Cucumber variety Marinda F1: description, reviews, photos, planting and care, advantages and disadvantages, productivity

Description of the variety

The Marinda F1 cucumber variety is recommended for cultivation in the Central and Central Black Earth regions, where it is adapted to the climate and open ground can be used for its cultivation on an industrial scale.

The hybrid grows well in greenhouses and greenhouses in any region of Russia. Fans of indoor vegetable growing successfully use window sills and balconies to grow the Marinda F1 cucumber variety .

The hybrid has the following characteristics:

• Early ripening. Fruiting of cucumbers in a greenhouse occurs in the period from 40 to 55 days after the first shoots appear, in open ground - from 50 to 55.
• Belongs to parthenocarpic species (pollination by insects is not required for fruit formation).
• It is indeterminate (the growth of the main stem is not limited), but at the same time it is medium-vigorous and not thickened, making it convenient to harvest.
• It has medium-sized, light green foliage.
• Each node, with proper care, can produce an average of 5 to 7 fruits.

Fruit characteristics

• The fruits are cylindrical in shape and have a gherkin type.
• The skin is thin, dark green, pubescent, covered with large tubercles containing white spines.
• They have dense, crispy flesh that is free of bitterness and small seeds.
• The average length is from 8 to 10 cm, diameter is from 2 to 3 cm, weight is from 65 to 75 g.
• The average yield is from 25 to 30 kg/m. sq. (for a greenhouse), from 3 to 5 kg/m. sq. (for open ground).

Reviews from gardeners

Most often, inexperienced gardeners turn to reviews about growing vegetable crops. Let's introduce some of them.

“I live in an apartment, I don’t have a garden and never have had one. I wanted to grow cucumbers on the balcony. I didn’t choose the seeds for a long time, the hybrid “Miranda” caught my eye first, and I took them. Since I live in the north, I tried in every possible way to speed up the process, so I soaked the seeds before planting. There was soil at home for indoor flowers, I filled the pots with it and planted the seeds. Out of 10, 9 sprouted. My cucumbers are now 30 days old, blooming profusely and require daily watering. I think in two weeks I’ll be eating fresh cucumbers (now they’re 2 centimeters long).” Tamara, 52 years old.

“I’ve been growing Miranda F1 cucumbers for 8 years now and have never regretted my choice. The advantage of the variety is that it is resistant to cucumber diseases. The fruits are tasty, juicy, and not bitter. We eat them fresh and pack them up for the winter (whole and salads). Cucumbers can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 7 days without wilting.” Gennady, 41 years old.

“I grow vegetables in greenhouses. I prefer universal cucumbers. So that you can eat them fresh and put them in jars. I plant several varieties. One of my favorites is the Miranda hybrid. People need to keep their feet warm and their cucumbers their roots. That's why I grow them in warm beds. The bushes then develop better and faster. I water only with warm water. I add chicken manure (0.5 liters per bucket of water). For all my efforts, I am collecting a rich harvest of delicious greens.” Lyudmila, 38 years old.

Photo

Below are photos of Marinda F1 cucumbers :

Productivity and Benefits

The yield of the variety per 1 square meter is 6-7 kg. One of the advantages of vegetables is their shelf life. The collected fruits do not wither for up to 6 days, which is very convenient for long-term storage.

Advantages:

• early ripeness, well-groomed form, high yield;
• versatility in use;
• unpretentiousness, quick adaptation to weather conditions;
• disease resistance, adaptability for cultivation in both southern and northern regions;
• keeping quality, transportability;
• large formation of gherkins at the node.

Flaws:

• rapid growth of the crop;
• delicate root system;
• susceptibility to insect attack;
• susceptibility to certain types of diseases (anthracnose, downy mildew, angular spot).

Advantages and disadvantages

The Marinda F1 cucumber variety has the following advantages:

• early ripeness;
• high and stable yields due to the female type of flowering and bunch fruiting;
• excellent taste and product qualities;
• versatility of cultivation and use;
• resistance to diseases caused by fungi and viruses - powdery mildew, cladosporiosis, mosaic, scab, spotting;
• long shelf life;
• easily tolerates adverse weather conditions;
• does not require complex agricultural technology;
• The fruits are well preserved during transportation.

