The best hybrids of parthenocarpic cucumbers for greenhouses - descriptions, photos and reviews

We are starting a series of articles on the project “Growing cucumbers together with the Seed Supermarket.” This project was created to help you at every stage of cucumber production: from seed germination to the last selection.

Why does the series of articles begin with choosing a cucumber hybrid? Because a good hybrid is the key to a high and high-quality harvest. For sowing in the first and second whorls, parthenocarpic cucumbers with good stress resistance and early fruiting are used. We have selected for you the best cucumber hybrids for planting in film and glass greenhouses.

SV 4097 CV F1 (SV 4097 CV F1) (Seminis)

Cucumber SV 4097 CV F1

• Features of the hybrid : High-yielding and early hybrid of cucumbers, which begins to form fruits 40-45 days after seed germination. The cucumber performs well both in spring-summer and autumn planting.
• Description of the plant - Balanced bush, open, generative type. A plant with a powerful root system, forms few stepsons.
• Fruit characteristics - High quality cucumbers with pronounced thorns, uniform shape and size, beautiful dark green color. The average length of the fruit is 11-13 cm, and the diameter is 3-3.4 cm.
• Advantages for the producer - SV 4097 CV F1 maintains high marketability and rich color of greens throughout the entire fruiting period. Cucumbers can not outgrow for a long time. The parthenocarpic variety is resistant to temperature changes.

A story about the features of the SV 4097 CV F1 cucumber at the bottom of the Seminis field

Planting cucumbers in a greenhouse

Beds for cucumbers can be prepared both in autumn and early spring several weeks before planting. The soil is dug up and humus or compost is added at the rate of a bucket per 1 m2, as well as mineral fertilizers: 20–30 g of nitrogen and potassium, 34–40 g of phosphorus per 1 m2.

Instead of mineral fertilizers, ash is used - 1 tbsp. per 1 m2.

If organic matter and fertilizers were not added when preparing the beds, then they can be added to the holes immediately before planting, mixing well with the soil.

Cucumbers require loose, fertile soil, air- and water-permeable, only then will the plants form a strong root system. Temperature is very important. If the temperature in the greenhouse at night is less than 8°C, then some of the small roots of the sprouted or planted plants will die. In the future, with warming, the roots will not be able to absorb the required amount of water and nutrients. Plants will develop poorly and become sick. The optimal daytime temperature for the formation of ovaries is from 15°C. At a temperature of 0°C, all plants will inevitably die.

Methods for planting cucumbers in a greenhouse

Cucumbers can be planted in a greenhouse as seedlings or seeds. Many gardeners prefer to use these two methods simultaneously.

Planting by seeds

3 seeds are planted in prepared holes at a distance of 40–50 cm, covered with soil and watered abundantly. After watering, the soil should be lightly loosened with a rake. Seeds can be planted dry, swollen, kept in water for several hours, or germinated. The soil must warm up to 12°C at the time of planting, otherwise the seeds will rot in cold and wet soil.

After planting the seeds, you can cover the bed with film, but do not let the seedlings through, otherwise the tender sprouts under the film will instantly burn. Of the sprouted plants, the strongest is left in the hole, and the rest are pinched, but not pulled out.

After sowing the seeds, cover the bed with film

Seedling method

The advantage of the seedling method is early harvest. But when transplanting, the roots of the plant may be injured, and then the cucumber will take a long time to take root and become sick.

Experienced gardeners advise planting seedlings when three true leaves appear. Tall bushes are more difficult to take root.

You can grow cucumber seedlings in peat-humus tablets, peat or plastic cups. Seedlings should be planted carefully in spilled holes without damaging the roots. Fill up to the cotyledon leaves, being careful not to injure the fragile stem. Water the top of the hole too (not too much) and add dry soil or humus. This creates a mulching layer that will prevent a crust from forming on the soil surface.

