Cucumbers come in many types and varieties. One of the successful species is the Adam variety. The fruits of this species ripen early, in early summer.... After planting in the ground, the plant gives its first fruits in a month and a half. These are hybrid cucumbers. You only need to buy seeds of the first generation of crossing. The packaging must bear the F1 sign. The article provides a description of the variety and the rules for caring for it.
Advantages of the variety
The Adam variety has excellent resistance to viral diseases.... It is not affected by powdery mildew and cladosporia.
Also, these cucumbers have a high yield. They are capable of producing up to 10 kg of greens per 1 square meter. The first fruits give at the beginning of summer. After harvesting, they are stored for a long time, especially in a cool place. The fruits of this variety are not large, one bush gives a lot of cucumbers. They bear fruit throughout the season. The fruit tastes very sweet, tasty, crunchy.
Landing rules
Likes heated or unheated greenhouses, greenhouses with good sunlight. They can also be grown in open beds.
- For starters, seeds should be put in water at room temperature until germination.
- A great way to germinate is to put the seeds in a paper towel, soak them and place them in a warm place.
- After germination, seeds need put in the refrigerator for a day, in order for the plant to develop cold resistance.
- Prepared seeds can be planted in pots... They should be small. Plastic or special peat-humus pots are suitable. The pots must be filled with nutritious soil.
- Seedlings should be kept in warm conditions. At a temperature not lower than +24 degrees C until the germination of sprouts.
- After germination, the temperature needs reduce to +20 degrees C, while maintaining good lighting.
- After 4 weeks cucumber seedlings can be moved into the ground.
It should be planted according to the 30x70 scheme. There should be 70 cm between the rows, and 30 cm between the seedlings. Some points should be taken into account:
- It is possible to plant in the ground only after the soil warms up to 16 degrees C, and the air temperature will reach 18 degrees C.
- For a week for planting, seedlings are taken out to the balcony in order to develop resistance to cold weather and thus harden them.
The day before planting, seedlings should be watered abundantly with clean warm water. Pre-prepared water is perfect for this, which should be defended for several hours.
Care features
For the cultivation of cucumbers, you need a minimum change place every five years... Otherwise, cucumbers will get sick more often and acquire new infections. For a good germination of plants, it is necessary to weed the ridges with high quality, so that the weeds do not interfere with the growth of cucumbers and do not consume their nutrients from the soil. Periodically, you need to loosen the soil and huddle the plantsso that the roots are not exposed. Loosening should not be deep, so as not to damage the root system. Watering should be done once a week during the flowering period and twice a week during the period when fruits appear on the bushes. The water gives the plant extra strength and allows the fruit to be juicy. Water it with chlorine-free waterbetter in the evening. Cucumbers are very fond of feeding. Chicken droppings or cow dung work well. You can also use special chemical fertilizers.
It is better to use natural organic fertilizers for your own consumption. After the sixth leaf, the stem should be pinched off, which will contribute to a higher yield.
Harvesting and storage
The first fruits can be obtained at the beginning of June. It all depends on when the seedlings were transferred to the ground. To harvest, you need to carefully tear off the cucumber from the bush so as not to damage the stem of the plant. Plucked fruits must be carefully folded into a prepared box so as not to damage them.
Store cucumbers in a cool place... So they can maintain their fresh appearance for up to 2 weeks, and neither the appearance nor the taste will change. Under normal conditions, they will lie perfectly for several days.
Diseases That Can Infect Cucumber Adam
White rot (sclerotinia)
With this disease, white spots appear on the stem of the plant, which spread throughout the bush. After a certain time, the affected areas rot. They appear due to fungi wintering in the ground. This type of fungus is very fond of moisture, therefore it appears when the soil is waterlogged. Fighting is not just by cutting off the affected areas and treating them with lime or charcoal, which will help prevent spreading to healthy areas.
Gray rot
Leaves, fruits and stems are covered with a gray film. Occur due to excessive watering of plants. The affected areas need to be treated with a fungicide, this will help to suspend the disease process or completely get rid of the infection.
Root rot
Root rot - spreads to the roots of the plant, due to which the leaves and stems do not receive proper nutrition and begin to wilt. It occurs due to overheating of the plant and watering it with cold water. To prevent the death of a cucumber, you need to sprinkle the roots with fresh soil, which will give growth to new roots and save the plant.
Copperhead (anthracnose)
Symptoms - copper spots begin to appear on the plant. The fungus lives in the top layer of the soil. The fight against infection is the treatment of the affected areas with copper sulfate.
Cladosporium
The second name for this infection is brown olive spot. It manifests itself as brown spots on leaves and shoots, which are gradually transferred to the fruit, due to which the fruit becomes unusable, and the plant dies. Almost all varieties of cucumbers are susceptible to this infection, resistance is a great advantage of the variety.
Viral cucumber mosaic
Another infection to which the cucumber "Adam" is resistant. It spreads quickly throughout the plant. Destroys tissue cells. Yellow spots appear on the leaves, which spread to the entire plant, due to which it dies. The only way to combat this infection is to cut the affected area with scissors. After that, the cut parts must be burned.
Powdery mildew
A fungal disease that appears as a white bloom on the leaves. Due to the defeat, the plant cannot set fruits and gradually dies off. Fortunately, Adam cucumbers are resistant to this type of infection.
Not all infections affecting cucumbers are listed.
To avoid damage to plants, you should monitor the temperature and watering of the plants.
Cucumber fruit Adam
The variety is most often used for vegetable salads, pickling, pickling... Cucumbers grow no more than 12 cm in length, weighing an average of about 100 grams. All fruits are practically the same, even, have a marketable appearance, they can be stored for a long time, they do not deteriorate during transportation. Cucumber has excellent taste, it is sweet, the seeds are small inside. When canning, the cucumbers are crispy and perfectly packed in jars.
Cucumbers Adam are perfect for growing and for sale and for your own consumption.
Seeds taken from fruits in the second generation may not give the same results as in the first, so plant seeds should be planted every year.