Cucumber is always in demand during the season. And if there is a vegetable garden, a bed for cucumbers will certainly be allocated. Now, for planting, mainly hybrid varieties are used, which differ in yield and the best taste. Hybrid varieties are marked with special F1 symbols. Seeds collected from them on their own are unsuitable for the next planting, as qualities are lost. One of these varieties is the Pogrebok cucumber. It is suitable for outdoor cultivation.

Description of the variety

Cucumber has excellent characteristics:

  • resistance to various diseases;
  • excellent taste;
  • the ability to grow gherkins and pickles;
  • versatility in use;
  • perfectly tolerates transportation.

Cucumber Cellar

The only drawback is the impossibility of growing in a greenhouse due to the peculiarities of pollination.

The cucumber is considered early maturing. Fruits of a hybrid variety of cylindrical shape, narrowed towards the base. Fruit length - 11 cm, diameter - 4 cm. The weight of one cucumber is 100 g. Externally, the cucumber is green with white stripes, covered with tubercles. With good care, this type of cucumber can delight with its fruits before the onset of cold weather. Since the cucumber is varietal, up to 17 kg per season are harvested from one bush. From one square. meter, you can collect up to 15 kg of fruit. Up to 10 pieces can be formed on one branch. at the same time.

The cucumber tastes great without bitterness. It has a fairly dense, but not tough skin.

Important! If there was not enough moisture in the soil, a void forms in the middle of the fruit.

Suitable for fresh consumption, in salads. Can be preserved, salted in barrels. Excellent transport tolerance.

How to grow a Cellar

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The variety is not suitable for greenhouse cultivation as it is pollinated by bees. The cucumber forms female flowers, that is, the ovary is already present in them. The length of the lashes reaches 60-70 cm. For them it is advisable to use a trellis with a stretched mesh. It is enough just to direct the stem at it and then the cucumber itself will trudge along it. It actively releases side shoots.

Important! When harvesting, you must take good care of the stems. Do not move them, you need to try not to step on with your foot, as the damaged trunk can quickly dry out.

The leaves are wide, slightly drooping.

The plant loves warmth and moisture, therefore, before planting it in the ground, you must wait for warm weather. This can be done at the end of May and the first shoots will appear on the 3-5th day. The place for planting seeds should be chosen away from drafts and winds. In the greenhouse, seeds are planted for seedlings in early May. Seeds must be soaked to comfort germination. They are buried in the ground to a depth of no more than 2 cm.

Seedling cucumber Cellar

Cucumber seedlings The cellar is planted when the temperature no longer drops below 18 degrees.

note! If the nights are cold, cover the seedlings with foil. If this is not done, its development slows down.

Cucumber can be grown in a variety of soils. If the land is not rich in nutrients, the plants need to be fed regularly. In one place, it can be grown for no more than 5 years. It is better to constantly change the place, this serves as protection against pests and various diseases. Great for planting cucumber ground field of tomatoes, potatoes, peas, corn.

Care features

Seedlings are planted according to the 40 × 40 scheme in nutrient soil. If planted too thickly, the plants will shade each other, and this will affect the yield. When 7 leaves appear, you need to pinch the top to 6 sheets.Using this trick, you can increase the number of side branches and increase flowering, respectively, and fruiting.

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The plant needs to be watered in the morning and evening.

Important! Use heated water for irrigation, cold water provokes diseases.

It is not necessary to direct the stream from the hose to the plants, you need to water only at the root, regularly and abundantly. In the rainy period, watering is stopped. If there is water, you need to make special grooves so that the roots do not rot from the abundance of moisture.

Watering cucumbers correctly

Plant care includes the use of fertilizers and loosening the soil. Loosening promotes air ingress. It also helps to retain moisture and prevents crusting on the soil surface. You need to loosen it not deeply so as not to harm the roots. Repeat the procedure every 10 days.

Fertilizing is done several times per season. Before planting seeds or seedlings, manure is added to the soil. It should be rotten, fresh, harmful to the cucumber. When the first shoots appeared, it is necessary to add saltpeter, it accelerates growth.

Note! During flowering and ripening of fruits, the plant is fed with ash. It must be diluted in water or poured under the root before watering.

You can use self-prepared fertilizers from other plants. To do this, use any herb, only without flowers and seeds, insist it in water in the sun for a week. Next, the solution is diluted in a ratio of 1:10 with water and cucumbers are poured under the root. The first fruits begin to set in 1.5 months after planting.

Harvesting should be carried out in the morning, carefully tearing off so as not to damage the trunk. To do this, you can use a knife to carefully cut the stalk from the stem. You need to pick cucumbers regularly to prevent overgrowth, as this affects yield. Harvesting is done every 1-2 days.

Harvesting

To maximize yield, you can make a circular, light cut in the stem after the first pair of leaves. This will impede the outflow of nutrients to the roots, stimulates the formation of fruits. You can also influence the yield by planting several different varieties next to each other.

The plant can infect fruit aphids. If there is little of it, pluck the affected leaves and discard. Aphids can be fought with natural remedies that do not affect the quality of the fruit. For this, the plantings are treated with a solution of laundry soap.

Important! If you notice yellowing of the foliage and falling of the fruits, you need to cover the watering until the soil is completely dry.

Growing a Pogrebok cucumber in a garden or a summer cottage, you can get a guaranteed high-quality harvest. Due to the thick skin, the fruits tolerate transportation well.