Description of the variety of cucumbers Pencil Kids
“Pencil Babies” is an early maturing hybrid. 38-43 days after the appearance of full shoots, the first harvest can be harvested.
Fruit:
- Cylindrical, leveled shape;
- Dark green color;
- With a peel covered with large tubercles and white spines;
- With aromatic, crispy, not bitter pulp;
- Length - from 12 to 14 cm;
- Average weight - from 120 to 150 grams.
Bushes:
- Medium branched, medium tall;
- With female type of flowering;
- 4-6 ovaries or more are formed in each leaf axil.
Application area
Zelentsy is consumed fresh, used for pickling and canning.
Knitting a bear head:
1st row:
We close 6 loops into an amigurumi ring (6 loops).
2nd row:
Increase in each loop – 6 times (12 loops).
3rd row:
*inc, single crochet* - repeat 6 times (18 stitches).
4th row:
*inc, 2 single crochets* - repeat 6 times (24 stitches).
5 row:
*inc, 3 single crochets* - repeat 6 times (30 stitches).
6th row:
*inc, 4 single crochets* - repeat 6 times (36 stitches).
7th row:
*inc, 5 single crochets* - repeat 6 times (42 stitches).
8th row:
*inc, 6 single crochets* - repeat 6 times (48 stitches).
9-10 rows:
single crochet in each stitch of the previous row (48 stitches).
11th row:
*decrease, 6 single crochets* - repeat 6 times (42 loops).
Row 12:
*decrease, 5 single crochets* - repeat 6 times (36 stitches).
Row 13:
*decrease, 4 single crochets* - repeat 6 times (30 loops).
Row 14:
*decrease, 3 single crochet* - repeat 6 times (24 loops).
Fill your head with filler. We stuff it tightly, giving it the shape of a ball. If you don't stuff it tightly, you won't get a ball.
Row 15:
*decrease, 2 single crochets* - 6 times (18 loops).
Row 16:
*decrease, 1 single crochet* - 6 times (12 loops).
Row 17:
decrease until the hole is completely closed.
Characteristics of the variety
An excellent parthenocarpic hybrid - from germination to fruiting - 37 - 40 days. Can be grown both in open and protected ground. The number of ovaries in one node is 2 - 3 pieces. The fruits are large-tubercular, with a dark green color. The shape of the fruit is cylindrical, the thorns are white, the greens are 10–15 cm long, genetically without bitterness. The average weight of greens is 110 – 160 grams.
Features of the variety:
- The cucumber “Kids - Pencils” is a unique variety that does not reduce the intensity of fruiting even with changes in daily temperatures.
- The variety is resistant to: cladosporiosis, POM, powdery mildew, downy mildew.
- Zelentsy are suitable for all types of culinary processing and fresh consumption and commercial sale.
Productivity
The marketable yield per 1 m² is 15 kg.
Advantages and disadvantages
Hybrid “Kids-Pencils” has the following advantages:
- Early ripening;
- Ability to self-pollinate;
- Cold resistance;
- Immunity to diseases;
- Abundant and long-term fruiting;
- The versatility of greens and cultivation conditions;
- High levels of taste, pickling and product characteristics;
- Good tolerance to temperature changes.
Minuses:
- the importance of observing the frequency of watering and fertilizing.
Twitchy ballerina
Such moving toys made of paper with your own hands, like a ballerina, will give children a lot of impressions. To make it you should stock up on:
- cardboard;
- a piece of copper wire 25 cm long;
- paper clips.
Stage 1
Draw a ballerina on cardboard. The height of the silhouette should be within 10-12 cm. If you don’t have the talent of an artist, you can simply print out the figure of a ballerina on paper and glue the cut-out template onto cardboard, then cut out the girl.
Stage 2
Make loops at the ends of the wire through which you pass paper clips. The middle of the wire should be wrapped around the dancer's legs. The wire should be slightly moved to the sides, which will make it possible to achieve maximum stability of the product.
Stage 3
Place the craft on a stick or any other support. Make sure that the craft can stand and not fall.
Sketch of a twitch ballerina
Features of agricultural technology
How to properly grow the hybrid “Pencil Kids”:
- Cucumber seedlings are planted in a permanent place if there are 2-3 full leaves;
- Recommended planting scheme: in greenhouse structures 50x50 cm, in open beds - 30x70 cm;
- Seedlings are planted in a greenhouse in mid-May, in unprotected soil - in the last days of May - in the first ten days of June;
- The crop is grown on fertile, loose soils - sandy loam, light or medium loams, well fertilized with organic fertilizers or chernozems with a pH of 6.0-6.5;
- The optimal predecessors are: white cabbage, potatoes, green crops, peppers, eggplant, and onions.