Arctic F1 (F1 Arena) (NongWoo Bio)

• Features of the hybrid - This hybrid is popular not only among gardeners, but is also in great demand among farmers who grow this crop for sale. An ultra-early cucumber, the growing season of which is only 35-38 days.
• Description of the plant - A plant with short internodes, produces 2-3 high-quality fruits per node. The leaf blades are large, with a medium-wrinkled surface. The bush continues to grow and develop even after temperature fluctuations.
• Characteristics of fruits - Fruits are 10-11 cm in size, weighing 100-120 g, with aromatic and tasty pulp without voids. There is no bitterness in cucumbers, the seed chamber is small. The skin of the fruit is bright green, lumpy and dense.
• Advantages for the producer - The hybrid is endowed with genetic resistance to powdery mildew, tobacco mosaic, spider mites and aphids. Cucumber variety Arctic F1 Intended for planting in open ground and film greenhouses.

Cucumber Arctic F1

Review of the Arctic F1 cucumber from Lyudmila B. from Poltava region, Lokhvitsky district:

Last season this cucumber really helped out. Very productive, tasty fresh, without bitterness and ideal for canning.

All about the Arctic F1 cucumber: what the packaging looks like, fruits in the greenhouse and a report on the cucumber from the producers

which cucumbers are the most productive?

Sergey Kostenko

1) of course the neighbors are behind the fence! But by definition, you don’t have to ask such a question seriously, since other plots are at least somewhat different from yours - or there is a little more potassium in the soil. either the watering is worse, or in the morning the fog usually hides the sun, or a bunch of other differences. And those varieties that will be good for someone else, it is very possible that they will not suit your conditions... so you need to check and check and check the varieties yourself... but all the same, the most productive ones are not always the most delicious and the most beautiful…. Many long-fruited ones are much more productive than usually any small carnuchons.... do you need them?

Alexander

If the shades of taste are not so important to you, buy self-pollinating Dutch hybrids of the gherkin type - they usually do not need to be pinched, the bush forms on its own, the ovary is formed under each leaf, and more than one. If taste is important, then these are domestic varieties, but they must be pinched. The scheme is simple - the central stem has 8 ovaries after the first, four lateral ones, two from them. When I wasn’t lazy and pinched “Maisky” I collected half a bucket at a time from one bush (you may not believe it) and regarding the overgrowth of the fruits - they just need to be collected every day. One day - collecting, watering, the second day - loosening. At least once every 10 days - feeding. In order not to waste time on watering, you can spend one time and do a drip irrigation. By the way, this year they released a new product for applying fertilizer from an external container (for example, a barrel) so that the work with this system is easier. But it is necessary to continue loosening. Something like that. And have a good harvest.

Olga Borisovna

Libella will never let you down.)

Elena Lyakh

I think it all depends not on the variety, but on the soil and care of cucumbers!

Ilona Sashkina

I really liked the Zyatek variety. We planted for the first time last year, everything for the first time! ) we bought a plot of land - virgin soil, the soil was sand, planted it so simply, didn’t fertilize it with anything, planted it and forgot about it, and suddenly - cucumbers! For eating raw, for canning - great! I planted the next batch in the greenhouse on July 9 - that’s it!

Bonnie without Clyde

I am very conservative in the choice of varieties and hybrids and for many years I have always been planting Dutch F1 Masha, Marinda, German, Connie, and also our Zozulya. Each flower is a cucumber. without barren flower

Olga

Those who are well fed and watered every day with warm water

Elena the Wise

If you want to always have cucumbers, then plant Dutch hybrids. But they also require appropriate care (watering, fertilizing). Of the domestic varieties, my favorites are Rodnichok, Malysh, and Phoenix.

Lelya Casanova

Sail f1. You lift the whip, and on it cucumbers of different sizes hang in a row

Elina Kireeva

Nezhinsky are good!! ! Rodnichok and many others

made in PARADISE

Here, according to the terrain and soil, agro from biotechnology suits us, “prestige” from Gavrish - everything is productive and tasty, which can’t be said about the Dutch

Svetlana Klochkova

And I always, in any year, with cucumbers, if I plant Prestige.

Natalia Genius

Mirinda and Libella.

