Cucumbers are very popular as a vegetable crop... Both adults and children love to eat them. A juicy and aromatic vegetable is not only tasty, but also useful, moreover, not only as a food product, but also as a cosmetic product for skin beauty. To always have such a popular vegetable on hand, you can successfully grow it yourself on your personal plot... For example, pay attention to such a variety as Courage.
Description and characteristics of cucumbers variety Courage
A varietal variety of cucumbers called Courage, is in great demand and popularity among consumers.
The popularity of this variety is due to its excellent taste and high yield, which does not depend at all on weather conditions.
The purpose of the fruits is also very diverse: they can be eaten fresh, can be used as pickles, or canned for the winter.
The compact size and identity of the fruits contributes to their convenient placement in jars for the winter.
According to the description, the fruit itself has a regular cylindrical shape and a rich green color with a pimply skin. The average weight of vegetables is 120 grams.
The root system is strong, the stems are tall and strong. Up to 10 fruits grow on one stalk... The culture actively bears fruit at the earliest ripening periods. Which is very convenient for winter harvesting.
A characteristic feature of this variety is active fruiting without pollination, which allows them to be grown both in open soil and in greenhouses.
Breeders position this variety as very resistant to various diseases, as evidenced by the reviews of summer residents and gardeners who grew this vegetable crop.
Harvesting begins 50 days after planting seeds in the open field, and after 40 days in a greenhouse.
With proper care from one square meter it is possible to get 20 kg of mature products excellent quality.
Advantages and disadvantages
This varietal variety has a number of advantages:
- Abundant productivity regardless of weather conditions.
- Excellent taste of the fruit.
- Resistance to various diseases.
- Long shelf life of fruits.
- Versatility in the purpose and use of vegetables.
- Early ripening.
- Powerful root system.
- Excellent fruiting without pollination.
- The ability to grow both in the open field and in the greenhouse.
- The ability to grow in different climatic conditions.
- Excellent transportability and good presentation.
To the disadvantages of the variety can be attributed only one quality of the plant: exactingness to care.
Pluses of the Courage variety:
Features of planting and growing cucumber
Soil requirements
This type of cucumber loves nutritious soil... The area for cucumbers must be prepared in the fall. To do this, it is necessary to fertilize the soil with a mixture of manure, ash and nitrophos.
In the spring, the site should be dug up and thoroughly warmed up, covering it with film or agrofibre for 7-10 days.
Seed preparation
To please yourself and your loved ones with an excellent harvest, it is necessary to prepare not only the soil, but also the seed itself.
Seeds must be carefully sorted out and sifted out empty. It is easy to fill the seeds with saline: the empty seeds will float up.
The seed then follows disinfect by keeping it in a solution of potassium permanganate.
After these procedures, the seeds must be left to germinate, after placing them in a gauze or tissue bag soaked in a solution of baking soda or boric acid.
Slightly sprouted seeds are hardenedkeeping them in a cold place for at least 14 days.
Landing in open ground
It is important to know! Planting seeds in open soil only needs to be completely eliminating the possibility of night frost... Otherwise, the seedlings will freeze and die.
Sprouted seeds are planted in previously made holes, to a depth of no more than 3 cm.The distance between the holes must be observed at 50 cm.
3-4 seeds are planted in each hole and covered with well-fluffed soil. If all the seeds sprout, they must be thinned out.
The plant requires the formation of a bush... It is best to use a lattice support to tie the stems. In this case, the yield will be higher and the harvesting process itself is greatly simplified.
How to form cucumbers on trellises for large yields:
Plant care
At all stages of growth, this species needs proper and timely care. Care includes watering, fertilizing, loosening the soil and removing weeds.
Top dressing
Fertilize the culture for the entire growing season, it is necessary at least three times:
- The first time the plant is fertilized two weeks after planting the seeds. For this, fresh manure diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10 is perfect.
- The second time the plant is fed during the flowering period. An infusion of medicinal herbs is perfect for these purposes.
- During the period of active fruiting, you can feed the vegetable crop with herbal infusion with ash.
Watering
Watering is carried out as the soil dries up, with room-separated water in the evening hours.
Drying of the soil should not be allowed, but stagnation of water in the soil is also unacceptable. Best to use drip irrigation system.
Disease protection
This variety positions itself as resistant to various diseases, but still, in rare cases, the plant is exposed to such diseases as: bacteriosis, fusarium, white rot, anthracnose.
Depending on the type of lesion, it is necessary to spray the culture with a solution of copper sulfate and lime, or a solution of copper sulfate and urea, a solution of potassium permanganate, or with drugs that are available in specialized stores.
Immediately before processing infected fruits and leaves must be removed.
To prevent the occurrence of such diseases, you need before planting seeds, treat the soil with a solution of potassium permanganate.
Cucumbers Kurazh have excellent taste characteristics and excellent yield, and with timely and proper care, they will provide you and your loved ones with tasty and juicy fruits.