Cucumber Dolomite F1 - description and characteristics of the variety

Cucumbers are popular among summer residents along with tomatoes, cabbage and pepper. This crop is grown both in open ground and in enclosed spaces - greenhouses, greenhouses. One of the representatives of the family is the Dolomite variety, developed by Dutch specialists. It is absolutely unpretentious, able to adapt to any changes in weather conditions. Therefore, suitable for cultivation on open beds in many regions of Russia.

Characteristics and Description

The variety is parthenocarpic, that is, insects are not needed for pollination, it is pollinated itself. Type of flowering is mainly female. Fruiting begins in 38-42 days from the moment of emergence of seedlings.

1. Bushes of medium branching, many lateral shoots.
2. Growth - from 1 to 1.5 meters.
3. Leaves are dark green
4. Ovaries form a bunch, in one sinus from 6 to 8 cucumbers.

Fruit:

1. Cucumbers in the form of a regular cylinder.
2. The surface is decorated with numerous small tubercles.
3. The length of the fetus is from 9 to 12 centimeters.
4. Weight depending on the length - from 80 to 100 grams.
5. The diameter is approximately 3.5-3.8 centimeters.

In order to remove pickles from the bush, you need to start harvesting when the cucumbers are stretched to 3-5 centimeters. If you want to remove the gherkins, then you should wait a bit when the fruits become 5-8 centimeters long.

The peel of the cucumber is thin, dark green in color. The surface is covered with white spikes and a dense edge. From the tips of the fetus to the middle are white stripes. The flesh is crispy, without bitterness, even pickled cucumbers do not lose crispness.

The average yield is about 5-6 kilograms per square meter.

Growing

This variety of cucumbers is grown in any way - it can be seedlings, but you can sow seeds directly into the ground.

Seedling method
Seedlings are very painful to transplant, so it is better to sow it in peat pots or in plastic containers that are easy to break. First you need to prepare the ground. Or it is bought in a store, or made. It is necessary to take and mix one part of the turf with two parts of humus, one part of sand and add a little bit of ash. Seeds are put into the soil to a depth of 1.5-2 centimeters and sprinkled with earth.

As soon as the sprouts appear, they make organic top dressing - manure or litter. Every 4-5 days you need to pour water at room temperature, making sure that the soil does not dry out. After the appearance of 4 or 5 leaflets, seedlings are transplanted into permanent soil.

Sowing immediately in the beds
Other summer residents, not wanting to injure the culture, plant cucumbers directly in the ground. The site needs to be prepared ahead of time - in the autumn, dig the earth, after fertilizing it with humus and fertilizers. In the spring, when the earth warms up, humus, a little wood ash is put in the holes, the seeds are sown and the bed is covered with a film. When shoots appear, the film can be removed. It is recommended to plant no more than four bushes on one square meter, otherwise they will create a large shadow and suffer from a lack of light.

Care

To Dolomite pleased with a good harvest, you need to perform several simple agrotechnical actions to care for the variety.

1. Weed. The fewer weeds on the site, the less the crop will be affected by pests. Yes, and some herbs can spread diseases that affect cucumbers. Weeding is necessary at least once every 10-15 days.
2. Loosen. Loosening the earth provides air to the root system.After watering, the ground is covered on top with a hard crust, which must be crushed. Therefore, loosening is recommended after each watering.
3. Watering. Watering is recommended not very frequent, just do it every 2-3 days. The soil should be moist, but in no case should you make sure that there is water under the stems. It is better to water with warm, settled water after sunset.
4. To feed. Fertilizers that increase yield are recommended to be applied to the soil 3 or 4 times. First organic fertilizers are given, and when flowers appear, it is worth adding a little phosphoric. After the branches are decorated with the first cucumbers, you need to feed the plant with fertilizers containing potassium and nitrogen.

Diseases and immunity

The Dolomite variety has high resistance to the main diseases affecting cucumbers: cladosporiosis, powdery mildew and the cucumber mosaic virus. Other diseases may well affect the plant; therefore, prophylaxis should be carried out by treating the culture with chemotherapy. After the flowers appear on the plant, chemistry is not recommended, it is better to do with folk methods.

Advantages and disadvantages of Dolomite cucumbers

The gardener, choosing a variety of vegetables, looks at its pros and cons. The fewer minuses, the greater the chance of choice. In this variety, users did not find any flaws. And there are many pluses:

1. The variety is high-yielding.
2. The fruits are universal in application.
3. Not only standard pickles grow on the bush, but also gherkins and pickles.
4. Good product quality.
5. Vegetables are stored for a long time.
6. High resistance to cold and many diseases.
7. It is quickly restored after a lack or excess of moisture.
8. The thin peel makes the cucumbers very tasty in preservation, enhancing the taste of the fruit.

Reviews

1. Tanya, 29 years old: Dolomite was grown in a greenhouse for sale. Pleased with a good harvest - almost 350 kilograms of cucumbers were taken from 70 bushes. Very tasty, with a thin skin, liked both us and the customers. And in the fall, a surprise pleased me - when the lashes withered, stepsons appeared. And they began to bloom, and again cucumbers appeared. Two crops per season - very good.
2. Veronika O., 31 years old: I have a short summer experience, but I grow cucumbers in quantities - the whole family eats them in all kinds. Dolomite cucumbers the same size, the crop is large, great taste. Enough for salads and winter preparations. Yes, part of it was handed out to friends.

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