Basic recommendations for further care of “Pencil Babies”:
- The first time the plantings are thinned out (partially) when the first full-fledged leaf is present, the second time (finally) - when there are 3-4 full-fledged leaves. The thinning procedure is mainly carried out simultaneously with weeding and loosening;
- Throughout the growing season, regular feeding is carried out, approximately 5 times. Mineral complexes and organic fertilizers are used as fertilizers. You can also feed the plantings with mullein or sodium humate. It is recommended to feed cucumbers approximately 4 times during fruiting;
- The frequency of watering is determined by weather conditions and soil type. After irrigation, the soil should be moistened to a depth of at least 10-15 cm. Water the cucumbers with warm (+20...+25 degrees), settled water;
- Hilling up the crop with moist soil promotes the formation of an additional root system;
- It is recommended to tie up cucumber vines as they grow;
- The main stem is pinched after the 6th leaf has formed;
- At the beginning of the fruiting period, greens are collected once every two to three days; during mass fruiting, the harvest is harvested every other day.
Disembarkation
Sowing occurs in early spring (April-May), transplanting into open ground occurs with the onset of June. The embryo should be planted no deeper than 4 cm.
It is allowed to plant seeds directly into open ground without prior sowing, so the depth should not exceed 2 cm. The required soil liquidus to start planting is not lower than +15 C.
To plant Malysh cucumbers, you need (barely, non-acidic soil). Preparing the site for planting work occurs in the fall. There is nothing to do to create good lighting. However, not much darkening will not harm the growth of the plant, and will even create a source of protection for the bush from the rays of the scorching sun.
Before planting, you need to dig up the soil and fertilize it with manure (there will be one bucket per 1 sq.m.). If it is not possible to fertilize with organic substances, you can use mineral fertilizers. With the onset of spring, you need to dig up the bed again and sprinkle it with ammonium nitrate.
Planting process:
- Cucumber seeds purchased in the store do not require pre-treatment before sowing. In situations where it is necessary to bring seeds that were collected independently, they are soaked in a nitrophoska solution, after which they are placed in the refrigerator for 4 hours. Processing in this way helps to harden the seeds.
- Seeds are sown in special seedling boxes or in bare soil. Also, boxes can be replaced with disposable cups. The light soil with which these containers are filled can be purchased in a store or collected from the site, and humus should be added to such soil.
- When planting seeds initially in open ground, it is necessary to carry out the procedure only with the onset of warm weather (late May - June). Near nightfall, you should cover the bed with the planted seeds with film or agrofibre.
Planting cucumbers Kids Pencils
The Malyshi Karandashi f1 variety has high yields, as does the Advans f1 variety. But for healthy and rapid growth of cucumber, you first need to prepare the garden and germinate the seeds.
Preparing the bed
Cucumber is a capricious crop and quite demanding of fertilized and moist soil. Therefore, each gardener decides for himself what exactly needs to be done before planting the Kids Pencils variety. Most gardeners are sure that fertilizing should be done in the fall.
The calculation of organic fertilizer takes into account the square meter of the plot. The approximate amount of fertilizer should be as follows: for each square meter of site, add 3-4 buckets of manure, 3-4 cups of tree ash, and 100 g of nitrophoska while digging. Over the winter, the fertilizer will rot, and by autumn there will be fertile soil, ready for sowing cucumbers.
In early spring, you need to dig up the ground, add lime to reduce the acidity of the soil, and thoroughly loosen the beds. Add mineral mixtures and nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. You can use ready-made mixtures, such as Superphosphate.
Germinating seeds before sowing
Germination of Malishi Pencils cucumber seeds is carried out before planting in open ground or before seedlings. To do this, the finished purchased seeds must first be examined for flaws. The seeds should be white, without inclusions, spots, and especially creases. Next follow the algorithm:
- Neutralize the seeds of the Malyshi Karandashi variety using a solution of potassium permanganate, aloe juice or garlic pulp. Just put the seeds there for 15-20 minutes and then dry.
- Next, wrap the Malishi Pencils cucumber seeds in a wet cloth and cover the top with the same cloth.
- Place on a plate and/or cover them with a jar.
