Cucumber Bettina

The Bettina hybrid cucumber variety was bred in Holland, like many other varieties. But this one has characteristics that other cultures cannot compete with. Among them are the shortest ripening times, high resistance to various weather conditions, major ailments, as well as unpretentious care.

The Bettina variety was born relatively recently. Employees of the famous breeding company Nunhems, located in the Netherlands, received the hybrid in 2007. The Dutch scientists set themselves the goal of ensuring that the new crop showed high yields in various, especially in unfavorable climates.

The result exceeded the expectations of the breeders, and Bettina, in addition to excellent resistance to temperature fluctuations, shows a record-breaking ripening period. In 2010, the Dutch hybrid joined the ranks of Rosreestr and is recommended for cultivation almost throughout the country.

Cucumbers from Holland with the beautiful name Bettina represent the gherkin group of vegetables. As already mentioned, this culture is early maturing. Farmers appreciated this hybrid variety because of the opportunity to harvest in open and closed ground, in greenhouses and greenhouses, even on a balcony or at home, on a windowsill. A characteristic feature of the culture is also the absence of the need for pollination, since this cucumber is of the parthenocarpic type.

According to the reviews of gardeners who managed to try to grow this variety, Bettina demonstrates the best yields by growing in good conditions in the middle zone, but can easily withstand significant temperature fluctuations.

The Bettina hybrid is an indeterminate plant in which the ovaries will be predominantly formed on the main stem. The bush of the culture under consideration is of medium branching. The foliage is painted in light green tones, the plates are medium, but in greenhouses they are larger. Female flowers predominate. In this case, the leaf sinuses contain from 1 to 3 ovaries.

Zelentsy gherkin type, resemble a cylinder in shape. Cucumbers have tubercles, as well as thorns, black pubescence is observed. Gherkins grow 10-12 centimeters long, and average weight 60-80 g.

The color of the cucumbers will depend on both the frequency of irrigation and the type of soil. Under normal conditions, the skin is dark green in color. If the soil is acidic, you can see stripes or spots of yellow color on the skin, but this color is the norm.

The flesh of Bettina gherkins is characterized by juiciness, characteristic crunch, while bitterness, as well as voids are completely absent, and all these qualities are preserved even after heat treatment, that is, during conservation. Since it is a hybrid, the seeds are either small and soft, or none at all. Therefore, gherkins are eaten fresh with pleasure.

Bettina is an early ripening cucumber culture. The first harvests are possible 40 days after germination.

The average yield of Bettina is 5.0 kg / m2, the maximum is up to 7.0 kg / m2.

Rosreestr zoned Bettina for almost most regions of the Russian Federation. Cucumbers from Holland grow well in the northern and northwestern, Volga-Vyatka regions, in the center and the Central Black Earth Region, in the North Caucasus. And also this is the Middle, Lower Volga, the Urals, all of Siberia, the Far East.

It is preferable to cultivate a hybrid Dutch variety on light soils, where there is no lack of moisture. One square meter of a vegetable garden or greenhouse can fit up to three bushes. Lack of lighting will not affect the crop yield at all. And also it is not necessary to perform the formation of bushes.

For irrigation, the best way is drip. But after each watering procedure, the soil must be loosened thoroughly. For feeding, the alternation of aqueous solutions of urea and mullein is excellent. The regularity of such events is once every 7 days.

Bettina is characterized by resistance to cladosporiosis, as well as TMV (cucumber mosaic virus), LMR (downy mildew). But it shows the greatest resistance to powdery mildew of the usual type.