A huge variety of new varieties and hybrids of cucumbers allows you to get good yields, to provide your family with tasty and fresh vegetables. Each variety has its pros and cons, especially the cultivation. "Chinese disease-resistant F1" refers to high-yielding and long-fruited varieties, it is resistant to diseases. We learn how to grow this variety, how to properly care for, harvest and store crops.
Variety description
Cucumber variety "Chinese disease-resistant F1" is a member of the Pumpkin family. Formed by powerful, long, single stems. The leaves are small, the internodes are short, the flowering is female, does not require pollination by insects. Fruits are long, 30 cm and more, a cylindrical form, dark green color. The yield of one bush "Chinese disease-resistant" - about 30 kg of cucumbers.
The advantages of the variety:
- disease resistance;
- high yield;
- self-pollination;
- excellent taste and presentation of the fruit;
- easy maintenance and well tolerated lack of lighting;
- possibility of growing in greenhouses and in open ground.
The disadvantages of the variety include:
- poor seed germination;
- mandatory garter;
- short shelf life;
- unsuitability for canning.
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Fruit characteristics and yield
This type refers to the medium early, the first harvest appears after six weeks after germination. The yield is very good, it lasts all summer until frost. Cucumbers are long, 30-35 cm, if not harvested in time, they can grow up to 1 m. The surface of cucumbers is covered with a dark green, shiny, pimply skin. At the base of the fruit is smooth. The flesh has the consistency of soft wax, without voids, with small seeds.
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The taste of the fruit is fresh and delicate, has a slight hint of melon, never bitter, and the skin is very tasty and sweet. Cucumber weighs about 0.5 kg, perfect for salads. Can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. 
Selection of seedlings
For the cultivation of cucumbers in the greenhouse using seedlings. You can grow it yourself or buy it. Seedlings need to choose healthy, about 20 cm tall, in which 4 leaflets are developed. Convenient when the seedlings in the peat cups.
Soil and fertilizer
The future harvest of Chinese cucumbers depends on the composition of the soil. When preparing the soil, it is necessary to apply fresh fertilizer, manure or humus and moisten it well. Soil acidity should be neutral. Cucumbers love a light, fertile soil with a high content of organic matter, nitrogen, potassium and calcium.
It is impossible to plant cucumbers on the same place more often than once in 4 years. Squares are suitable for this crop after growing potatoes, corn, peas, and many herbs.
Did you know? If there is an insufficient amount of nitrogen in the soil, the cucumber develops poorly and has a hooked hook shape. With a lack of potassium the form will be pear-shaped, and calcium is responsible for the taste of the fruit.
Growing conditions
Chinese cucumbers are heat-loving plants, love light, grow well with high humidity (75% and above) and air temperature above +15 ° C. It is necessary to maintain soil moisture of about 80% to accelerate the vegetative processes and increase productivity. Culture does not tolerate drafts and sudden changes in temperature. When grown in a greenhouse, temperatures above +30 ° C cannot be tolerated. It is necessary to ventilate the greenhouse in time to reduce the temperature.
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Cucumbers are plants of short daylight hours. Ten or twelve hours of daylight hours is enough for normal development and productivity. In the greenhouses, if necessary, use artificial light sources. Especially important for optimal growth is regular watering and timely feeding of plants. Leaves should not be allowed to wilt, cucumbers should be watered daily during hot periods.
Growing from seed to seedlings at home
You can grow seedlings yourself from seeds at home. To do this, it is necessary to prepare and plant the seeds 25 days before the intended transplanting. 
Seed preparation
Proper seed preparation helps increase germination rates and speed up germination. The process is as follows:
- Seeds are poured with cold water, after half an hour, some of the seeds sink to the bottom, and some remain to float on the surface. The seeds remaining on the surface are bad, they do not germinate, they can be drained together with water.
- To destroy various diseases, seeds can be treated with a solution of potassium permanganate saturated purple. Seeds are immersed in the solution for half an hour. Various growth stimulants, such as Appin, also help to increase seed germination.
- After all treatment, seeds can be germinated. A container with a damp cloth is suitable for this. Seeds are spread on a cloth and covered with the same wet cloth on top, placed in a warm place and make sure that the cloth does not dry out. After a few days, the seeds begin to germinate, they need to be placed in the ground.
