The best varieties of cucumbers for open ground near Moscow

2.02.2016 Cucumbers Varieties

Every housewife who has at least a piece of land, first of all tries to grow there at least a couple of bushes of cucumbers and a dozen tomatoes, this is the first, plus greenery. If there is still space - then peppers, beets, potatoes and carrots, onions with garlic - this is the simplest set of crops for an ordinary summer resident. Well, and whoever was lucky to have a large plot, then with time the greenhouses are located on the plot, reliable water conducts and grows a garden in large volumes and a variety of species.

Now we will find out the best varieties of cucumbers for the Moscow Region for open ground, and go through the types of cucumbers, choose the earliest, tasty, bitterness, fruitful and unpretentious, so that even a beginner could grow a good crop. And there are quite a few cucumbers now, and varietal, and hybrid, and our, domestic selection, and Western guests.

Initially, before you go camping for the seeds of cucumbers, you need to understand what you need to grow and where - in the greenhouse, under a film, in the open ground, for salads, pickles or just for fresh consumption - this is to be taken into account. So, if you need to grow cucumbers in the Moscow Region for food and pickling, planting in open ground, we will now select the necessary varieties that, with proper care, will yield a wonderful crop. We will also select varieties with good disease resistance, unpretentious, cold-resistant, early ripe, so that for sure everything turned out. Now there are still universal varieties, these with a small amount of land are the most convenient, because both for salads and for preservation they can be safely used.
We also recommend that you take plant growth enhancer, it will help significantly increase your crop.

There are also male and female type cucumbers pollinated by bees and self-pollinating. The second - perfect for greenhouses. where not always bees fly.
Helpful information: cucumbers in a polycarbonate greenhouse: planting and care.

Pickles for pickling

For cucumbers suitable for salting, the peel is thin, salt and spices penetrate perfectly inside, they contain a lot of sugary substances, and they, in turn, give them fermentation and, accordingly, fine crunch and aroma in conservation. And though greenhouse cucumbers are more productive, but the ground ones are much tastier and richer in aroma.

• We recommend a wonderful hybrid Masha, a very early one, matures in just 36 days, so for the Moscow Region it’s just the right time - she has time to grow up and indulge in the harvest.
• He is followed by Murashka, bred by our breeders, fruitful, up to 7 kilos from the bush can be collected and sent straight to the bank for conservation.
• Next came the Herman hybrid - large, bumpy, juicy and tasty. Behind him, summer residents of Moscow Region put their beloved Rodnichok. This one is already from a series of universal ones - it’s good in a salad, and in a jar or barrel as nice, it’s suitable.
• Nezhinsky and the Competitor took the following steps in popularity, Graceful became one of their favorite cucumbers, then Monastyrsky was also appreciated by summer residents and Muromsky.
• Business F1 is medium early, fruits of medium size and weight - about 100g, very well protected from downy mildew, fruitful.

Cucumber salad

These have their own characteristics - the skin is firm, dense, does not have sugar content, is suitable for salted and good fresh.

April F1 is an excellent early ripe cucumber, bee pollinated, medium resistant to diseases, large fruits, up to 250g.
The Emerald Stream is recognized as a beautiful lettuce cucumber, moreover, it is very resistant to diseases, cold-resistant, with long fruiting, and can also grow in the shade, such a wonderful cucumber.
See also: planting cucumbers in 5 liter bottles.

Universal

• Variety Kustovoj_ early ripe, excellent taste, cucumbers grow up to 120g.
• Libella F1 - German breeding, bee-pollinated, mid-season, resistant to powdery mildew.
• Phoenix 640 is late-ripening, it is good to plant it at the same time as the early and middle ones, in order to alternately receive the harvest all season. Resistant to many cucumber diseases, great taste.
• Cupid F1 - very productive, precocious, resistant to many cucumber diseases.
• Pasalimo F1 - early, productive, crunchy, resistant to disease resistant - the joy of any gardener, gherkin.
• F1 composer is also an excellent gherkin, early, tasty, disease resistant.

Varieties such as Altai Rashny, Erofei, Competitor, VIR 505, State Farm, early ripe hybrid MOVIR are also noted with good properties for the Moscow Region. Also noted are excellent properties for growing in the suburbs of the varieties Vyaznikovsky 37, German and Eve.

Of the parthenocarpic (do not need pollination) Connie F1 (gherkin) is good, suitable for preservation and good in salads, Nezhinsky 12 for pickling, resistant to disease. With a special yield, it is good for salting, Miranda F1 is noted, it is resistant to diseases, also ultra-ripe Ira F1 is noted, crisp, productive and resistant to diseases.
Another look: varieties of tomatoes with a photo and description for the Moscow region.