What is a parthenocarpic cucumber?
The spring-summer season is a busy time for planting.
Experts say that modern gardeners prefer parthenocarpic or self-pollinating seed varieties. Such seeds have a number of advantages and enrich the owners with a good harvest.
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Parthenocarpic cucumber and its features
Many people don’t even realize that parthenocarpic cucumber can be pollinated without the participation of insects.
Pollination of this variety occurs with the help of wind, moisture, or the presence of both a queen and a stamen in the flower. Self-pollination is perhaps the most important advantage of the parthenocarpic cucumber species.
Most often they are planted in greenhouses. Naturally, they are a hybrid species and require special care. But the main thing for them is constant temperature and moderate humidity.
From one cucumber bush you can harvest from 5 to 7 kilograms of crop.
Cucumbers are dark green in color and have prickly pimples, due to which the fruit can retain moisture.
If you cut the vegetable in half, you can see that the parthenocarpic cucumber does not have seeds, there are also individual cases when, during self-pollination, seeds set, but this happens unevenly. Then the fruit comes out slightly bubbly and looks like a pear.
Experts do not recommend planting this variety of cucumbers in open ground. You will end up with a very unattractive vegetable shape.
In open ground, plant regular, pollinated cucumbers. They take root well in the garden and give good results.
The main advantages of parthenocarpic cucumbers:
- reduce costs for seeds and seedlings
- save personal funds
- plant density is twice that of pollinated varieties of cucumbers
- are tall
- give a good one harvest
Parthenocarpic cucumber is the most suitable type of seed for greenhouse cultivation. It is impossible to go negative with it; it always produces an excellent harvest.
You don’t have to wait until summer to grow delicious cucumbers. Just plant this variety in your greenhouse, and the harvest will not take long to arrive.
So, we managed to find out that the parthenocarpic cucumber is a garden plant that does not require pollination.
A cucumber self-pollinates with the help of wind, moisture, or with the help of a pistil and stamen, which are located on the same area of the flower.
Features of growing parthenocarpic cucumber
Planting and caring for a self-pollinating cucumber is not much different from caring for its pollinating “brother.” If your greenhouse is heated in winter, then you can start planting right this month.
The ideal temperature for growing and planting cucumbers is considered to be +18-24 degrees.
Let's touch on the topic of soil a little. Experts believe that peat and black soil are the best the soil for planting self-pollinating cucumbers.
In principle, the plant is not picky about the choice of soil, but if you choose these types of soil, you will see the fruits a week or even two earlier.
Parthenocarpic cucumber loves moderate watering. As soon as you see that the soil is dry, start watering.
The plant needs to be watered at least twice a week.Self-pollinating cucumbers need to be fed at the root using water-soluble mineral fertilizers.
The first fruits can be seen after a month. We remind you once again that the parthenocarpic cucumber variety cannot be planted in open soil, otherwise you cannot avoid unpleasant surprises.
It is necessary to collect cucumbers when they reach a size of 8-10 centimeters. Harvesting must be done regularly so that ripe fruits do not interfere with the development of young animals.
It is better to pickle young ones cucumbers, since their sugar content is much lower.
What do you need to remember before planting seeds?
Fluff the earth, saturate it with oxygen. Before planting, experts recommend fertilizing the soil with minerals.
The holes for seeds should not exceed 10 centimeters. If there are weeds in the greenhouse, you need to get rid of them. The ideal temperature for growing seeds is +24 degrees.
It is necessary to water greenhouse cucumbers no more than once every 2-3 days. So, parthenocarpic cucumbers do not require special care. The most important thing for them is to maintain the optimal temperature and not forget about watering.
This cucumber variety is perfect for pickling, pickling and eating fresh. There is an opinion that self-pollinating cucumbers contain fewer vitamins and minerals.
It's time to dispel this myth. Contrary to this popular belief, cucumber fruits contain the same amount of vitamins and minerals as ordinary cucumbers from the garden.
So, we were able to find out many interesting facts about the cultivation and characteristics of the parthenocarpic cucumber. It turns out that this is an irreplaceable species greenhouse cucumber, which does not require pollination.
The ideal time of year for planting greenhouse cucumbers is considered to be the beginning of spring. So go ahead and delight your household with cucumber freshness.
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