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Content and location
Cucumbers are conveniently grown in cups for growing seedlings. For the correct formation of the root system, the volume of the cup must be at least 300 ml. You can also use the bath, the distance between the seeds should be from 5 to 10 cm. Cups or baths placed in a warm, sunny place, you can on the balcony.
Seed planting process
- Capacity filled with soil. You can buy ready-made soil for indoor plants or prepare yourself from equal parts of peat, humus, sod land and wooden sawdust previously scalded with hot water.
- In the tank it is necessary to make a drainage hole. Seed planted to a depth of 2 cm, watered and covered with film. After a week and a half shoots appear, the film is removed.
Important! To obtain healthy seedlings together with the seeds of cucumbers, beans are planted in a pot. Before planting seedlings cut the beans.
Seedling care
It is necessary to water the seedlings regularly every 3 days and monitor the air temperature, the optimum temperature is +22 ° С. We can not allow the stagnation of moisture, light day should last 10-12 hours. A week before planting in open ground, the seedlings are gradually quenched. They place for some time fresh air, open a window on the balcony, the main thing is that there should not be drafts. Healthy seedlings should be dark green with short internodes.
Transplanting seedlings to ground
Seedlings can be transplanted into the ground with developed 2-4 leaflets, approximately 25 days after the emergence of shoots. The soil should be well heated, in the greenhouse it is covered with a film for several days. The procedure is as follows:
- A day before planting, seedlings in cups are watered abundantly, so that later it can be easily pulled out along with the ground without damaging the root system.
- On a prepared bed, rows are made with a ridge height of 25 cm, the distance between the rows is at least 60 cm.
- Along the ridges dig holes at a distance of 25 cm from each other, the size is slightly larger than a glass with seedlings.
- To disinfect the soil in the wells, you can pour a pink solution of potassium permanganate, and then plain water.
- The seedlings are carefully removed from the cup along with the ground and placed in the center of the hole, tamping the soil around the seedling. The root neck should be 1-2 cm above the ground.
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Agrotechnics growing seeds in open ground
Chinese cucumbers can be grown in open ground, if the climate permits. This is a thermophilic culture, with a sharp decrease in temperature dies.
Outdoor conditions
When grown in a greenhouse, cucumbers are easier to protect from sudden changes in temperature, you can create a favorable microclimate, humidity, yield will be higher, the first crop will appear earlier.
In open ground, it is necessary to choose a sunny place protected from the wind on the south side, away from trees, fences and other buildings. Cucumbers can be planted in open ground at air temperatures above +18 ° C. Be sure to tie the lash to the vertical supports (trellis) and monitor the irrigation.
The process of planting seeds in the ground
It is more efficient to grow cucumber seedlings in pots, and then plant them in the ground. However, the seeds can be planted directly into the ground, while it must be well warmed up to at least +15 ° C, this happens in May. Seeds are preferably pre-germinate, as the germination of Chinese cucumbers is bad. In order for seedlings to appear early, the bed is covered with a film. It is good to use a greenhouse, especially after growing tomato seedlings.
- To prepare the beds, a mixture of manure with straw is used, plentifully watered with warm water and covered with foil. A few days later the mixture covers the entire surface of the bed.
- Seeds are planted in small pits of a depth of 2-3 cm, two pieces in one hole at a distance of 25 cm from each other, the distance between rows is 60-80 cm.
- After that, they pour it with warm water, the water temperature is about + 30 ° С.
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Watering
For a good harvest requires timely watering, about twice a week. During fruiting during the hot season, daily watering is necessary after harvest. If the summer is rainy, then water should be as needed, the soil can not be poured, but it should always remain wet. For watering using a watering can, water should fall on the root area.
Important! Water for irrigation should not be cold, it is better to use separated water with a temperature of about +25 °WITH.A young plant consumes 2 liters of water, adult cucumbers - 9 liters per square meter, and during fruiting, 20 to 30 liters of water are needed to water one square meter. The best time for watering is early morning or evening, after sunset. You can also spray cucumbers daily with warm water. For better conservation of moisture the soil is mulched.
Soil loosening and weeding
After each watering, it is necessary to loosen the soil so that the air flows well and the crust does not form. Loosening is done carefully, trying not to damage the root system. The first weeding of cucumbers produced after germination. During the season, about four weed beds and rows between rows are spent, destroying all the weeds. If there is a lot of rain, then we have to weed more often.
