Cucumbers: choosing the best varieties for pickling

Cucumber is one of the most common garden crops. In the summer, not a single salad can do without this green vegetable, and in winter you want to pamper yourself with crispy green cucumber. But when choosing seeds, one very important point must be taken into account: not all varieties are suitable for pickling. So, what should pickling cucumbers be like?

Content:

• Choosing cucumbers for pickling
• Variety "Goosebump"
• Variety "Mother-in-law"
• Variety "Shchedrik"

Choosing cucumbers for pickling

The range of cucumber seeds is very large. Dozens of new varieties appear every year alone. Sometimes it’s simply impossible to keep track of all the new products. Therefore, when choosing a variety of cucumbers for pickling, you need to take into account the following:

1. In the description of the variety on the bag of seeds there must be a note that this variety is intended for canning, or at least as a last resort, it must have a universal purpose.
2. The pickling qualities of cucumbers are very closely related to the color of their spines. Black-thorned cucumbers with large tubercles are considered the best canning varieties.

Also in the selection process, preference should be given varieties with small and medium fruits. These are the ones that make the most delicious preparations. Of the most popular pickling varieties, the following can be noted:

• Murashka
• mother-in-law
• Shchedrik
• Three tankers
• Courage

All of the above cucumbers have excellent pickling characteristics and high yields.

Variety "Goosebump"

Murashka F1 is a high-yielding hybrid intended for cultivation in open ground and under temporary film covers. It is one of the most popular varieties of the Gavrish agricultural company. It was included in the State Register of Varieties in 2003.

Is zoned variety for cultivation in almost all regions of Russia. A characteristic feature is parthenocarpy. The fruiting period begins approximately 35-40 days after emergence. That is, this variety can be classified as an early variety. Goosebumps plants are medium-sized, with an average degree of branching and with female flowers.

Side shoots are characterized by shortened internodes and a determinate type of growth. This variety belongs to cucumbers with a bouquet type of ovary.

In each bosom it usually forms up to 4 cucumbers. Its foliage is above average, the leaves are medium-sized with an intense green color. Zelentsy with large tubercles, cylindrical in shape. Their weight is no more than 110 grams. The fruits are black-thorned and have medium density of pubescence. The average yield of this variety is up to 12 kg per square meter.

Advantages of the variety:

• Unpretentiousness and quick recovery from various injuries
• Resistance to major cucumber diseases
• Long fruiting period
• Early ripeness combined with excellent taste
• Consistently high yield

The Murashka variety has long established itself as unpretentious and high-yielding among most vegetable growers.

Variety "Mother-in-law"

Mother-in-law is another one hybrid from the Gavrish company, was launched in 2006. Its main purpose is to use it on private farms in open ground and under film covers. Belongs to the parthenocarpic group of varieties.That is, it does not require pollination at all.

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This allows you to grow it even as a room or balcony crop. No more than 45 days pass from the appearance of the first shoots to the start of fruiting. Plants of this variety are characterized by unlimited growth of the central shoot and female type of flowering. It is also classified as a cucumber with a bouquet type of ovary, since it produces at least 3 cucumbers in each internode.

The fruits are medium-tubercular, cylindrical, with an average weight of about 100 grams. They are characterized by delicate skin with longitudinal stripes of light green color and brown thorns. The pulp contains few seeds. The taste is quite high. The average yield is about 6.5 kg per bush. The fruiting period extends until late autumn.

Advantages:

• High heat and cold resistance
• There are no voids in the greens
• Highly resistant to major diseases
• Excellent taste combined with high yield

Currently, the Mother-in-law variety is one of the most common.

Variety "Shchedrik"

Shchedrik is a breeding achievement of the Gavrish agricultural company. It can be grown both outdoors and indoors in most regions of Russia. The period from the emergence of seedlings to the harvest of the first greens is 45 days. Shchedrik bushes have an unlimited growth pattern and an average degree of climbing. They are characterized by very dense foliage and predominantly female inflorescences; they also have a very well developed root system.

This variety also has a bouquet type of ovary; in each internode it produces more than 3 strongly tuberous greens. Their weight does not exceed 100 grams.The pulp of this variety does not contain bitterness at the genetic level. From each Shchedrik bush you can collect up to 7 kg of high-tasting greens.

Advantages:

• High resistance to major diseases of this crop
• Precocity
• Bouquet type of ovary
• Long fruiting period

Success growing of pickling cucumbers, more than half depends on how correctly the variety was chosen. Therefore, you need to buy seeds only in specialized stores, where the likelihood of purchasing a fake is practically excluded.