Cucumber Amur F1 - description and characteristics of the variety

Cucumber Amur is a high-yielding hybrid. The originator of this variety is Manul. Vegetable culture can impress even experienced gardeners with early ripening, as well as the fact that the branching process of the plant is self-regulating.

Grade characteristics

This hybrid form is an open srednepletny plant. The hybrid is pollinated by bees and gives fruits that can be consumed fresh, or canned and salted.

Ripe cucumbers reach a length of 12-15 centimeters. The surface is hilly with whitish spikes. Cucumbers have an oval fusiform shape. The weight of each fruit is 91-118 grams.

Hybrid Amur is listed in the State Register of Russia. The variety is intended for planting in private gardens and small farms.

Benefits

This variety of cucumbers is characterized by the fact that when it is grown, the fruits are poured simultaneously. In addition, the hybrid has the following positive qualities:

1. Good appearance and excellent taste.
2. Resistance to many diseases characteristic of this vegetable crop, including root rot, cladosporiosis, tobacco mosaic virus.
3. No problems during transportation of the crop.
4. Long shelf life.
5. Self-regulating process of branching a plant.
6. Excellent merchantability.
7. A large number of emerging bundle ovaries: up to 8 ovaries per node.
8. Active fruiting.

This hybrid variety is very popular among vegetable growers, due to its early ripeness - the fruits begin to ripen 36-38 days after emergence.

Landing rules

The hybrid variety of cucumbers perfectly survives without planting seedlings, as it is early ripening. Beginner gardeners who are going to conduct sowing events are advised to read the following tips from experienced vegetable growers:

1. Pre-prepared seed is planted in the ground in the first weeks of May. In the central regions of Russia, seeds are planted in the third decade of May in warm beds covered with film material. It is better to sow seeds in the vegetable gardens of the Moscow Region at the beginning of June, using the hacked sowing material, which should be placed in the soil without warming the beds with a film.
2. It is recommended to use well-excavated, fertile and fertilized soil with basic mineral substances for sowing seeds. Seeds are placed with a hole in one and a half centimeters, on top of it should be poured moistened soil mixture, the basis of which is peat.
3. It is advisable to cover the beds with film material in order to protect them from low temperatures, maintain an optimal level of moisture and get a rich harvest.

After the appearance of a large number of seedlings, the film material should be removed from the beds. Then the seedlings are thinned out, not pulling out, but pinching the weakest of them.

How to grow cucumbers from seedlings

If you plan to grow a vegetable crop by the seedling method, then you need to sow the seeds three to four weeks before its planned transfer to a permanent place. It is recommended to adhere to the following rules:

1. If the seedlings will be transferred to the greenhouse, the seed should be planted at the rate of 20 pieces per square meter of land.
2. When choosing a soil substrate, experienced gardeners recommend paying attention to a specialized mixture intended for this vegetable crop and containing all the necessary nutrients that will ensure the growth and health of seedlings. It is sold in specialty stores.
3. If you are going to grow seedlings in a greenhouse or indoor conditions, then, choosing a sowing capacity, it should be borne in mind that its volume should be at least 40 milliliters, and the depth should be at least 12 centimeters. This is necessary so that the biological characteristics of the roots of this vegetable crop are not violated.
4. When growing seedlings, it is necessary to constantly monitor the level of soil moisture, and also strictly monitor the temperature.
5. Containers with planted seeds should be covered with film material to maintain moisture and get more seedlings.
6. If more than one seed was planted in the planting container, and each of them hatch, then after the seeds have sprouted, you need to leave only one, the strongest bush, cut the other seedlings at the level of the soil.

It is highly recommended not to transfer seedlings to beds in the presence of a threat of frost, and also if the soil in the garden is not warmed up to + 15- + 17 degrees. How much time the plant will adapt on the open ground, and how much crop will subsequently yield, depends mainly on whether the main rules were observed when caring for a vegetable crop.

How to care for a plant

The agricultural activities that should be carried out when growing the Amur hybrid will be exactly the same as when caring for the other varieties. The main thing is to regularly water the bushes with warm water, periodically feed, loosen the soil and mulch, and also remove weeds in a timely manner. Experienced gardeners recommend that in order to increase the yield, use the trellis method of cultivation.

In addition, the care of the Amur variety will be simpler because the branching process of this vegetable crop is self-regulating. To protect the plant from the development of diseases, preventive measures should be periodically carried out, namely sprayed with special means. Well-proven drugs such as Alirin B, Kurzat, Thanos, Tiovit-Jet (granules, soluble in water).

Opinions of gardeners

Grown cucumbers are homogeneous. The fruits ripen at the same time, they have an attractive appearance: the color is bright green, the surface with a large number of small spikes. In addition, Amur cucumbers have excellent taste characteristics, they are not bitter, have juicy flesh and not a thick skin. The fruits are stored for a long time, while not becoming yellow. They are easily transported, even over long distances.

This hybrid without any problems is successfully grown not only by experienced vegetable growers, but also by beginners in this matter. In most cases, a plant is planted in closed greenhouses, but it gives a no lesser amount of yield when grown in open beds.

Video: Amur F1 cucumbers