Cucumber variety Mashenka (F1)
Mashenka is a novelty on the cucumber market. This short-fruited hybrid was bred in 2014. In 2015, it was added to the state register of breeding achievements of the Russian Federation. The author and originator of the variety is E.I. Kudryavtseva. Suitable for open field cultivation and spring film greenhouses. Approved for use throughout Russia.
The variety is parthenocarpic (does not require pollination), medium-early ripening, with a bouquet arrangement of ovaries. The period from full sprouting to picking up the first zelents is 45 - 48 days.
Cucumber plants Mashenka are medium-sized, mixed flowering type (female flowers prevail). In one leaf sinus, from 4 to 6 fruits are tied.
Zelentsy are short (length 6 - 9 cm), covered with medium-sized tubercles. The skin is dark green with short white stripes. The density of pubescence is high. White thorns. The pulp is crispy, sweetish, genetically without bitterness. Fruiting lasts until September - October.
A variety of universal use. Best of all, its small fruits, which can be harvested at the stage of gherkins (5 - 8 cm) and pickles (3 - 5 cm), are suitable for pickling and pickling. When canning, the fruits do not sour and remain crispy.
This hybrid has complex resistance to common diseases. And also tolerates bad weather conditions and stressful situations.
Advantages of Mashenka cucumber: high yield, excellent fruit taste, cold resistance.
When growing cucumbers through seedlings, sowing is carried out to a depth of 1.5 - 2 cm at a temperature of 25 ° C. When shoots appear, the temperature is lowered to 15 ° C. Planting seedlings in the ground is carried out after frost. When planting directly into the soil, the seeds are covered by 2 - 3 cm. The soil temperature should be at least 14 - 15 ° C. It is advisable to cover crops with a film.
An excellent variety for early pickles. I have been planting for two years in open ground in early May, at which time it is usually warm here. The first ovaries appear in about two months. If they grew up in a greenhouse, they would have appeared earlier. Cucumbers are neat, crispy, never bitter. I use it first in summer salads, and then they go into blanks. To keep the harvest as long as possible, I feed it with "green" fertilizer once every two weeks and water it often. Due to this, they bear fruit until September. For two years I have not suffered from anything, so I plan to continue growing Mashenka.