Alenka

Cucumbers Herman, Connie, Usadebka

Ilonara F1 (Rijk Zwaan)

Cucumber Ilonara F1

• Features of the hybrid - An early parthenocarpic cucumber hybrid for greenhouses, which grows well in spring and autumn rotation.
• Description of the plant - An open bush with short side shoots. The roots are powerful and capable of regeneration. On the main stem, 1-2 fruits are formed at each node, and on the side shoots - 2-3 greens.
• Characteristics of the fruit - Cucumbers are dark green in color with a shine, 12-14 cm in size, beautiful elongated shape with pronounced tubercles.
• Advantages for the producer - The parthenocarpic variety quickly develops ovaries and does not shed them when the temperature changes. Fruits with excellent taste and are well transported. Ilonara F1 cucumber is resistant to cladosporiosis, powdery mildew and cucumber mosaic.

Bjorn F1 (Enza Zaden)

• Features of the hybrid : Early ripening hybrid with intense yield. Suitable for planting in open ground, as well as in film and professional greenhouses in spring and autumn.
• Description of the plant - The bush is balanced and open. The side shoots are short and develop slowly, which is very convenient to care for. A hybrid of bouquet type of flowering, produces 3-4 fruits in each axil.
• Characteristics of the fruits - Cucumbers are homogeneous, cylindrical in shape, rich dark green color without light stripes, 10-12 cm long and weighing 100-120 g. The surface of the fruit is coarsely tuberculate. The fruits are transported and stored well.
• Advantages for the grower – The plant sets fruit consistently and does not shed the ovary due to temperature changes and lack of light. The Bjorn F1 variety is resistant to cladosporiosis, mosaic virus and yellowing of the veins.

Cucumber Bjorn F1

What does the original packaging of Bjorn F1 cucumber look like?

Bush varieties of cucumbers

Readers often ask what bush cucumbers are and whether they can be grown in greenhouses. This is a group of high-yielding, early-ripening bee-pollinated varieties with a female type of flowering, the stems of which do not branch or creep, reaching a length of three meters, but form a bush. The main vine reaches a height of 60 cm, but the side shoots are much shorter. Zelentsy in bush varieties are elongated-ovoid, up to 10 cm long and weighing about 100 g. The varieties Kustovaya, Malysh, Malyutka, Malyshok, Korotyshka are considered the most popular in cultivation.

But since bee-pollinated cucumbers are difficult and inconvenient to grow in greenhouses, bush varieties of cucumbers are usually used for open ground.

F1 Director (Nunhems)

Cucumber Director F1

• Features of the hybrid : Early gherkin cucumber for growing in greenhouses in spring and autumn crop rotation. From planting seedlings to the first harvest, 38-40 days pass.
• Description of the plant - The bush is vegetative-generative, strong and open. In one node it forms 2-3 fruits.
• Characteristics of the fruit - Cucumbers are completely dark green, without a white tip, in the shape of an elongated cylinder, 9-12 cm in size. Cucumbers are well transported and are endowed with excellent pickling qualities.
• Advantages for the producer – Director F1 is quite flexible and not demanding on agricultural technology. The fruits do not form voids even at the end of fruiting. The parthenocarpic variety is resistant to powdery mildew, target leaf spot, cucumber mosaic virus and yellowing of the veins.

The most productive varieties of greenhouse cucumbers

Not all varieties of cucumbers bear fruit well in greenhouses, but there are productive varieties that, when grown indoors, produce more fruit than in the garden. Among the most productive varieties for greenhouses are the following:

• Melon: growing in the garden, varieties

• Summer resident is an early ripening hybrid variety with a predominantly female type of flowering for temporary film greenhouses. The fruits of this variety are green in color, cylindrical in shape, their weight reaches 70-90 g, and from one m² with good care you can collect 13-14 kg of fruit;
• Pogrebok is a disease-resistant, early-ripening bee-pollinated hybrid with a predominantly female type of flowering. Its greens, 9-11 cm long and weighing 90-100 g, are rich green in color with white stripes. From one m² you can get up to 17 kg of cucumbers;
• Pinocchio is an early-ripening, high-yielding and cold-resistant hybrid parthenocarpic with a predominantly female type of flowering and a bouquet arrangement of ovaries with large, tuberculate fruits of a cylindrical shape and dark green color, devoid of bitterness, reaching a length of 8-9 cm and weighing about 100 g. Up to 13 are collected from 1 m² kg cucumbers;
• Dvoryansky is a mid-early bee-pollinated hybrid with a predominantly early type of flowering, resistant to anthracnose, ascochyta, cladosporiosis, bacteriosis and viral infections, with light green white-spined finely tuberculated cucumbers 10-13 cm long and weighing 100-110 g, which can be removed from 1 m² to 14 kg;
• Zozulya is a universal early-ripening parthenocarpic variety, resistant to cucumber mosaic, ascochyta blight, root rot and olive spot, with dark green fruits with pale stripes that do not turn yellow for a long time. From one m² you can harvest up to 14 kg of cucumbers.

