Cucumber variety Murashka (F1)

Goosebump is a hybrid of an early ripening cucumber from the Russian breeding and seed company Gavrish. It is best suited for cultivation under film shelters and in greenhouses, but it works well in the open field, and even at home - on the balcony and windowsill. Designed for garden plots, home gardens and small farms. In 2003, the variety was included in the state register of plants of the Russian Federation. Received permission to grow in the Middle Volga, North Caucasian, Central Black Earth, Volgo-Vyatka, Central, North and North-West regions of Russia. The authors are: S.F. Gavrish, A.V. Shamshin and A.E. Portyankin.

The Murashka variety is parthenocarpic (does not require pollination). Begins to bear fruit in 35 - 40 days from full shoots.

Plants are medium-sized, medium-branched, indeterminate, with female flowers; lateral shoots are determinant; shortened internodes. In one sinus, from two to four ovaries are formed. The foliage is high. Leaves are green, medium-sized, smooth, with an irregularly serrate edge.

Cucumbers are cylindrical, large-lumpy, weighing 90 - 110 grams, 10 - 12 cm long, 3 - 4 cm in diameter.The peel is from light green to dark green color (in the form of a gradient from top to bottom), with light stripes reaching the middle fetus. Pubescence is of medium density. The thorns are black, prickly. The neck is very short. The pulp is sweetish, aromatic, without bitterness. Marketable yield ranges from 10 to 12 kg / m2.

A variety of universal use. Shows its best properties when salting and pickling. In fresh salads, the fruits are not as good - not as juicy and sweet as typical salad cucumbers.

The hybrid is highly resistant to olive spot (cladosporium) and powdery mildew, moderately resistant to downy mildew. Plants are unpretentious, recover quickly. Fruiting is long (until frost), the lashes do not turn yellow for a long time and do not dry out.

Advantages of Murashka cucumber: early maturity, excellent taste of fruits, high and stable yields, resistance to diseases.

It is advisable to plant in medium loamy, air-permeable soil. When growing plants through seedlings, the seeds are sown 1.5 - 2 cm, keeping the room temperature around 25 ° C. When shoots appear, the temperature is lowered to 15 ° C. Planting seedlings on the street is carried out when the threat of frost has passed. When planting directly into the ground, the seeds are buried in the soil, warmed up to 15 ° C, by 2 - 3 cm. The crops are covered with a film.