Cucumbers gherkins

For lovers of fresh cucumbers, there is a wonderful opportunity to crunch them for at least a year. After all, grow on the windowsill cucumbers gherkins, which due to their miniature occupy little space, very easy at any time. For any holidays to indulge your family with a salad of fresh, non-green cucumbers - a real dream of every mistress.

Gherkins at home grow very well when they have enough light. If this is not the case, and the windows go to the north, they can be lightened with fluorescent lamps , prolonging the light day. Planting seeds in a box in October, you will have the first harvest by the New Year.

Since the vine occupies enough places, it will require support and a garter. The soil is taken fertile, the same as for the seedlings. Self-pollinating varieties and their hybrids, which have proved to be good for growing in an apartment, are the best.

Varieties of cucumber gherkins

To please the family and surprise guests at the winter festive meal, there must certainly be pickled gherkins gherkins. It is convenient to roll them into small jars and decorate them with a table. The choice of variety depends on where it is planned to grow gherkins. We offer the most successful of them:

1. Cucumber «Paris cornichon» - such dark green cucumber is ideal for canning. It is designed for greenhouses and growing outdoors. In length it reaches 5-10 centimeters, depending on the cleaning period.
2. Cucumber "Siberian gherkin" - cucumbers of this class are intended for both salads and canning. They have an attractive light green color with dark stripes.
3. Cucumber "Prima Donna" - this variety is grown on a window sill or a glazed balcony. Cucumbers up to 11 cm long have excellent taste at any time of the year.

In addition to these widespread varieties, you can plant such hybrids: Catherine, Olympics, Housewife, Arbat, Hit of the season, Forward. All of them have a prefix F1, meaning that the manufacturer guarantees the preservation of varietal characters only in the first generation (it is not necessary to collect the seeds of grown fruits).