High-yielding varieties of greenhouse cucumbers also include Izyashchny, Rodnichok, Murashka, Muromsky, Alliance, Aramis, Blik, Danila, Ivushka, Evita, Carnival, Krak, Moscow Evenings, Prestige, Ira and others.

Tchaikovsky F1 (Rijk Zwaan)

• Features of the hybrid : Parthenocarpic hybrid for growing in film and glass shelters in the first and second rotation with early yield. The growing season is 40 days.
• Description of the plant - The bush is open and compact, with good regeneration and strong roots. Holds fruit load well throughout the growing period.
• Characteristics of the fruit - Cucumbers are large-tubercular, dark green in color. The length to width ratio is 3.2:1.
• Advantages for the producer – Fruits with excellent taste without bitterness and good internal structure. The Tchaikovsky F1 variety is tolerant to cladosporiosis and cucumber mosaic virus.

Cucumber Tchaikovsky F1

Review of cucumber Tchaikovsky F1 from Tatiana D. Bar, Ukraine:

The best of the hybrids that we grew under film cover. The productivity is very high, the fruits all grew - I didn’t throw them off. You need appropriate nutrition, enough water and formation. Excellent for pickling: gherkins and small green vegetables.

Cucumber Tchaikovsky F1 in a greenhouse and cutaway fruit

Resistant varieties of cucumbers

In greenhouse conditions, cucumbers most often suffer from downy mildew, powdery mildew, white and root rot, bacteriosis, cladosporiosis, anthracnose and cucumber mosaic virus.

Of all the greenhouse hybrid varieties of cucumbers, the most resistant to powdery mildew and downy mildew (downy mildew) are Anyuta, Vyuga Lastochka, Voyage, Golubchik, Delpina, Quadrille, Julian, Matrix, Nightingale, Lord, Passandra, Strumok, Svyatoslav.

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The most resistant to white and root rot are Break, Nugget, Bianka, Moscow Dude, Autumn Gherkin, Hercules, Connie, Marta, Malvina, Sancho, Topolek and others.

The hybrid varieties Dachny, Rodnichok, Cornet, Crystal, Esaul, Difens, Dvoryansky, Dragun and others are rarely affected by anthracnose.

Cucumber hybrids for greenhouses Adam, Kupechesky, Lord, Anyuta, Danila, Vicenta, Capra, Magnat, Tais, Marinda are resistant to viral mosaic.

Less often than other cucumbers, hybrids Luzhok, Jazzer, Amazonka, Cornflower, Dvoryansky, Amur, Nastenka are affected by cladosporiosis, or olive spot.

Varieties Zodiac, Vzglyad, Epilogue, Crystal, Contact, Royal, Zubrenok show resistance to bacteriosis, or corner spot.

Breeders have developed varieties that are resistant not to one or two diseases, but to a whole complex of diseases. These varieties include Antey, Princess, Bakhtiyar, Ibn-Sina, Leandro, Nightingale, Sister Alyonushka, Pasadena, Opal, Primadonna, Murashka, Natalie and others.

Mirabell F1 (Seminis)

Cucumber Mirabell F1

• Features of the hybrid - Hybrid of early-ripening self-pollinating cucumber for growing in a greenhouse and in open ground. Enters the fruiting phase 40-45 days after germination.
• Description of the plant - The bush is powerful, of vegetative type, and has good resistance to heat and other stressful conditions. In each axil it forms 6-7 fruits, which ripen together.
• Characteristics of the fruit - Cucumbers are large-tubercular, green, cylindrical, with an average length of 10-12 cm. The ratio of length to diameter is 3.25:1.
• Advantages for the manufacturer - The advantage of Mirabell F1 is the long fruiting period, as well as the versatility of using the finished product. Resistant to cladosporiosis, powdery mildew and cucumber mosaic virus.

