Cucumber variety Grasshopper (F1)
Grasshopper is an early ripening cucumber hybrid, bred in the Manul agricultural firm (Mytishchi). In 2004, it was entered into the state register of the Russian Federation for seven regions (Central, Central Black Earth, North, North-West, North Caucasian, Volgo-Vyatka, Srednevolzhsky). Designed for cultivation in open and closed ground in garden plots, in personal and small farms. Authors of the variety: A.V. Borisov, O. N. Krylov, A.V. Goryachenkov.
Variety Grasshopper parthenocarpic (does not require pollination by bees), with a bundle of ovaries. From full germination to fruiting, 38 - 39 days pass.
Plants are vigorous, indeterminate, female flowering type, with limited branching and shortened internodes. Leaves are medium in size, green in color, slightly wrinkled, with a slightly wavy edge. In one leaf sinus, from 2 - 3 to 4 - 6 ovaries are formed. Fruits are poured in the node sequentially. Recommended planting density in open field is 3 - 4.5 plants / m2, in greenhouse - 2.5 - 3 plants / m2.
Cucumbers are fusiform-cylindrical, ribbed, with large tubercles, 10 - 12 cm long, 3.2 - 3.5 cm in diameter, weighing 90 - 110 grams. The skin is green with medium-length white stripes. Frequent pubescence. Spikes are white. Marketable yield is 10 - 14 kg / m2. Long-term fruiting - up to autumn frosts.
A variety of universal use. Fresh and canned fruits have excellent taste properties.
The hybrid is resistant to all common cucumber diseases: olive spot, powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus; tolerant to peronosporosis.
Advantages of the Grasshopper cucumber: ultra-early ripening, complex disease resistance, high palatability of the fruit.
