Cucumbers - lianovidnye annuals belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.Origins are Indian, so they are light, moisture-and heat-loving.Currently, breeders and enthusiasts displayed a lot of varieties and hybrids, differing in many respects.
Gherkin "German" - a Dutch breeding hybrid buyers in high demand.Its fruits are delicious, have a cylindrical shape, rich emerald color with a slight white film, dense texture without voids, large bumps on the skin.The bitterness in them is completely absent.They can be used fresh and for canning cucumbers "German."
their description in terms of the farmer or summer resident: high-yielding, early-maturing, parthenocarpic (not required pollinators), forming a node 5, at least 6 of the fruit.Fruiting starts around the 40th day.Plants develop powerful, resistant to many diseases.
Gherkin "German" can be grown seedlings and nonseedlings ways.In the second case it depends on sowing soil warming.As a rule, the necessary soil temperature for germination is established by the end of May.Too deep to seal the seeds in the ground does not mean of 1.5 cm is enough.
to determine the date of sowing the seeds for seedlings need from the expected date of planting in the greenhouse (open ground) take about 25 days.Treated seeds do not require pickling and untreated desirable half hour hold in solution "fitosporin", prepared according to instructions.
in containers for planting to make drainage holes and fill them half-disinfected soil (purchased for planting or cooking yourself) and to shed water.It is advisable to grow each plant once in a separate pot to less than injure the roots when transplanting.Cucumber seeds "German" deepen 1 cm, cover with a transparent film or glass.Crops place in a warm bright room.
Germination occurs rapidly, by about 4 per day.A couple of days will require lowering the temperature to 18 0C to seedlings not stretched.With the growth of the plants in a container should be added similar to planting the soil, deepening the young plants on cotyledonary leaves.With this admission develop additional roots.Water the seedlings should be reasonable, stagnant water is not allowed.
the time of planting in the greenhouse (open ground), the beds should be prepared, well-fertilized.By this time a cucumber "German" will have 4 true leaves, and perhaps the first segment.It is advisable to grow it in a vertical version: the leaves and the fruit will not come in contact with the soil will be better illuminated by sunlight, to harvest more pleasant and easier.
Caring for cucumbers is regular watering, and at the root, but so that the water does not get on the stems.Zamulchirovat soil is better, t. To. Loosening not desirable because of the shallow root system of plants.Any changes will result in damage to the soil suction hair roots that can not be restored, and new growth takes time.Weeds to pull out by the roots, too, should not be, it is better to periodically cut off at ground level.
Watering necessarily warm water (cold is not absorbed by the roots, moreover, the growth of the plants is suspended).It requires regular fertilizing both organic and mineral complex.Forming and pinching is required.To always have a decent crop, cucumber plant "German."Those who have tried this hybrid, only to respond positively and refuse it not collected.