Among the disadvantages of the hybrid are:

• the tendency of fruits to outgrow if harvested untimely;
• susceptible to infection with anthracnose, perinosporiosis, angular spot;
• may be damaged by insect pests.

Harvest and storage

Since Miranda f1 fruits are prone to over-ripening, it is recommended to pick cucumbers in a timely manner: every day, or once every 2 days. The variety is harvested early in the morning so that the wounds have time to heal before nightfall and do not attract pests.

Cucumbers are stored in cool rooms, the temperature of which does not exceed 5 degrees. For storage, it is recommended to choose containers with holes so that the fruits of the variety can breathe and are not subject to rotting processes.

Features of cultivation

Landing

For growing the Marinda F1 cucumber variety, loose and fertile, humus-rich soil with a minimal nitrogen content is well suited. When planting , it is recommended to use a sunny, windless place, which should be changed to a new one every 3 years.

Reference! For planting, pelleted or inlaid seeds can be purchased (information about this is indicated on the packaging). The shell of such seeds is enriched with macro- and microelements that promote growth and protect young plants from diseases and harmful insects. When sowing, ensure good watering of the soil to dissolve the shell, otherwise it will interfere with germination.

The Marinda F1 cucumber variety can be planted using seedlings or without seedlings.

For the first method, seeds for seedlings are sown between March and May. Plants are grown in special containers, for example, you can use peat pots or tablets. Holes should be made in the moistened soil, the depth of which is from 1 to 2 cm, and the seeds should be placed in them. For the first time after planting , it is necessary to maintain a constant temperature of about 28°C, for which plastic film is used. Plants are transferred to a permanent place when they have 3 full leaves, this happens within approximately 30 days.

Planting pattern – 50x30 cm.

The soil is pre-fertilized with manure or humus.

The seedless method can be used in the southern regions of Russia or for growing in greenhouses in other regions. For planting, the soil temperature must reach 15-18 °C. The soil should be well moistened.

Cucumbers are planted according to the same pattern - 50x30 cm to a depth of 3 to 4 cm.

Care

Caring for cucumbers of the Marinda F1 variety is not difficult and does not require much effort from gardeners:

• Plants should be watered daily once a day in the evening, using warm, settled water. It is important to maintain sufficient, without excess, soil moisture.
• Cucumbers are fed with mineral or organic fertilizers approximately 5 times during the entire growing period. The first fertilizing should be carried out at least 15 days after the seedlings were planted in open ground. You can learn how to feed cucumbers from the article: How to feed cucumbers during flowering and fruiting.
• The formation of bushes is carried out in 1 stem. The use of a trellis or net for growing is recommended for convenience, but is not required. To do this, gartering the main stem is carried out 15 days after planting the seedlings in a permanent place.
• Above the second/fourth leaf, the side shoots are pinched, which promotes better branching and increases the yield.
• If necessary, you should spray the cucumbers with pest control agents. To combat slugs, you can use 5% metaldehyde, with mites - dispersed sulfur, with melon aphids - red pepper (10g) mixed with tobacco dust (200g), dissolved in 10 liters of hot (about 60°C) water.
• It is recommended to harvest in the early morning or evening every 3 days. This helps increase productivity.

Features of plant care

This hybrid does not require special treatment, however, generally accepted agronomic care measures still need to be carried out:

1. The main thing for cucumbers is watering. Use only warm, settled water. It is best to water in the evening, when the sun's rays stop burning the plants.
2. To increase the root system, it is necessary to hill up the stems of the plant. But be careful with loosening. The topmost roots lie no deeper than 5 centimeters. When weeding, they are easily damaged, and this will affect the health of the bushes.
3. Miranda cucumbers are highly branched varieties, as evidenced by numerous photo. Therefore, it is optimal to grow vegetables on a trellis.

