cucumbers

Cucumber almost on 95% consists of water, he contains sugars, healthy vitamins and microelements. The water contained in cucumber is almost distilled; it removes toxins well and has a positive effect on the body.

cucumbers belong to the family pumpkin, warm India is considered to be its homeland, although cucumbers grew in Greece, Africa, and on the territory of the Roman Empire. Cucumbers are eaten unripe.

Cucumber is heat-loving and moisture-loving culture. The growing area should be illuminated by the sun, but partial shade is also acceptable. Cucumbers are necessary protect from the wind. The optimal temperature for the normal development of cucumbers is considered to be temperature about 23-30 degrees. A decrease in temperature below 15 degrees can lead to inhibition or cessation of growth at any stage of development. For cucumbers frosts are destructive, and temperature changes inhibit their growth. Therefore, cucumbers are often grown under film, especially in the first half of summer. Caring for cucumbers should include weeding, pinching, watering, fertilizing and tying to trellises.

There are three groups of cucumber varieties. These are greenhouse, bed and gherkin. Greenhouse Cucumbers are characterized by long and smooth fruits, the length of which is up to 30 centimeters or more. Garden beds cucumbers are intended for open ground; the fruit size reaches 10-15 centimeters. Gherkins cucumbers are small in size, no more than 10 centimeters. Cucumbers that have white thin spines-hairs are used for salad purposes, and black spines are used for pickling.