° С, the seeds are buried by 0.5-1 cm.
In open ground, seedlings are planted in the third decade of May, when the frosts stop and when the seedlings have 3-4 true leaves. At the time of sowing, the soil should be warmed up to 15-18 ° C. The depth of planting seeds in the soil should be 1-2 cm. In greenhouse conditions, the planting density is 2-3 plants per 1 sq. M. In the open field for 1 sq.m there can be 4-5 plants.
Further care for cucumbers consists in regular weeding, loosening the soil in the aisles, watering and feeding. It should be watered in the evening with warm water. During the summer period, 2-3 dressings are carried out, alternately applying mineral fertilizers and organic matter. Collecting zelents is carried out every other day, as they mature.
Conclusion
Gardeners note the beautiful appearance of green plants, their unique taste, undemanding care and early maturity.
Cucumber of this variety gives a good harvest and is suitable for consumption both fresh and preserved.