Cucumber Alex: variety description, cultivation, reviews

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Cucumber Alex refers to hybrids bred by the Dutch breeding company Bejo Zaden. The variety is registered in the State Register of the Russian Federation and is characterized as early ripe, parthenocarpic. Cucumbers are formed on it, suitable for preservation and fresh consumption, salad preparation. Cucumber Alex is very popular not only in Russia, but also abroad, among vegetable producers.

Features of the variety

The hybrid is considered promising. He has a beam type of ovary, a branched bush. Fruiting begins a month after sowing. The leaves of the plant are dark green, small. The fruits are cylindrical, slightly ribbed. Flowering is predominantly female type with a high rate of ovary formation. Fruits up to 12 cm long, weighing 70 - 80 grams are formed on the Alex cucumber.

Dignity of the variety

The hybrid is characterized by early, friendly ripening of fruits. According to reviews and descriptions, cucumber Alex gives large yields- from one square meter you can collect up to 6 kilograms of delicious greens.

High yield is not the only advantage of the variety.

1. On a plant in one node can form up to six ovaries.
2. Zelentsy dense without bitterness, with a pronounced cucumber aroma and excellent taste.
3. Marketability of products - 95%.
4. Grown in greenhouses, outdoors, under temporary shelters.

Features of cultivation

Alex Cucumber can be grown in seedlings or direct seeding in the garden. In the first case, seeds are sown a month before the expected date of planting seedlings in a permanent place. Seeds do not need pre-treatment: the manufacturer treats the proposed material with special fungicides.

Direct sowing is done in well-heated soil. The density of crops is no more than three plants per square meter. When grown outdoors, bushes are not formed, but allowed to grow freely. Growing in greenhouses, plants are tied to a trellis, the whip is led into 2 - 3 stems.

Sowing seeds

Sowing seeds in the soil is done only when it warms up to the depth of a spade bayonet. Seeds are laid to a depth of 1.5 - 2 cm. To speed up germination, the bed with sowing is covered with a film.

When growing a variety in seedlings, seeds are sown in separate containers, with a volume of at least 0.5 liters. Close up the seeds to a depth of 2 cm. Water the crops every five days with warm, settled water. seed germinationoccurs at a temperature not lower than 23°.

As soon as the seedlings are 27 - 30 days old, they are transplanted to a permanent place, following the planting pattern: no more than three plants per square meter.

Care

The Alex F1 cucumber is not difficult to care for. The plant needs regular watering with warm water, fertilizing with mineral fertilizers. It is important to correctly pinch the lower side shoots above the second and third leaf.

The crop is harvested every two or three days. Irregular collection leads to a decrease in yield and loss of taste of greens.

Cucumbers are called "gluttonous" plants. They need to be fed weekly, making organic, nitrogen fertilizers. The use of the latter will allow you to quickly gain green mass. When the first flowers appear, the hybrid is fed with complex fertilizers containing phosphorus, potassium, and nitrogen in the right proportions.

To avoid the spread of fungal diseases, the reproduction of pests, it is necessary to regularly remove weeds, loosen the soil. Be sure to carry out preventive treatments of bushes in order to protect them. To do this, use preparations for aphids, copper sulfate and other means. If an affected plant bush is found, it is removed along with the root system. This action helps stop the spread of the infection.

Reviews

The positive qualities stated in the description of the Alex cucumber are confirmed by numerous reviews. The Dutch hybrid is very popular with gardeners.

Hisgrown on different types of soil, from south to north. The seed material has a high germination rate. Plants give a high stable yield under any growing conditions. According to reviews, the variety differs from others in its higher disease resistance. Despite the above, even this plant can get sick.

Diseases of cucumbers

Cucumbers can be affected by a variety of fungal, bacterial diseases. Most often, gardeners are faced with powdery mildew, mosaic, Alternaria and some other diseases.

Alternariosis is developing rapidly. In a month, the disease can destroy all plants. Most often, it affects bushes grown in greenhouses.

Signs of disease are brown spots in the center of the leaf. As the disease progresses, new spots appear that merge with each other, completely destroying the leaf.

To protect plants, they are treated with Bordeaux liquid, Oxychlor and other drugs.

In the open field, in greenhouse conditions, plants can be affected by downy mildew. The disease is characterized by the appearance of yellow spots on the leaf blade. A gray coating gradually appears.

It is possible to protect the bushes only with the timely removal of the diseased plant, the treatment with special preparations. Timely processing of plants will protect them from any diseases.