Cucumber variety Mother-in-law (F1)
Mother-in-law is a hybrid of an early ripening cucumber, bred in 2006 at the Gavrish Seed Breeding Company. In 2007, it was added to the state register of the Russian Federation for the Central, Middle Volga, Northern, Northwestern, North Caucasian, Central Chernozem and Volga-Vyatka regions. Designed for growing in open ground and under film shelters in personal subsidiary plots. The authors of the hybrid: A.E. Portyankin, S.F. Gavrish, A.V. Shamshin and V.N. Shevkunov.
Parthenocarpic variety (does not require insect pollination). From full germination to the appearance of the first fruits, it takes 42 - 46 days.
Plants are medium-branchy, female-flowering, indeterminate (the growth of the main stem is not interrupted by the flower race). In one leaf sinus, it is formed from three or more ovaries. Leaves are green in color, medium in size.
Cucumbers are one-dimensional, cylindrical, with medium-sized tubercles, 10 - 12 cm long, weighing about 100 - 120 g. The skin is not coarse, dark green, with short light blurred stripes. Pubescence is of medium density. The thorns are brown, not very prickly. The pulp is tender, crispy, aromatic, with good taste, without bitterness. The seeds are small. The yield of one plant is 5.5 - 6.5 kg. Marketable yield - 12.2 kg / sq. Meter. Fruiting is gradual throughout the growing season (until frost).
Hybrid Mother-in-law shows high resistance to powdery mildew and medium - to downy mildew. It is also characterized by heat resistance and increased cold resistance.
A universal variety - good in salads and pickles. When canning, no voids are observed in the fruit. For harvesting, you can pluck the fruits in the gherkin phase (5 - 8 cm).
Advantages of the mother-in-law cucumber: excellent taste, high yield, smooth yield.
Sowing seedlings is carried out at the end of April. Seedlings are planted in the ground when they have 3 - 4 true leaves, around the end of May - beginning of June, after frost. Planting scheme - 50 × 50 cm.
I planted these cucumbers in the greenhouse this year. Honestly, I was disappointed, because I wasted my time and energy, and the place in the greenhouse where something else could be grown. Seedlings were normal. The bushes developed well. But this did not go further. Provided cucumbers and drip irrigation, and top dressing, but received almost no return. The plants were blooming, but there were almost no ovaries on the bushes. At the same time, the harvest from the neighboring garden was quite decent. I'm not going to plant these cucumbers anymore!
An excellent variety of cucumbers. The best. I am very happy with it.