Cucumber Paris cornichon. Planting and care

Amazing vegetable culture, which is used in an immature form, is cucumbers. They are popular all over the world. Vegetables of the pumpkin family come from India. There are many varieties that differ in terms of maturation and destination. Cucumbers of salad dressing are used mainly for fresh consumption. They are included in all kinds of vegetable salads. Pickled cucumbers are suitable for canning. For this, vegetables of small size are used. Noteworthy is the sort of cucumber Paris Gherkin, which is distinguished by its universal application. It is equally good in freshly prepared salads, in pickles and in vegetable preservation. Gorgeous taste qualities have a cucumber Parisian cornichon.

Description

This variety has early maturation. Fruiting occurs forty-forty or forty-five days after planting. The plant is a bee-dusted plant. Therefore, it is grown in conditions of open ground or spring film greenhouses, in which access to insect pollinators is possible. Good yield is due mainly to the female type of flowering. Early maturation dates are perfectly combined with salty qualities.

Cucumber Paris cornichon is a dense green of small sizes. Fruits reach a length of six to eleven centimeters. They are very dense, spindle-shaped. Crispy greens are distinguished by the absence of bitterness. Short large-bumpy fruits are covered with black small spines. Conveyor fructification requires regular harvesting. Every two or three days, unripe fruit is harvested. This contributes to the formation of new greens. From one square meter with good care they take off up to four kilograms of excellent vegetable products. At the same time, the mass of cucumber reaches from fifty to ninety-five grams.

In addition to excellent taste qualities, this variety is resistant to diseases. To them it is possible to carry powdery mildew, a false powdery mildew, a scab. Cucumbers Parisian gherkin well tolerate adverse weather conditions.

How to accelerate fruiting?

This variety is grown in various ways. To each of them there correspond definite terms of seed sowing. To accelerate the production of seedlings, cucumber is cultivated in the Paris cornichon. Cultivation of seedlings allows for two weeks to accelerate the harvesting period. Seeds of cucumbers are sown in cups. This prevents damage to the root system of young plants during their placement on the bed. If there are three or four leaves, the cucumbers can be moved to the open ground. The timing of this event depends on the weather. The main condition for its implementation is the onset of stable heat. By this time the soil should warm up to twelve degrees. To avoid damaging seedlings in spring short-term air temperature drops, temporary shelters are used. In the spring film greenhouses can be planted cucumber Parisian cornichon. Cultivation in such structures allows early seeding directly into the shelter ground. This can be done at the end of April.

Planting and care in film greenhouses

Cucumber Paris cornichon is a thermophilic and hygrophilous plant. He is demanding on the fertility of the soil. This vegetable culture grows strongly, forming long whips. Therefore, when planting seedlings or sowing seeds, take into account this characteristic property of cucumbers. Density of planting should be at least three plants per square meter. Care in the conditions of unheated film greenhouses is to loosen the soil, regular watering with warm water. Every ten days, fertilizers are introduced. As a feed using slurry or a solution of urea, which is prepared at the rate of ten grams per ten liters of water. Cucumber Parisian gherkin has long whips, which in the conditions of film greenhouses are placed vertically and tied.

Landing in open ground conditions

Under the cucumber beds allocate plots with fertile soil, which has good air and water permeability. The best predecessors for cucumbers are such crops as tomato, peas and early potatoes. Cucumber Paris gherkin in the open ground is sown with pre-prepared seeds. They are deepened into the soil to two centimeters. The density of plants is five or seven pieces per square meter. Terms of sowing are determined by weather conditions. Germination of seeds depends on soil temperature. It must be at least twelve or fourteen degrees. At a lower temperature, the germination of seeds decreases. In favorable weather conditions the first sprouts will appear in seven or ten days. If the threat of frost does not pass, the beds are protected with cover material.

Cultivation and care

Vegetable beds should be kept in complete purity. We carry out regular weeding and removal of weeds. It is also necessary to constantly loosen the soil. The entire period of growth of cucumbers should be provided with a sufficient amount of water. During the formation of fruits will require constant moisturizing cucumber Parisian cornichon. Reviews of vegetable growers suggest that you should not use diffuse watering from hoses. Water should not fall on the leaves of the plant. Moisten the soil around the bushes. With insufficient watering, the leaves fade, the entire plant suffers.

An early and plentiful harvest will please a cucumber Parisian cornichon. In the period of growth and fruiting, fertilization is necessary. Gherkins will be continuously formed under the condition of adequate nutrition. It can be provided with a fourfold top dressing. The first application of fertilizers falls on the period of the beginning of flowering. To prepare a dressing for ten liters of water, you need a tablespoon of nitrophos and a glass of granulated chicken manure. During the formation of fruits, cucumbers need nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. After removing the first harvest, a second feeding is carried out. The following fertilizer applications must be performed every two weeks. For irrigation use a solution of the following composition:

• A teaspoon of potassium sulfate;
• Two cups of Mullein;
• Ten liters of water.

Growing on a trellis

The variety is characterized by medium growth of the bush. However, long enough lashes form the Cucumber Parisian cornichon. Comments of vegetable growers, fans of this variety, suggest that this vegetable culture grows well and fructifies on trellis. Those who applied this method, confirm its effectiveness. First of all, the care of the plant is simplified. Cucumber liana, fixed on the trellis, is well ventilated. Contact with the soil is reduced. This contributes to the reduction of diseases and prolongs the period of fruiting. Cucumber Paris cornichon will not be injured when harvesting. Zelentsy are not polluted by the earth after precipitation. The trellis method helps to increase the yield of quality gherkins.