Characteristics of cucumber varieties Chinese snake

Chinese cucumber variety the snake completely conquered the hearts of domestic vegetable growers. What could be better than crunchy, aromatic, long fruits in early summer, for the cultivation of which you do not need to exert excessive efforts.

Characteristics of the cucumber variety Chinese snake

Variety description

Cucumber Chinese snake is distinguished by excellent taste and unpretentiousness in care.

Description of the variety is as follows:

• the fruits are long, twisting, resembling a snake in shape, their length is from 40 to 80 cm; they are juicy, with a thin skin;

• the stem is long, up to 3.5 m in height, with a small amount of lateral shoots;
• productivity – up to 30 kg / sq. m.

The bush requires a high trellis, without it the fruits are deformed and grow unpretentious. The culture grows well on shady beds, is not afraid of temperature differences, and in open ground it bears fruit until mid-autumn, until the night air temperature drops below 6 ° C. The fruits grow very quickly, so they must be harvested every day. They are not stored for long, they quickly lose commercial quality, so you need to tear as much as is necessary for consumption.Overgrown cucumbers are long, sometimes reaching 1 m, they become lethargic and bitter in taste.

The culture is bee pollinated, the number of female flowers prevails on it, therefore insects should be attracted to the bushes. The best crop can be achieved in the greenhouse, but in open ground, the culture also bears fruit well.

Advantages and disadvantages

Like any variety, the culture has its advantages and disadvantages

The advantages of the Chinese snake are:

• fast fruit growth;
• density of cucumbers;
• unpretentiousness in leaving;
• good tolerance of low temperatures;
• fruiting for 5 months.

Cultivation of the Chinese snake does not require special expenses.

Among the shortcomings noted a short time keep niya, the need to install high trellis, unfriendly seed germination and suitability for use exclusively fresh.

Planting cucumbers

The seeds of this crop, as mentioned above, sprout difficult to peck, so they are recommended to first be sown in cups or seedlings. Before planting, the seeds are disinfected for 10 minutes in a solution of potassium permanganate (35 ° C). After that, they are treated with trichodermin.

A month after the appearance of the first shoots, the sprouts are transplanted to a permanent place. The strongest plants should be planted, the weak ones will disappear during transplantation.

Soil preparation

The substrate for seedlings or cups is purchased in a store or prepared. It should consist of soil, peat and dung. Self-prepared substrate is treated with fungicide or disinfected with a solution of potassium permanganate. The mixture purchased at the store is already decontaminated, the procedure does not need to be repeated.

A plot for cucumbers has been prepared since autumn. Favorable culture precursors are pumpkin plants, potatoes, corn, and legumes. You should not use the site on which cucumbers grew last year. This will contribute to the spread of diseases and pests, it will not be possible to get a good harvest.

Manure is brought into the garden where the cucumbers will be placed. Dig the soil deep and loosen.

Sowing

Seedlings are sown in the last decade of April. It is planted in open ground a month later, at the end of May or the beginning of June.

Bushes of the crop are powerful, so they should rarely be planted. The recommended planting pattern is 50 x 100. The soil before planting seedlings must be moistened and loosened.

In the open ground in the first 2 weeks the bed is covered with agrofibre or film for the night. Temperature at night below 6 ° C can be detrimental to seedlings. After 2 weeks, the shelter can be removed.

Care

The plant needs in support

The culture is unpretentious in leaving, requires timely watering, loosening the soil, removing weeds and fertilizing, as well as other types of cucumbers. The bush requires a high and stable trellis, the plant will curl along it, like a vine.

Cucumbers of this variety grow rapidly, with the formation of many leaves and side shoots. They can also bear fruit. If this happens, the fruits intertwine, interfere with each other, rot. This is the main reason why experienced gardeners harvest leaves and side shoots. If you prune, the main lash will be more powerful, and the fruits can grow without interfering with each other.

Watering

The fruits grow very quickly, the large bush has powerful roots, therefore requires regular watering with warm water. Culture simply does not tolerate cold water. It is better to use drip irrigation or sprinkling, as a stream of water leaches roots from the soil.

In an open ground, plants are watered twice on very hot days. On the south side, the garden is best obscured by high neighboring crops: corn, curly beans, etc. In this case, the crop will not dry out from the heat.

Inadequate watering leads to a loss of taste, the fruits begin to bitter. Waterlogging becomes the root rot of cucumbers.

Fertilizer

The plant bears fruit quickly, therefore it requires constant feeding. The first time fertilizers are applied 7-10 days after transplanting seedlings.

Experienced gardeners carry out the first feeding with bread infusion. It is prepared in the following way: dry crusts of bread are poured with warm water and wait until they are completely wet and a uniform, thick liquid forms. Cucumbers are watered with it, which brings an excellent result. The following dressings are carried out every 10 days.

Fertilizers are alternated in this way:

• urea solution (1 tablespoon per 10 liters of water);
• solution manure.

A solution of mullein is prepared as follows: fresh manure and water (1: 3) are taken, left for fermentation for a week. The slurry is constantly mixed. When feeding on a bucket of water give 1 liter of dung fluid and 50 g of superphosphate. It is poured into the prepared grooves at the aisles, then the furrows are buried.

With the same solution, but 2 times less concentrated, foliar top dressing is carried out.

Pest Control

The culture is resistant to most painful conditions.

It is not recommended to shift cucumber lashes, the leaves will still turn to the sun, but the plant will experience stress.