Common varieties of Cucumber and their growth habits

Cucumber is a kind of vegetable that we often eat in our daily life. it can be eaten raw or fried. Now basically every household in rural areas will plant cucumbers, and there are many farmers who want to grow cucumbers in a large area to get income. I don't know which variety is the best. The editor of Nongxun Network will introduce several common cucumber varieties.

Green cucumber

Green cucumber is a hybrid variety developed in the later stage, and now most of the cucumbers on the market are green cucumbers. Green cucumber is turquoise, and the taste is very crisp, is also too long, is a very long. The tender green cucumber is still crisp and refreshing, but when it is a little old, it tastes very strange. For example, Yuanfengyuan No. 6 cucumber: produced by Yuanfengyuan vegetable Research Institute in Xiaxian County, Shanxi Province, the first generation hybrid, mid-early maturity, strong growth, main side vine melon, high female flower rate, straight melon strips, dark green, glossy, melon length 35 cm, white thorns, thorns are dense, melon handle is short, good quality, high yield, 5000 kg per mu. Suitable for planting in spring, summer and autumn.

2. North China cucumber

North China cucumber, also known as water cucumber, its growth is not very good, cucumber leaves are very large, suitable for growing in a humid environment. There is the North China cucumber its fruit is relatively slender, the appearance of the thorn is also long very dense, the color of the thorn is white, the skin is very thin, the cucumber meat is crisp, delicate.

Third, white cucumber

White cucumber is actually the earliest variety of cucumber, and it is also what we often call local cucumber. What distinguishes it most from other cucumbers is that its skin is yellow and white. In addition, white cucumbers are generally shorter than other cucumbers, but they are bigger as a whole, and they are not easy to grow old, and they are also very tender.

IV. Euro-American type

Distributed throughout Europe and North America. Luxuriant stems and leaves, cylindrical fruit, medium size, sparse tumor, white thorn, light taste, ripe fruit light yellow or yellowish brown, there are Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, North America and other varieties. Greenhouse cucumbers in Europe and the United States are distributed in Britain and the Netherlands. Luxuriant stems and leaves, tolerance to low temperature and weak light, fruit surface smooth, light green, fruit length up to more than 1250px. There are British greenhouse cucumbers, Dutch greenhouse cucumbers and so on.

Fifth, small cucumber

Distributed in Asia and Europe and the United States. The plant is short and strongly branched. Many flowers, many fruits. The representative varieties are Yangzhou long milk cucumber and so on.

6. Chunhua No. 1

The hybrid variety selected by Qingdao Academy of Agricultural Sciences showed a total yield of 2896 kg per mu in the spring shed comparison test in 2008. The production test in 2009 has a total yield of 4601 kg per mu. It passed the variety approval of Shandong Province in 2010, and the approval number is 2010051. Although it is a South China type cucumber, it is also suitable for planting in Shandong, where the North China type is the main cultivation area.

It is an early-maturing variety. It takes about 52 days from sowing to first harvest. The growth potential is strong, the leaves are dark green, and the main vine is mainly melon. The melon is short cylindrical, the skin color is light green, the melon strips are straight, the surface of the melon is smooth without furrow, the tumor is white, small and rare, the melon length is about 18 cm, the transverse diameter is about 3 cm, the length of the handle is less than 1 inch, and the average weight of a single melon is 152 grams. The commodity and flavor quality are good.

To sum up, today's cucumber varieties are introduced. In fact, the selection of cucumber varieties should not only consider the characteristics of the varieties, but also according to the local climate. When buying seeds, we must go to the regular store.

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