Cucumbers are perhaps the world's most popular garden crop. Their demand encourages breeders to invent new improved varieties. These innovative varieties include the Emerald Stream cucumber variety, which fascinates with its name alone.
Description and characteristics of the variety Emerald Stream
This varietal variety is a popular early-maturing hybrid.
We owe his birth to the Moscow breeders I.N. Dubinina, S.V. Dubinin and A.N. Lukyanenko. This variety was included in the State Register for the Russian Federation in 2007.
It positions itself as a very versatile crop that can be grown both outdoors and in greenhouses. The growth of this plant is possible in all regions of our vast country.
Culture fit for cultivation both in the spring-summer period and in the summer-autumn season.
The plant is resistant to summer heat, as well as spring and autumn coolness. Harvesting begins 40-45 days after planting the seeds.
The plant is very unpretentious to care for, vigorous, requires a mandatory garter... For this, mesh, trellis and any other supports are suitable.
Leaves are rich green. On one bush, 4-5 fruits can form simultaneously.
Cylindrical fruits, longare often curved. The tuberosity is average. In length, the fruits can reach up to 50 cm, but at the same time they are very thin and graceful. The largest fruits weigh 300 grams.
The peel is thin, rich green color, with barely noticeable whitish stripes. The taste of vegetables is excellent: the fruits are sweet and juicy, crispy and aromatic. Genetically, there is no bitterness in cucumbers.
Productivity is high... With normal care, up to 7 kg of ripe fruits are harvested from one square meter. Fruiting is very long, the plant actively bears fruit until the first frost and snow.
This variety can be grown not only in open areas and in greenhouses, but also on balconies. Only in this case it is worth considering the fact that the plant is tall and powerful and it will need a lot of space.
The taste of vegetables is excellent... They are best used fresh, in the form of salads. It is not only delicious, but also very convenient because one cucumber can be used to make a salad for the whole family.
The palatability of the fruit is in perfect harmony with lightly salted, salted, or pickled form. But large sizes do not always allow you to place cucumbers in jars, except by cutting them into several parts.
But in the form of salads rolled up in jars for the winter, this variety is quite acceptable. Cucumbers will be juicy and crispy in any form.
This culture high resistance to drought and temperature extremes is genetically inherent, as well as to various diseases, including downy mildew. This variety bears fruit well even in the shade.
Reviews of vegetable growers indicate that this variety is not to the taste of spider mites and aphids.
Even if there are other varieties of cucumbers growing in the vicinity of the Emerald Stream that have been infested by aphids and ticks, our variety will be unaffected.
The most delicious are fruits up to 25 cm, they are very tender and sweet. Vegetables must not be allowed to overgrow more than 50 cm.
Otherwise, vegetables will begin to thicken, crack and turn yellow, significantly losing their taste.
Advantages and disadvantages of cucumber
This type has many advantages:
- High productivity.
- Excellent taste of the fruit.
- Long terms of fruiting.
- Resistance to various diseases and pests.
- Versatility in fruit growing.
- Long shelf life.
- Drought resistance and cold resistance.
But our variety also has its disadvantages:
- Possibility of root rot.
- The relatively large size of the fruits, which creates certain inconveniences when preserving.
Growing features
There are two ways to grow our vegetable: seed and seedling... Experienced vegetable growers advise growing the crop in several stages, long fruiting periods will allow this to be done.
For a start, you can grow seedlings and in the phase of 3-4 true leaves you can plant them in a greenhouse.
This can be done already in March. The next step is to grow cucumbers in open soil.
Soil requirements
Plants are planted in open ground only after the end of night frosts. In this case, the soil should warm up to 15-18 degrees.
No matter how you grow it, the soil must be breathable... The site for the future planting of cucumbers needs to be fertilized in the fall.
To do this, the soil is cleared of weeds and last year's plants, then any organic fertilizer is applied and only then dug up.
If it was not possible to feed the site in the fall, you can do this in the spring.
Landing features
It is necessary to plant seeds in the soil after thoroughly loosening it. 3-4 plants are placed on one square meter.
The seeds are planted in the holes without deepening them by more than 3 cm. Experts recommend planting 2-3 seeds in each hole... If all sprout, then it is necessary to thin out the seedlings.
Plant care
Organic fertilizers, nitrogen and phosphorus, are excellent fertilizers. It is strictly forbidden to use chlorine-containing fertilizers.
You need to feed the plant throughout the growing season. Suitable for this slurry, urea solution, superphosphates.
Any kind of cucumber loves cleanliness. Therefore, the site must be regularly removed from weeds and loosened the soil.
Cucumbers are 90% water, therefore regular watering is vital for them... For our variety, watering should be abundant, since the size of the fruits is impressive.
Water the plant in the evening with lukewarm water. But you must not allow excessive stagnation of water under the bushes. This is fraught with rotting of the root system.
Diseases and pests
Emerald Stream is renowned for its high resistance to cladosporia, downy mildew and other common diseases.
In extremely rare cases the plant can infect aphids, or spider mites... You need to fight them with the help of special insecticides.
But here root rot, this kind of cucumber is very susceptible... To avoid this, you should follow all the recommendations for watering and prevent stagnation of water under the bushes.
Harvesting and storage
The crop must be harvested daily or every other day.... Ripe fruits are picked carefully so as not to damage the ovary. The harvested crop is stored in a cool, ventilated room.
Emerald Stream cucumbers will provide you and your loved ones with an excellent harvest of tasty and aromatic fruits until the first frost. It is only important to adhere to the above rules and recommendations.