Connie's Cucumber

Connie's cucumber is a versatile hybrid suitable for growing outdoors and under temporary film shelters. It does not need cross-pollination, belongs to the parthenocarpic forms of the bush type, and has a high marketability. Also found under the name Connie F1.

The breeder A. N. Kononov was engaged in breeding the hybrid. The application for registration was submitted by the organization “Union of Seed Producers. Association of Biotechnics "from St. Petersburg. The hybrid was approved for use in 1999.

The bushes of the Connie hybrid develop according to the indeterminate type, do not stop their growth until the top is pinched. The fruits are formed in bunches. Flowering is female. The hybrid is characterized by an extended fruiting period. It will not work to collect seeds from it for subsequent sowing, so the material has to be purchased again every year.

During the harvesting period, it is recommended to remove the greens of this hybrid daily. This will provide opportunities for the successful development of new ovaries. For storage, the fruits are good enough, but provided that the temperature is maintained at about +4 degrees.

The bushes are quite large and require room for growing. They reach a height of 2 m with vertical weaving along the support. The stems are powerful. Shoots branch medium. The bushes are covered with green leaves with a wrinkled plate.

Fruits are very short, no more than 7-9 cm in length, weigh about 60-82 g, one-dimensional. The shape of the cucumber is cylindrical, the color is uniform, green, with a small tuberous surface of the skin. The thorns on the surface are white. On a cross-section, the zelenets are rounded.

Fruits are strong with crispy flesh. The taste is sweet, without bitterness, and is rated as good or excellent. There are no voids inside. The harvest can be used universally.

Connie belongs to the early hybrids. From germination to fruiting, 47-50 days pass.

The hybrid is considered fruitful. 12.8-16 kg of cucumbers are harvested from 1 m2.

Connie is suitable for growing in most regions of the Russian Federation. The hybrid is successfully cultivated in the Central and Black Earth regions, in the North Caucasus, in Western Siberia, in the Urals, in the Middle and Lower Volga.

Plants in the beds are placed with a distance of 30x70 cm, no more than 3 bushes are planted per 1 m2. In open ground, sowing is carried out in May-June. For seedlings, you can start it already at the end of April. Pre-stratification within 24 hours helps accelerate seed germination.

Connie requires special attention when choosing a landing site. It is undesirable to place the variety near bee-pollinated hybrids: this will lead to deformation of the fruits, negatively affect their taste.

The main care for Connie's cucumbers is to regularly water them with warm, settled water. The optimal frequency is once every 3 days, in the morning or evening hours. You can set up drip irrigation. For feeding, you can use a solution of manure and water in a ratio of 1:10. It is applied to the ridges 3 times a month, at regular intervals.

Connie's cucumbers do not need shaping outdoors. In the greenhouse, all shoots and ovaries that appear in the axils of the first 4 leaves are removed. Then, the lateral processes are regularly pinched, and when the height of the main stem is 2 m, the tops are also pinched. In the open field, it is enough to simply tie the whips to the supports so that the cucumber bunches do not rot from contact with the ground.

The hybrid needs a fertile soil with high aeration. On poor soils, the yield drops, in the absence of sufficient air flow, the roots begin to rot.

Planting in the sun is recommended. The hybrid is considered cold-resistant, withstands a short-term drop in atmospheric temperatures. Reacts well to light shading, which prevents foliage from burning out.

This hybrid is considered resistant to major crop diseases. It is practically not affected by root rot and powdery mildew. But he suffers from peronosporosis, which is of an infectious nature. If signs of curling and dying off of leaves appear, measures should be taken by spraying with special preparations.

Among the pests for this hybrid, aphids are especially dangerous. It can destroy most of the flower buds in the greenhouse. Also, a spider mite may appear on the bushes. When inspecting the bushes, whitish threads will be visible on them. The defeat of this pest noticeably slows down the development of fruits.

Today, Konny's cucumber is successfully produced by many agricultural firms, so summer residents do not experience a shortage of planting material. According to the reviews of amateur vegetable growers, the obvious advantages of the hybrid include the high germination of seeds: both with direct sowing in the ground and with seedlings. Plants turn out to be strong, grow well, gain deciduous mass, and bloom abundantly and amicably. Great praise is also given to the fact that the ovaries are formed in bunches, 2-4 greens in each, which has a beneficial effect on the overall yield.

According to summer residents, the Connie hybrid is very good both fresh and in salting or pickling. The dense pulp does not get wet, and the miniature size of the fruit gives the preservation a delicious look. The hybrid is not prone to overgrowth of zelents, they always turn out to be compact. Vegetable growers mention that cucumbers respond well to green herbal dressings, they tolerate return cold snaps well with direct sowing in open ground.

There are few negative reviews about Connie, they are mainly associated with the impossibility of self-collecting seed material. In addition, not all summer residents are happy with the high growth of the stems: with a close planting and the absence of supports, they are prone to intertwining branches. Among other disadvantages is the tendency of zelents to rot when in contact with moist soil.The small-tuberous structure of the surface is also not liked by all summer residents.