The germination temperature should be 22-25 °C. Beware of drafts. After the sprouts appear, the seeds need to be hardened by placing them in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
How to sow seedlings
This stage is completely optional for the Kids Pencils cucumber. If climatic conditions allow, then you can plant the cucumber directly in the ground. For seedlings, you need to stock up on jars for planting seeds. Fill them with soil and humus. You can use ready-made mixtures; they usually already contain all the useful microelements.
Plant the seeds of the Malyshi Karandashi variety 2-3 cm deep, water with a small amount of warm water. In the future, irrigate only through a spray bottle. Leave in a warm, bright place until germination. The temperature for seed germination must be above 20 °C. The air must be moist. To do this, you need to place a container of water or a humidifier nearby. After 3 leaves appear, they are transplanted into the ground. The distance between the bushes should be 30-70 cm. The soil temperature should not be lower than 18 °C.
Landing in the ground
When planting bushes, adhere to an interval of 30 by 70 cm. The density should be 3-4 plants per 1 m2.
Sowing rules
Seeds are prepared for sowing in advance. They need to be sorted and soaked for 20 minutes in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection. After the procedure, the seed is washed in clean water and dried. Immediately before planting, the grains should be wrapped in a damp cloth for germination.
It is important to ensure that the fabric remains damp during this period.
Disinfection of cucumber seeds before planting
Prepared seeds are planted according to the following scheme:
- the distance between rows is 45 cm;
- interval between holes – 25 cm;
- depth of immersion of grains – 3 cm.
After planting, the bed is covered with a film, which is not removed until the shoots appear. In unfavorable weather, it is recommended to cover the emerging shoots at night so that they do not freeze in case of frost.
To obtain an early harvest in cold climates, gardeners use the seedling method of planting cucumbers. To do this, prepared seeds (soaked in a nitrophoska solution) are sown at the end of April or beginning of May in separate cups filled with a substrate of peat, humus and soil. You can also add a little wood ash and nitrophoska (1.5 tablespoons per bucket of the mixture). After 4-5 leaves are formed on the seedlings, you can transfer them to open ground.
Cucumber seedlings BabyIt is necessary that the air temperature be above +16-18°C during the daytime. At night, it is better to initially cover the bed with agrofibre to protect the plants from freezing.
When transplanting seedlings into beds, you need to carefully transfer each bush into the hole along with the substrate
The root system is poorly developed in young shoots and is easily damaged if handled carelessly
Caring for cucumbers Kids Pencils f1
With appropriate agricultural technology, the crop bears fruit excellently. To do this you need:
- water regularly once every 2-3 days (daily in hot weather);
- feed with 1:12 solutions of mullein (litter), superphosphate, nitroammophos, complex preparations (Agricola, Clean Sheet);
- create vertical trellises;
- loosen and remove weeds once every 6-7 days.
Watering
The variety Kids Pencils needs to be watered 2-3 times a week. The water should be warm and settled. Watering is carried out by drip, mainly at the root. When an earthen crust appears, it is necessary to loosen and make indentations for air exchange in the root system. This will protect against root rot. You also can’t pour cucumber into Kids Pencils; the humidity should be no higher than 90%.
Feeding
The cucumber variety Malyshi Karandashi needs to be fed 3-4 times per season. Fertilizers must include nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium. Periodic addition of organic matter is also necessary.
After planting the variety in the ground, a month later you need to fertilize it with organic means: yeast, herbal infusion, ash. And also chemicals: 4 tbsp. spoons of superphosphate, 2 tbsp. a spoon of ammonium nitrate, 2 cups of wood ash, 2 buckets of water. Water under the bush. Then they switch to phosphorus-potassium fertilizers (10-15 g per square meter). Use mixtures of superphosphate, urea, ash, tincture of mullein or chicken droppings.
Teddy Bear
I present to your attention a step-by-step process for making a moving paper toy “Teddy Bear”. The master class will be useful for primary school teachers, kindergarten teachers, and young parents who have a small child. The baby will find it interesting because the toy’s legs move with the help of a thread. In addition, mothers and fathers can make such toys themselves and introduce their children to wild and domestic animals in a playful way. Also, older children, following step by step and relying on photographic material, can make a bear cub with their own hands and give it to their younger friends. For manufacturing you will need the following material:
- sheets of colored paper in blue, red and orange; - white cardboard (1 sheet); - PVA glue or pencil; - scissors; — a coil of wire with a diameter of 0.45 mm; - a simple pencil; - awl; — a stand for making holes with an awl in the places where the parts of the teddy bear are attached; - spool of thread; — a black thin marker for drawing the eyes and nose of the teddy bear (can be replaced with black paper); - template of a toy - a teddy bear: the base of the toy, the back and front legs (elements of movement), 12 washers.
