Easy-care early temp cucumber for salads and preservation

Temp F1 is a hybrid of early ripe cucumbers. Due to the excellent germination of seeds, high productivity and resistance to major diseases, the culture has gained steady popularity among Russian gardeners. To obtain a rich harvest, it is enough to follow the rules of crop rotation and crop care. The vegetable is also grown at home - on the balcony or on the windowsill.

Description of cucumbers

The hybrid is intended for growing in greenhouses. The culture is distinguished by bundle fruiting, lateral shoots are poorly developed. The leaves are heart-shaped with 5 lobes, the stem looks like a creeping whip, ends with antennae, with which the plant clings to the support.

The fruits are elongated, cylindrical, covered with a bumpy green skin with white thorns and light longitudinal stripes. On one node, 3-5 vegetables weighing from 50 to 80 g, 3-9 cm long are formed. It blooms with single yellow inflorescences of medium size.

Distinctive features

Temp differs from other cultures:

• seed germination rate of 95–99%;
• parthenocarpic fertilization (does not require pollination);
• lack of bitterness in fruits;
• the ability to grow at home;
• innate immunity to cultural diseases.

Important! The F1 rate does not grow well in the open field: its lashes dry up, and the leaves turn yellow.

Composition and properties

The calorie content of the fruit is 13 kcal. 100 g of the product contains:

• 0.8 g of proteins;
• 2.4 g carbohydrates;
• 0.1 g fat.

Cucumbers have not only a refreshing taste, but also a rich chemical composition. They include:

• alimentary fiber;
• organic acids;
• provitamin A;
• biotin;
• B vitamins (thiamine, choline, folates, pyridoxine, riboflavin, pantothenic acid);
• vitamin C;
• alpha-tocopherol;
• phylloquinone (vitamin K);
• vitamin PP;
• niacin;
• macronutrients (sulfur, potassium, chlorine, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, silicon, sodium);
• trace elements (aluminum, zinc, boron, iodine, iron, fluorine, chromium, manganese, selenium).

The fruits of the culture have useful properties:

• make up for the lack of fluid in the body;
• relieve heartburn;
• remove slags, toxins, heavy metal salts and excess water;
• improve digestion;
• prevent the formation of adipose tissue;
• lower cholesterol levels;
• normalize blood pressure;
• treat sore gums;
• improve the condition of hair and nails;
• relieve pain in gout, arthritis;
• improve the condition of the joints;
• relieve hangovers, remove harmful substances formed when drinking alcoholic beverages;
• reduce the concentration of uric acid;
• regulate kidney function.

Reference! Cucumbers are often used for cosmetic purposes due to their anti-inflammatory properties. The vegetables are cut into slices and applied to the eyes to remove bags and reduce swelling.

Specifications

The table below shows the main characteristics of the hybrid:

How to grow yourself

The F1 temp is for greenhouse soil. He is undemanding to the conditions of detention, care, so his agricultural technology is not difficult.

Planting with seeds and seedlings

Cultivation of a hybrid begins with the receipt of seedlings or sowing directly into the greenhouse soil.

Seeds

Seeds are planted in central Russia in late May and early June, focusing on weather conditions. The culture grows and develops at a soil temperature of + 16 ... + 18 ° С.

Planting scheme in a greenhouse for the seed method:

Sowing technology:

1. They dig up the earth to a depth of 10 cm. If bulk beds are formed in boxes in the greenhouse, the soil is changed to fresh. The hybrid loves turf, peat, and humus soil. They are combined in a 1: 1: 1 ratio, after which 250 g of ash and 25 g of superphosphate are added to a bucket of mixture.
2. Furrows with a depth of 3 cm are formed on the bed, they are abundantly spilled with warm, settled water.
3. Seeds are planted, covered with soil, mulched with a layer of peat, no more than 2 cm thick.

Before the emergence of shoots, the soil is periodically moistened from a spray bottle or watering can with a diffuser so as not to blur the planting.

Seedlings

The seedling method allows you to get the first harvest 1-2 weeks earlier. The seeds are planted in boxes filled with moistened soil, and after 1–1.5 months the grown bushes are moved to the greenhouse.

