A huge harvest on a small site: a variety of cucumbers Taganay

Despite the fact that cucumbers of the Taganai variety were represented by breeders relatively recently, they have already managed to become the favorites of many gardeners and owners of summer cottages. This Ural hybrid variety is great for planting on the backyards of a small area, because it allows you to collect large volumes of crop from a small number of bushes. The early variety of cucumbers belongs to the “Ural summer resident” series, where several varieties of tomatoes are also represented. Then we will talk about the pros and cons of growing such a culture, as well as the peculiarities of agricultural technology.

High Yield Hybrid: Description

This early variety of cucumbers is most often chosen by summer residents who have small areas for the cultivation and cultivation of garden crops there. "Taganay" rather quickly starts growing and begins to bear fruit after 35 days. If proper care is ensured for the seedlings, their development will be very rapid, which is why these cucumbers are called “sprinter” by the people.

Bushes

The stem of this vegetable is abundantly branched. This feature inhibits the rapid growth of the main stem, but at the same time allows the formation of a powerful curtain, which is indispensable for multiple fruiting.

Cucumber lashes are half-open, leaflets of medium parameters, which simplifies the process of collecting fruits, and still does not allow injuring the plant. Due to these characteristics, this hybrid variety is perfect for cultivation on open soil in spreading.

Fruit

Fruits are dark green saturated color. They are krupnobugorchatye and have a cylindrical shape. Whitish thorns are visible on the peel. The length of one fruit most often reaches about 8-10 cm. The peculiarity of the sort is the friendly size of cucumbers, which allows the hostess to use most of the vegetables for canning without rejection, even in small banks. Cucumbers do not give the taste of bitterness, and also do not outgrow. In addition to the wonderful taste characteristics, the fruits are well tolerated for transportation over long distances. Hollow fruit does not occur, so pickled and pickled cucumbers are of excellent quality.

Advantages and disadvantages

At the current time, you can find only positive feedback from those summer residents who have decided to engage in the cultivation of a variety of cucumbers "Taganay". Part of the farmers grows a small amount of vegetables to be used for food, as well as canned. But there are also gardeners, cultivating cucumbers in larger quantities for subsequent sale.

In general, a number of positive and negative characteristics of this variety can be distinguished. The advantages include:

• High yield.
• Rapid development and abundant fruiting.
• Excellent taste characteristics and versatility in the application of fruits. Juicy cucumbers are crispy and tasty, can be used both in the original form and after preservation.
• Long period of issuance of fruits. After the first ovaries are formed, the culture produces fruits throughout the season, right up to the first frost.And in greenhouse conditions such cucumbers can be grown year-round.
• Excellent tolerability of the hybrid "Taganai F1" adverse conditions, in particular, cloudy weather, heat and drought, prolonged rain.

The disadvantages include the need for relatively painstaking care, in the absence of which a generous harvest cannot be obtained. Also a relative disadvantage for a number of summer residents will be the fact of the need for daily harvesting. This needs to be done in order to vegetable had the opportunity to form a new ovary.

Characteristics of a variety

The main feature of the variety is its bouquet fruiting form, as well as high rate of development. Fruits are tied in copious amounts. One inflorescence can produce 4-6 mature ovaries. According to the manufacturer of the seed material cucumber "Taganay", with proper care for the crop, it will be possible to harvest about 30-40 kg of fruits from one bush for the season.In any case, growing a variety of cucumbers "Taganay" in the open field, to get a harvest below 12 kg per square meter will not succeed, and in the greenhouse the minimum figure will be even higher - from 15 kg of vegetables from 1 square. m As mentioned earlier, the variety belongs to the early ripening. It is recommended to plant the seedling culture in March - April, it will be necessary to plant the plant in the ground in May. The first harvest will be available in June.

A positive feature of this variety is its resistance to powdery mildew, which in other cases is the main enemy of cucumbers. This allows gardeners to avoid crop losses. With regard to care, it should be noted that for the effective cultivation of the hybrid it is necessary to ensure it plentiful watering. Crops should not be thickened, since the availability of free space will allow the culture to grow in full force.

Landing features

Planting cucumbers varieties "Taganay" can be carried out as seedlings and seeds. It is recommended to prepare the bed in advance, carefully digging it and clearing from weeds. You will also need to pre-organic and mineral fertilizers.The soil should be airy and loose.

Through seedlings

Of great importance is the weather conditions on the day of transplanting seedlings. Cucumbers at this moment are under stress, because they change the place of growth. Strong wind, rain or excessively scorching sun can only aggravate the situation, as a result of which the culture may not settle down and die. It is also important to try to provide the plant with soil that is close in quality to the one where the seedlings originally grew.

Equally important are the qualitative characteristics of the soil. It is recommended to pre-fertilize it. A good option would be to feed with ash and ammonium nitrate. Here you need not to overdo it, because an excess of nutrients can adversely affect the level of yield, significantly reducing its quantity.

"Taganay" is a variety of cucumbers, which requires adherence to a number of rules in the process of planting.If you follow all the recommendations, the seedlings will quickly get accustomed to quality, start producing fruits in time and will not change their taste characteristics.

The main recommendations regarding the planting of cucumbers in open ground include the following:

• must be observed between the bushes in the same row distance of 40-60 cm;
• the distance between the rows should be about 70 cm.

When developing, the vegetable crop will form one powerful whip, which will not need support. Although, if there is a desire to arrange the stems more conveniently, to ensure comfort in the process of picking fruits, it is possible to install trellis. It is very important that the air can freely circulate between the bushes. Thus, it will be possible to avoid the accumulation of moisture, which will protect the plant from many diseases.

Direct seeding

If it was decided to organize the direct sowing of cucumbers, it is recommended to adhere to these tips:

• place for growing vegetables should be sunny;
• the soil should warm up to 13-15 ° C;
• seed should be laid in the soil to a depth of about 6-7 cm;
• it should be ensured that the hybrid is regularly watered with warm water.

To sow a variety of cucumbers "Taganay" can be in the last decade of May, then in the first week of July it will be possible to get the first juicy crop of crispy fruits.

Features care for a hybrid

Caring for this variety of cucumbers in general is not difficult. General agricultural technology is to adhere to such rules:

• soil fertilizer;
• timely abundant watering;
• the formation of bushes;
• preventive measures in relation to diseases;
• disposal of pests and parasites;
• daily harvest.

In spring, the bed should be dug, even if such a procedure was previously conducted in the fall. It is recommended to apply manure to the soil, about 6-8 kg per 1 sq. Km. m, you can also fertilize the soil with compost and ash (for 200 square meters take 200-300 g). Additionally, you can use saltpeter (2-3 tsp. 1 square. M).

Crops cannot be thickened, so that the plant could grow comfortably.Weeding is done when necessary, and it is important to remove the weeds with care so as not to damage the crop itself.

One of the mandatory conditions for the cultivation of cucumbers "Taganay" is the formation of bushes. To lead a hybrid should be in one stem, by blinding the first 2-4 lower internodes. Shoots and flowers that came out of the 2-4 initial sinuses of the plant should be completely removed. Henceforth, at each node it will be sufficient to leave one leaflet, from which the “bundle” will be formed.

Generally, Hybrid care is not so laborious. as it may seem at first glance. In any case, the works will be evaluated on merit. The amount of harvest that a relatively small garden can produce can not fail to please even the most experienced gardeners.