Masking
A properly formed plant produces more healthy and beautiful fruits. Chinese cucumbers do not have the needles, they have poorly developed lateral shoots, and predominantly female type of flowers.
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Garter
Garter Chinese cucumber is a prerequisite for a good harvest. It must be done at a plant height of 50 cm. You can use an individual vertical garter for each whip or trellis method.
- When an individual garter between the supports installed at the beginning and end of the bed, stretch the horizontal wire at a height of about 2 m from the ground. From the horizontal wire to each lash down the rope down and tie up the plant.
- With the trellis method, vertical supports are set in advance when planting seeds in the ground, along rows at a distance of several meters. Then you can use a large mesh or stretch several wires horizontally between the supports. Effectively use a special large-mesh plastic mesh. The supports must be strong enough to hold a large green mass.
An excellent solution to the problem of cucumber garters is to install a trellis net.
Top dressing
Feeding is carried out according to the following principle:
- It is best to prepare a bed for the cultivation of cucumbers in the fall, to make organic fertilizers. The following year, in spring, it is necessary to use chicken manure or mullein as a top dressing. It is dissolved in water in a ratio of 1: 3 and insist for several days. Then the agent is additionally diluted with water 1:15 and watering the bed. Well suited for feeding cucumbers ash, consumption per square meter - about 60 g.
- If fertilizers were not applied in the fall, then in the spring, in addition to organic matter, it is necessary to use mineral fertilizers. With the appearance of two leaves, you can use a solution of "Nitrophoska" (2 tablespoons per 20 liters of water). After watering ordinary water make 2 liters of solution for each plant. When the third leaf appears, potassium sulphate is used, two teaspoons of fertilizer are dissolved in 20 liters of water for irrigation. The procedure is repeated after 3 weeks.
- It is useful in the evening to spray the foliage of cucumber with urea, when ovaries appear (80 g of urea per 20 liters of water), this procedure significantly increases the yield. Top dressing bring no more than 6 times for a full cycle of growth, not more often than once in two weeks.
All fertilizers must be made strictly according to the instructions, so as not to harm the plants.
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Pests, diseases and prevention
The very name of the variety suggests that cucumbers are resistant to diseases. But still, in rainy and cold summer, cucumbers can become sick with powdery mildew, with which white scurf appears on the inner side of the leaves. To cope with the disease will help spraying a solution of the means "Oxy" (5 liters of water 10 g of funds), the procedure is repeated after 14 days. Spraying is carried out in the evening.
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Downy mildew appears as yellow spots on the leaves, then dark brown scurf appears. Spray the drug "Topaz" (1 ampoule per 10 liters of water), after 10 days, sprayed again. One of the most common pests of cucumbers - aphid. Effective remedies for aphids - "Aktara" and "Actofit". Apply in accordance with the instructions. 
Disease prevention and pest control is to comply with the rules of agricultural technology in the cultivation of cucumbers. It is necessary to ensure a good flow of air to the plants, monitor the humidity, remove plant residues, diseased leaves and fruits in time. Also, do not make a lot of nitrogen fertilizer.
Harvesting and storage
Harvesting is the most enjoyable process. In order for cucumbers not to outgrow, it is desirable to harvest daily. It is recommended to use a pruner or a knife in order not to damage the plant. It is better to pick cucumbers in the early morning or in the evening, then you can water it.
Chinese cucumbers are not stored for a long time, it is better to use them fresh for one day after harvest. For greenhouse cucumbers, the optimal storage temperature is +10 ° C, humidity - 90%, for grown in open ground - +7 ° C, humidity - 90%. In such conditions, cucumbers can be stored for 7 days. Wash them is not worth it. To increase the shelf life they can be kept in a cool place or in a refrigerator at a temperature of +4 ° C. But over time, cucumbers wither and taste is lost.
Possible problems and recommendations
When growing Chinese cucumbers, it is important to adhere to all the recommendations and agricultural practices, correctly and in time to tie, feed and feed. 
By characteristic signs you can find out the cause of the problem and solve it:
- if the cucumbers started to turn yellow and fall off the leaves, then the reason is insufficient or improper watering or top dressing, insufficient soil loosening, a sharp temperature drop;
- if cucumbers have a faint odor and a bad taste, the reason is a lack of calcium;
- the irregular shape of the fruit indicates a shortage: potassium is a pear-shaped form, nitrogen is a form in the form of a hook and boron is a spiral shape.