Seedling care includes:

1. Watering as the soil dries up with warm (+ 20 ... + 25 ° С) settled water.
2. Maintaining the temperature during the day at + 18 ... + 22 ° С, at night - +18 ° С.
3. 2 weeks before transplant top dressing plants with a solution of 10 g of potassium sulfate, 15 g of superphosphate and 5 liters of water. The product is poured at the root.
4. Seedlings are hardened 7–10 days before picking: they are placed in a room with an air temperature of + 12 ... + 15 ° С for 2-3 hours a day.

A healthy crop ready for indoor transplanting should have a thick, well-developed stem, short internodes and deep green leaves. In the beds, holes are made with a diameter of 2-3 cm larger than the root system, watered abundantly, the bushes are moved into them, they are added with light soil and slightly tamped to give the plants stability.

Attention! The seedling method is chosen in the northern regions of Russia.

Growing in stages and care

Rules for growing and caring for temp cucumbers in greenhouses:

1. The scourges should not creep along the ground, for this they are carefully tied up, without pinching, so as not to disturb the circulation of juices.
2. Watered with warm, settled water, preventing waterlogging and drying out of the soil.
3. The soil is loosened every 10-14 days so that a crust does not form on its surface, which will interfere with the penetration of moisture and air to the root system.
4. Weeds are removed as soon as they appear.
5. For feeding cucumbers, organic and mineral fertilizers are used, alternating them.
6. After the bushes reach a height of 2 m, they are pinched. With strong thickening, remove excess lateral shoots and leaves.

Reference! New bushes are obtained from the removed side branches. To do this, the lower part of the shoots is placed in water, after 7-10 days, roots are formed on them. After that, the plants are planted in the ground.

Features of cultivation and possible difficulties

When cultivating a hybrid, gardeners face some problems:

Diseases and pests

The hybrid is resistant to cladosporium disease, downy mildew and powdery mildew, mosaic, and therefore does not need any protection. With high humidity in the greenhouse, aphid, but the culture is not susceptible to such pests.

Some gardeners, as a preventive measure, spray cucumbers with folk remedies prepared according to the following recipes:

1. 500 g of ash and 50 g of shavings of laundry soap in a bucket of water.
2. Pass the head of garlic together with the husk through a meat grinder, pour 5 liters of hot water, leave for 24 hours. Then strain.
3. Cut 4 small pods of hot pepper into thin rings, add to 5 liters of water and leave for 2 days.

Reference! To scare off pests, onion peels are buried between the rows.

Harvesting and application of the crop

The first harvest of cucumbers is harvested 40 days after planting. Although the fruits of the hybrid do not acquire a bitterness if overexposed on the bushes, gardeners remove the vegetables after they reach 6 cm in length to free the bushes.

Juicy tasty pickles and gherkins are actively used in cooking. They are pickled, salted, added to preparations for the winter, consumed fresh and crumbled into vegetable salads. Cucumbers are often used for the manufacture of traditional medicine and home cosmetology.

Advantages and disadvantages

Hybrid advantages:

• high productivity;
• the ability to adapt to almost any growing conditions;
• resistance to many cucumber diseases;
• almost one hundred percent germination of seed;
• heat resistance;
• self-pollination;
• the ability to bear fruit in the shade;
• resistance to thickening of landings.

Gardeners love the hybrid for the lack of bitterness in the fruit and the ability to develop in difficult conditions. Parthenocarpic pollination allows Temp F1 to be grown on balconies and loggias of apartments.

Despite its advantages, culture has disadvantages:

• reacts poorly to soils with high acidity;
• does not tolerate sudden changes in temperature;
• lack of moisture makes the fruits small;
• seed relatively expensive - about 100 rubles. per pack (10 seeds).

Reviews

There are many positive reviews about the hybrid published on the Internet:

Ivan, Kazan: “Very expensive planting material - I paid almost 100 rubles for a bag of 10 seeds. But Temp made me happy: from 8 bushes every weekend I collected 2-3 buckets of small cucumbers, as in the photo. We didn't have time to prepare and eat, so we had to treat our friends. "

Marina, Yekaterinburg: “The F1 temp produces delicious cucumbers that are great for preservation in their size and shape. Although I did not notice an increased yield, perhaps because the weather was cold all summer. "

Conclusion

Compliance with simple technologies for growing and planting a hybrid guarantees a rich harvest of tasty and high-quality gherkins. The F1 rate is resistant to unfavorable living conditions, the main pests and diseases of cultivated plants, so even novice gardeners can cope with the cultivation of vegetables.