4. For better development and fruiting, be sure to fertilize the vegetable crop. Alternate fertilizing with organic fertilizers and complex mineral fertilizers. Fertilizers should be applied every two weeks. You can also perform foliar feeding of cucumbers. Prepare a solution of 10 grams of boric acid and 5 liters of water and spray the leaves of the plants. Such an event will increase the amount of harvest.
5. Do not wait until the cucumbers are attacked by pests and diseases, but carry out preventive spraying of the vines before the ovary forms.

40-45 days after germination, you can begin harvesting. Do not try to pick greens, this may damage the vine! Pinch the stem with your fingernails or cut it off with garden shears.

Application

The cucumber variety Marinda F1 is universal in use. It is a highly sought-after short-fruited cucumber that can be preserved using various methods or consumed fresh. The hybrid is especially popular for the excellent taste of the fruit. High yield and excellent characteristics make the hybrid popular for growing on an industrial scale.

Watch the video! Marinda cucumbers

Care methods

Undoubtedly, agricultural technology is the main component of growing crops. Miranda f1 is an unpretentious cucumber variety that does not require special care procedures. To cultivate the variety, it is appropriate to follow the recommendations for watering and fertilizing the soil.

Watering

Water the cucumbers twice a week. All procedures are carried out with warm liquid. If there is extreme heat outside, the number of watering works increases to 3-4 times a week. The optimal time for the procedure is early morning or late evening.

After watering the Miranda plant, it is recommended to loosen it. To do this, vegetable growers take a pitchfork and carefully pierce the soil with it, trying not to damage the root system of the cucumber plants.

Top dressing

It is necessary to feed beds with Miranda bushes 2-3 times during the entire cultivation period. Fertilizing is alternated: initially, manure and droppings are applied in combination with superphosphate, ammophos, urea, potassium sulfate and ammonium nitrate, and then the soil is fed with a balanced diet.

Selection of seedlings

It is better to purchase seedlings in specialized stores or gardening centers. This way there is a guarantee that you will not be deceived with the plant variety. An alternative can be all kinds of gardening fairs, where prices for seedlings are much lower. When purchasing, ask in detail about the soil and what the seedlings were fed with.

When choosing seedlings, pay attention to the condition of the sprouts. They should have strong stems and leaves, as well as a bright green color and healthy appearance. Three-week-old sprouts are suitable for immediate transplanting into the ground.

Three-week-old sprouts are suitable for immediate transplanting into the ground.

Still, it is better to buy seeds and grow seedlings yourself. Firstly, this method will cost you less. Secondly, you will know exactly how you grew and fed your cucumbers.

Diseases and pests

Table: typical diseases of the variety

Photo gallery: external signs of characteristic diseases

Angular spotting is widespread

Downy mildew affects only cucumber leaves

Anthracnose of cucumbers is a fungal disease that affects the crop

Table: dangerous pests of Marinda F1

Photo gallery: how to recognize pests

Slugs quickly destroy cucumber leaves

Spider mites feed on both leaves of seedlings and adult crops

The root-knot nematode is particularly voracious

The whitefly attaches itself to the leaf and destroys it

Melon aphid inhibits crop development, depriving the harvest

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Landing

There are two methods of planting: seedlings and seeds. Both options are described in detail below.

Seedlings

1. Before planting, germinate the cucumber seeds (put the seeds on damp gauze on a saucer, cover with glass. After 3 days, the seeds will begin to germinate).
2. Fill special seedling containers with peat sawdust mixture (ratio 2:1) or ready-made soil mixture for growing vegetables (soil humidity should be 85%, temperature 25° C).
3. Plant seeds to a depth of 1.5 cm in March-May.
4. Cover with film.
5. After emergence (on the fifth day), reduce the temperature from 25° C to 18° C, at night to 14° C.
6. Water moderately.
7. The seedlings are ready for planting in the ground a month after germination.
8. A week before planting, begin to harden the seedlings - take containers with plants outside for several hours every day.
9. Plant according to the pattern 50 by 30 cm, depth 3–4 cm. Before planting, add organic matter to the beds - 1 bucket of compost or rotted manure per 1 square meter. m., pour 1 liter of water into each hole.