Description of work
Step No. 1. Using a pre-prepared teddy bear template, you need to cut out “clothes” from colored paper to make the toy bright. To do this, mark out the decoration elements for the teddy bear on colored paper. From orange paper - a teddy bear's nose, a blouse (upper body), from blue paper - a tie and panties (lower body).
Step No. 2. Now we cut out all the parts with scissors.
Step No. 3. Using a glue stick, glue the orange parts onto the teddy bear (nose, blouse).
Step No. 4. Then glue the blue parts in the same way: pants, tie, draw the eyes with a black marker and outline the outline of the nose.
Step No. 5. Take an awl and a stand to make holes in the parts - the legs of the toy and on the main part of the teddy bear.
Step No. 6. Take a spool of thread and cut 4 parts from it, each up to 20 cm, then fold it in half (for strength). We pass it through the upper holes into the bear's paws and tie it with a knot.
Step No. 7. To fasten the parts we will need wire, scissors and an awl.
Step No. 8. You need to cut a piece of wire about 10 cm. Then thread it like this: washer, main part (body), washer, foot, washer. We twist the ends of the wire with a spring using an awl.
Step No. 9. We managed to attach the upper and lower legs to the body in this way.
Step No. 10. On the back side of the toy we tie together the threads of the upper and lower legs. We cut off the excess threads.
Step No. 11. Now you need to connect with a thread the upper fastening of the thread, which connects the front paws, with the lower fastening of the thread, which connects the hind legs of the bear cub, in order to make movements using it, pulling it down.
Step No. 12. The toy - the teddy bear is ready to start playing!
Diseases and pests
The variety shows resistance to the following infections:
- PTO;
- MR;
- olive spot.
The hybrid is tolerant to peronosporosis.
To protect against rot, the infected part of the cucumber is smeared with chalk or wood ash, and treated with copper sulfate or lime.
If there is a risk of MR, use Fundazol or Topaz. To neutralize the bug, the bushes are irrigated with Confidor or Actellik.
Gray rot
The cause of the disease may be contaminated soil, the remains of unharvested plants from previous years and high humidity at low air temperatures. Appears in the form of wet, loose spots. Over time, all infected plant parts rot.
You can avoid the disease of the Little Pencils variety by removing last year's grass and neutralizing the soil before planting the cucumber in the ground. It can be neutralized with a solution of potassium permanganate. The following can help with the disease: Euparen multi, Trichodermin.
Fusarium root rot
The disease manifests itself in the form of wilting of the Malyshi Karandashi variety and shedding of ovaries and leaves. At the roots, the plant becomes covered with a brown coating and slowly rots. The cause may be cold water during irrigation, excessive fertilizing with mineral fertilizers.
The disease can be avoided by following proper agricultural practices. You can help with the disease by getting rid of infected areas of diseased plants and then watering them with copper sulfate. At the end of the season, completely replace the soil layer.
Pests
The appearance of pests can significantly reduce the yield and even lead to its death. Most harmful insects live in the soil and easily move to shoots lying on the ground. Let's look at the pests that are most often found on cucumbers.
Medvedka
The insect reaches a length of 7 cm and lives in the ground. Its main food is plant roots, as a result of which the shoots wither and die.
To combat the pest, you can dissolve laundry soap and washing powder in water. Pour this mixture between the plants. The mole cricket will come to the surface and can be collected and destroyed. Ready-made medications include Medvedox, Grom and Aktara. To prevent its appearance, you can plant cilantro; the insect does not like this plant.
Face design:
As already written above, we will roll the face of the bear. For this we need felting wool and a needle. It is better to pin the muzzle with a thin needle (No. 40). First, using a small tuft of beige wool, outline the contours of the muzzle.
Felt two small tufts of wool on a sponge - these are the future cheeks. Roll them to the muzzle. Another bunch is the nose.
We decorate the bear's nose with black wool. We make indentations for the eyes. Glue on the eyes.
We continue to design the face. Using a thin flagellum of dark brown wool we shade the contours of the eyes. You can also use darker fur (compared to the main tone of the muzzle) to emphasize the mouth. If you want, the nose can be made hard and shiny. To do this, first saturate it with PVA glue, and then, when the spout is dry, coat it with varnish.
So we crocheted the bear. All that remains is to come up with clothes for him.
Happy knitting! With best wishes in your creativity, the author of the toy, Anna Lavrentieva.
