Variety of cucumbers Sarovsky

cucumber variety Sarovsky is a godsend for lovers of small, crispy cucumbers. The variety is early ripe, high-yielding and easy to care for.

Sarovsky cucumber variety

The fruits have excellent taste, suitable for raw consumption, preservation, long-term storage, transportation.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Cucumber C Aarovsky f1 is the most common variety, as there are more pluses than minuses in its cultivation.

Pros:

• early ripening variety;
• easy to care for;
• high-yielding;
• the culture is resistant to diseases and parasites.

Cons:

• daily harvest;
• is not suitable for growing on balconies, in hotbeds and greenhouses.

Growing

There are two ways to plant f1. The first is seedlings, the second is directly into the soil.

Seedlings

For seedlings, F1 seeds are sown in pots, pots or hotbeds in the second half of April – the first half of May, then planted in the beds in early June. The landing pitch and row width 50cm, depth 4cm.Cucumbers for seedlings are sown in containers. If there are no containers, you can use pots, plastic glasses, special cassettes or tablets. The soil is suitable for shopping or from the garden, mixed with humus. Planting seedlings in open ground is necessary in the first decade of May. But here, all individually, the landing time will depend on how strong the activity of the sun is and how well the soil has been warmed up, if the planting is still not warm enough, the planting is transferred to the second decade of May 10-14.

Directly in the soil, the seeds are sown in the second half of May (May 15-18), when the soil is already warm enough. The landing pattern is the same, but the depth is 2cm. You do not need to prepare store seeds before sowing, unlike seeds collected manually. Home seeds must first be treated with a weak nitrofoska solution and placed in the cold for two hours to harden.

Soil

It is important to choose the right place for planting

The soil needs light, with neutral acidity. It is advisable to prepare the place in the fall. It is better if it is sunny with little dimming, to protect the plant from hot rays.

Sarovsky is recommended to sow in the ground, on which beans, beans, peas, tomatoes, potatoes were grown before, but after pumpkin , zucchini and garlic is not recommended.

In autumn, the soil is cultivated and organic fertilizers are applied, about 10 liters of manure per 1 m2, in the absence of such mineral fertilizers, such as potassium salt 25 g and superphosphate 45 g. Before planting, the soil is dug up again and fertilized with 20 g of nitrate per 1 m2. ‘> Care

The description shows that the Sarovsky variety of cucumbers does not require special care. The main thing is to timely water, fertilize and loosen the soil to enrich the roots with oxygen. Weeds should be regularly removed so that they do not harm the plant.

For good fruiting, the bush is treated with sweet syrup that attracts bees. Spraying is best done in dry weather.

Watering

Water Sarovsky F1 often, with a small pressure, to avoid erosion of the soil on the roots. It is best if it will be drip watering or through a spray. You need to water once a day in the evening, in dry weather, water twice a day, in the morning and in the evening.

Fertilizing

Since Sarovsky cucumber is an early ripe variety, then it develops very quickly. With such intensive growth, the plant needs organic and mineral substances. Therefore, top dressing should be done regularly.For the first time, the plant is fertilized immediately before the first flowers, after which it is continued every ten days.

1. The following substrate is prepared for feeding – take 10 liters of water, 1 tsp each. urea, potassium sulfate, superphosphate and 200 g of fresh manure.
2. If there is no manure, you can purchase any organic fertilizer in the store and add it according to the instructions.

Pest treatment

There are several types of pests that harm cucumbers, these include:

• gourds; aphids;
• spider mites;
• ants;
• slugs;
• whitefly.

To prevent pests, it is necessary to remove the remains of previous plants from the site, fight weeds, and disinfect soil, make sure that it doesn’t was drying up. They recommend planting dill nearby; its flowers attract ladybirds, which eat many pests. To prevent whiteflies, plant tobacco.

If not managed to prevent their occurrence, do not despair, there are many ways to deal with them:

1. If aphids appeared, you need to take 1 kg of fresh grass, insist one day, spray or take 200 g of ash, 50 g of household a, dilute in 10 l of water.
2. Mite colonies are fought with the help of infusion from onion and garlic husks, you need to take 100 g of husk, 10 l of water for 24 hours, and spray 5-6 times.
3. You can catch ants with bottles of syrup, fill the nests with kerosene, crush the soil with lime or ash.
4. To combat slugs, you can treat the bed with Metaldehyde according to the drug’s instructions.
5. To remove whiteflies , it is necessary to wash off the larvae from the leaves, loosen the soil and sprinkle with peat or humus, spray the plant, according to the instructions, Inta-Virom.

Thanks to these simple rules, you can grow Sarovsky cucumber variety in different climatic conditions.