   It is better to grow cucumber seedlings in separate containers.

Stretched cucumber seedlings are a sign that the plants do not have enough light. In this case, you need to install artificial light sources.

Seeds

In heated greenhouses and when planting late, you can plant seeds in open ground (the ground temperature should be at least 15 ° C). The depth of the hole is 3–4 cm, the pattern is 50 by 30 cm. The crops need to be protected from the night cold with film.

How to understand the variety of varieties

At the very beginning, it is worth knowing how cucumbers are classified, what each type is intended for and under what conditions it can be grown. Next, we’ll look at how to choose the right seeds.

Classification of varieties

In order not to make a mistake in choosing a variety, we will tell you by what characteristics they are grouped.

By purpose

Based on this characteristic, cucumber varieties are divided into three groups:

1. Salting. These are small gherkins (up to 8 cm) with thin lumpy skin, black spines and dense flesh. They are intended for salting, pickling and other preservation.
2. Salad. The fruits of this variety are long (about 20 cm) with thick skin, few thorns and have tender and juicy pulp. These varieties are grown in greenhouses or greenhouses.
3. Universal. The length of such cucumbers is from 8 to 12 cm, their peel is thin, and the flesh is juicy and aromatic. Suitable for both preparing salads and preserving. But when salted, they may lose their crunchiness.

According to bush height

1. Short. The length of the main stem is from 50 to 100 cm.
2. Medium height. The liana reaches a length of about 1.5 m. Suitable for growing in a greenhouse, on a balcony and in open ground.
3. Tall. Such varieties are grown either in the garden or in a high greenhouse. The length of the lash can reach 3 m, so the plant needs a garter to support.

Determinate variety

Plants of this type are not tall. They can be grown both in the garden and in a greenhouse, greenhouse or on the balcony. The ovary is formed on the side shoots, so it is worth pinching the main shoot after the fifth leaf.

The harvest is given away amicably and quickly. However, you should pick off the flowers on the main stem.

Indeterminate variety

This is a hybrid variety for the greenhouse. The plant is tall and requires staking. Under good conditions, timely feeding of cucumbers and lighting, the main stem does not require pinching.

By pollination method

There are two types of cucumbers:

• Self-pollinating. Cucumbers of the parthenocarpic type are intended for cultivation both in open and closed ground.
• Bee-pollinated. The yield of such cucumbers directly depends on the presence of pollinating insects. And if the weather conditions are bad, then there may not be a harvest.

By place of cultivation

The description of the variety may indicate for which growing area this type of cucumber is intended:

• for open ground;
• for greenhouses and film shelters.

There are varieties specifically designed for growing on a windowsill or loggia.

According to the speed of maturation

There are three groups in this category:

• Early. It takes 30-40 days from germination to fruiting;
• Mid-season. Such cucumbers begin to bear fruit a month and a half after germination.
• Late. The latest harvest can be harvested from these varieties; cucumbers are usually intended for pickling.

7 rules for choosing seeds

If you don’t want to make a mistake and buy the correct, germinating cucumber seeds, then here are a few rules to follow:

1. A responsible manufacturer will always provide complete information about themselves. Therefore, find the name of the company, its address and telephone number on the bag of seeds, and do not throw away the packaging until the harvest is received.
2. The name of the crop, variety and affiliation with F1 hybrids, if any, must be present. On the reverse side there should be a description of the variety and rules of agricultural technology.
3. The batch number and GOST are indicated on the bag. Such information will tell you about the quality of the seed.
4. The expiration date should be stamped, not printed.
5. There should be information about the number of seeds in the bag, and not their weight in grams.
6. Information about germination will be an additional plus for purchasing these seeds. But a responsible manufacturer will never write 100% germination; no one can be sure of this.
7. If the inscription is found on the bag: “Do not heat, do not freeze or treat!”, then the manufacturer has already done all the pre-treatment of the seeds.