Review of the parthenocarpic cucumber variety Mirabell F1 from Alexander Sh. from Pavlograd:

I bought this variety early and will buy it again, it is very productive and more resistant to diseases and most importantly it is very tasty!

Report on Mirabell F1 cucumber at Seminis field day

Varieties for open ground, popular in Ukraine

Self-pollinating and bee-pollinated hybrids and varieties of cucumbers can be grown in open ground. It is believed that self-pollinated cucumbers are resistant to diseases and adverse weather, and bee-pollinated ones are tastier.

Parthenocarpic hybrids

Self-pollinating hybrids, the most popular in Ukraine:

• Adam F1 is an early ripening hybrid. A medium-sized plant with small leaves is preferably grown on a trellis. Fruits abundantly throughout the growing season. The greens are smooth, beautiful, finely tuberculate. The pulp is dense, tasty, sweetish, the seeds are small. The variety is resistant to diseases and quickly recovers from the influence of unfavorable factors. Universal purpose.
• Amur F1 is an ultra-early cold-resistant hybrid. The plant is tall with self-regulating branching. Does not require the formation of a bush. Friendly yield of the harvest in the first month. Salad fruits are very tasty.
• Herman F1 is one of the most popular varieties. High-yielding, with bunch formation of ovaries - 6-7 fruits are formed in a node. The plant requires formation into one stem. Cucumbers with a delicate sweetish taste are universally used. The variety is immune to many common diseases, but does not tolerate heat well. It is worth planting in partial shade.
• Director F1 is a relatively new stress-resistant and unpretentious, vigorously climbing variety. Forms a large number of stepsons that require regular removal to increase productivity. Resistant to many diseases, shade-tolerant, stress-resistant. The fruits are thin-barked, with pale green flesh, slightly crunchy. Salad purpose.
• Dolomite F1 is an early hybrid, suitable for growing into pickles (up to 5 cm) and gherkins (up to 8 cm). The plant is open, medium-climbing, medium-sized. The variety is characterized as stress-resistant, quickly recovering from illness, adverse effects of heat, drought or cold. Greens are slightly ribbed, with thin skin, dense and crispy flesh. Very tasty when marinated.
• Emerald Flow F1 is an early hybrid, popular due to its original fruits, reaching a length of half a meter. The plant is powerful, highly branched, grows on supports. It responds to pinching of side shoots by the formation of new ovaries. It is resistant to diseases, pests, cold snaps, shade-tolerant and drought-resistant. A very tenacious variety. Fruits almost until the first snowfalls. The fruits are not only original, but also delicious - sweet and crunchy. Salad purpose.
• Crispina F1 is a mid-early unpretentious hybrid resistant to adverse conditions. An ideal variety for growing by beginners who have not yet understood the wisdom of gardening. Does not require formation, except for the removal of leaves that thicken the plantings. Fruiting is long lasting. Greens with dense, crispy flesh are used for pickling.
• Mashenka F1 is a new medium-ripening variety. The plant is medium-sized, forms up to 6 ovaries in one node. It bears fruit for a long time - until the October cold. The fruits are sweetish, with a pleasant crunch. The hybrid is resistant to diseases, stressful conditions and weather vagaries. Universal purpose.
• Trilogy F1 is a mid-early, low-growing hybrid. The main crop is formed on the central stem, so the bush requires shaping. There are 3–4 ovaries in the leaf axil. The hybrid produces its main harvest in the first month of fruiting. Resistant to many diseases and stress, recovers quickly. The fruits are small, excellent taste, universal purpose.

Table: hybrid cucumbers that do not require pollinators

Photo gallery: cucumber varieties grown in open ground

The Adam cucumber bears fruit abundantly throughout the growing season.

Crispin's cucumber does not require special care

The fruits of the Emerald Stream reach a length of 0.5 m

Herman is one of the most popular cucumber varieties

The Amur cucumber has tall bushes with self-regulating branching

Director is a relatively new stress-resistant and unpretentious variety

Dolomite cucumbers are very tasty when pickled.

