Description of the cucumber variety "Emerald Family f1" and the secrets of growing a crop

The Emerald Family F1 cucumbers are an early-ripening, high-yielding variety, ready for consumption in six weeks. The plant is resistant to many diseases. It is widely grown in both summer cottages and home gardens, as well as on large farms. Its main drawback is its need for a specific type of soil. The plant requires loose, highly nutritious soil.

Characteristics of the bush and fruit

The bush is parthenocarpic, meaning self-pollinating, and does not require insects. The plant is tall and requires mechanical height control. It is weakly branched, producing cluster or bunch-type ovaries, with approximately five fruits per ovary. Female flowering is predominant. Harvesting is possible 40-45 days after the first shoots emerge.

The cucumbers are elongated, cylindrical, and dark green in color with faint stripes, large tubercles, and slight ribbing. The spines are white. The length of the fruit is 10-12 cm. The diameter of the cucumbers can reach 4 cm. The fruit weighs from 120 to 140 g.

Cucumber pulp:

• without pronounced bitterness;
• medium density;
• juicy;
• with a sweet and fresh taste;
• crispy;
• moderately elastic.

The main advantages of the Emerald F1 family:

• versatility of cultivation;
• good taste characteristics;
• precocity.

The fruits are versatile in use.

Resistance to adverse conditions

The variety has good tolerance to many adverse factors. The Emerald F1 family is immune to diseases such as:

• powdery mildew;
• olive spot.

It exhibits good resistance to downy mildew. To protect the plant from other diseases, timely preventative measures are necessary. Cucumbers should be treated with chemicals before flowering; after this, it's best to use organic products and traditional preventative methods.

Emerald Family cucumbers are susceptible to ascochyta leaf spot. Gray spots appear along the leaf edges, gradually spreading to the entire leaf surface. Black fungal spores then appear on the gray leaf. Brown spots develop on the root collar and stem of the hybrid. This disease is most active during the fruiting period. To prevent it, avoid sudden temperature changes, disinfect the seeds, steam the soil, and disinfect the greenhouse and soil.

If oily brown spots form on a bush (or any part of it), crust over, and fall off along with part of the leaf, it's bacterial blight. To prevent it, take control and preventative measures:

• greenhouse disinfection;
• periodic ventilation of the greenhouse;
• seed treatment with a solution of tetramethylthiuram disulfide (TMTD) or Fictolavin-300;
• When the root collar dies off, a solution of phytolavin-300 is also used.

Root rot and cucumber mosaic can also affect the plant.

Among the pests, aphids, whiteflies and spider miteThe following will help you get rid of them:

1. Treatment of plants with infusions of onion peels, garlic peels, dandelion and celandine.
2. Treatment of plants with chemical insecticides.
3. At the first signs of trouble, treat the bush with a soap solution.
4. When growing the Emerald F1 family in a greenhouse, special sticky traps can be used to control whiteflies.

It is permissible to treat the plant with chemicals, but whiteflies are capable of developing immunity to them.

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Features of sowing

If you plant the Emerald Family F1 hybrid from seedlings, you can achieve a harvest much earlier. To achieve this, sow the crop 2-3 weeks before the expected planting date. Calculate the date based on your region. Plant cucumbers after the expected frost has passed, as the Emerald Family F1 hybrid is not cold-tolerant.

When growing a hybrid, it is necessary to maintain a sufficiently high temperature (about +22 ^OC) If there's insufficient light, install lamps for supplemental lighting. When direct sowing, place the seeds immediately into pre-prepared holes, then cover the area with plastic and leave it uncovered until the first hybrid shoots emerge. Fruiting with this planting method occurs slightly later.

The holes should be spaced about 15-30 cm apart, and the distance between rows should be 60-70 cm.

Care

The Emerald F1 family requires careful care. One of the most important steps in caring for the hybrid is fertilizing. Organic fertilizers should be applied every few weeks, alternating with mineral fertilizers. The plant should be watered daily after sunset or early in the morning with warm melt water. Irrigate primarily drip method.

Hilling and loosening are an important part of plant care, as they contribute to:

• air access to the plant's root system;
• better moisture retention.

Mulching the soil also helps. Mulching prevents the spread of weeds, which can draw nutrients and moisture from the soil.

Reviews

Elizaveta Kotelnikova, 42 years old

This wonderful hybrid is certainly quite difficult to grow. The greenhouse needs specialized lamps, as the plant requires 16 hours of light per day, which is rare in our temperate climate, even in the height of summer. Fertilizing is also quite challenging, as you need to carefully monitor the fertilizer you're using at any given time. However, the high yield and immunity to many diseases outweigh these drawbacks.

Vyacheslav Romashchenko, 56 years old

This hybrid is certainly difficult to care for, I won't argue with that. However, its yield (I personally harvest about 50 kilograms in a single season from my small greenhouses) is worth the effort. These cucumbers are perfect for salads because they have virtually no bitterness and pair well with similarly sweet tomatoes. They're also excellent for pickling, thanks to their wonderful crunch. In short, the Emerald Family F1 cucumber variety has quickly become my favorite.

Alexandra Podkamenskaya, 53 years old

I immediately fell in love with the Emerald F1 family because in my hot region they grow better than other hybrids, which generally don't tolerate heat very well. I especially like to use this variety in salads, but I also pickle them for the winter, of course. I grow them outdoors; my garden is quite large, so the harvest is enough for both personal use and for sale. Sometimes from 1 m² It turns out to collect almost 20 kg.

Emerald Family F1 is a demanding variety with high fertility. It's perfect for gardeners and farmers who spend a lot of time in their gardens and for those who enjoy using cucumbers for a variety of purposes, as it's one of the most versatile hybrids.