Cupid F1 (Bejo)

• Features of the hybrid - This is a cucumber hybrid that provides a stable and high-quality harvest throughout the entire fruiting period. The growing season is 40-45 days after seed germination.
• Description of the plant - A bush with weak branching, so it can be grown without formation. Sets 2-3 fruits in each bosom.
• Characteristics of the fruit - Cucumbers are of the same cylindrical shape, covered with dense small spines, uniform dark green color. Greens with a small seed chamber and thin skin, without bitterness and with excellent taste. The fruits are cylindrical in shape, length to diameter ratio is 3.3:1. The hybrid is ideal for the production of pickles and is well transported.
• Advantages for the manufacturer - Amur F1 is resistant to high and low temperatures, as well as air drought. A cucumber variety with genetic resistance to downy mildew, cladosporiosis, common mosaic and yellow vein virus.

Cucumber Cupid F1

Review of cucumber Amur F1 from Natalia R. from Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky:

We have been growing them for 8 years now and are always pleased with the results. An excellent cucumber for canning and fresh salads. Our customers have been taking it for years.

Description of the original packaging of cucumber Amur F1

Ecole F1 (Syngenta)

Cucumber Ecole F1

• Features of the hybrid : Early hybrid, which is characterized by a high yield of marketable products throughout the entire growing period. The growing season is 40-42 days.
• Description of the plant - The bush is strong, generative type with short internodes, capable of forming short additional shoots. The plant has a bouquet type of flowering and bears well 4-5 fruits in the axil of different ages.
• Characteristics of the fruit - Cucumbers are cylindrical in shape, quite dense with a small seed chamber, green in color with the ability to collect pickles. The length of the fruit is on average 8-12 cm, and the weight is 90-110 g. Zelentsy are suitable for the fresh market, pickling and canning.
• Benefits for the grower - The plant recovers well from stressful conditions. The parthenocarpic variety Ecole F1 is highly resistant to cucumber mosaic virus, cucumber olive spot and powdery mildew.

Review of cucumber Ecole F1 from Zlata R.:

A popular cucumber on the market, I ordered it for myself from the Seed Supermarket. The seeds arrived of good quality.

Stress-resistant cucumber Ecole F1 in a greenhouse

Solut F1 (Absolute F1) (NongWoo Bio)

• Features of the hybrid : A hybrid of parthenocarpic cucumber that produces a high yield. The growing season is only 35 days from germination. Grows well in both spring and summer crop rotations.
• Description of the plant - The plant is generative, strong, with short internodes, forms 3-5 fruits in each.
• Characteristics of the fruit - Cucumbers have a uniform structure, dark green color without yellow spots. The fruit size is 12–14 cm. Zelentsy have a good presentation and a crispy structure without voids. This hybrid is well transported; it is grown for use in cooking and pickling.
• Advantages for the producer - Cucumber Solut (Absolut) F1 is highly resistant to many fungal and viral diseases. Gives a stable harvest even when the temperature drops with proper care. The main feature of the variety is that it is suitable for summer and autumn cultivation.

Cucumber Absolute F1

Cucumber Solut F1 in a greenhouse

Mimino F1 (Lucky Seed)

Cucumber Mimino F1

• Features of the hybrid : Parthenocarpic, early ripening hybrid of universal use for growing in spring and autumn. The growing season is 40-45 days from seed germination.
• Description of the plant - The plant is semi-determinate, with medium vigor and large leaves, which minimizes the possibility of fruit drying out.
• Characteristics of the fruits - The fruits are dark green, large-tubercular, white-spiked, cylindrical, with an average length of 10-12 cm. Cucumbers have excellent taste and commercial qualities, so they are ideal for fresh consumption, pickling and pickling.
• Advantages for the producer - Mimino F1 produces consistently high yields not only in greenhouses, but also in field conditions. It also has a long fruiting period. The parthenocarpic variety is resistant to real and downy mildew, as well as downy mildew.

Review of the Mimino F1 cucumber from Nikolay S. from Odessa:

Sowed in open ground. About 90% of the seeds sprouted. The first cucumbers were 10-12 cm, then 8-10 cm. Tasty, crispy, without voids, well suited for preservation.

Description of the original packaging of Mimino F1 cucumber seeds