Cucumber "Superstar" F1

Cucumber "SUPERSTAR" F1 - LONG TYPE parthenocarpic varieties for Indoor production.
100% female. Pollination is unwanted.
A cucumber with attractive long fruit and medium growth. The plants have good growth recovery when pruned intensively.
Fruits are 25-30 cm long, dark green, with slight ribs.
"SUPERSTAR" is suitable for spring as well as summer forcing in greenhouses and tunnels.

Parthenocarpic Greenhouse cucumber. Bot.: Cucumis sativus L.

* How often do you need to water cucumbers in a greenhouse?
Before fruiting begins, plants should be watered at intervals of 3-5 days, using 3-4 l/m2, after fruiting begins - 10-12 l/m2 every 2-3 days. The main thing is to constantly keep the soil slightly moist. The bed can be covered with plastic film already during planting of cucumbers.
Is it necessary to mulch the soil near cucumbers?
Mulch will preserve and retain moisture in the soil, and will also suppress the growth of weeds. It will speed up the appearance of fruits and increase productivity. In addition to organic mulch, you can use black plastic film or a more modern covering material that transmits infrared radiation.
Do cucumbers need to be protected from heat?
Cucumbers do not like hot weather, as high temperatures not only negatively affect the quality of the fruit, but can also cause an increase in the number of male flowers.
When should you sow seeds under film?
In Estonia, cucumbers are sown from May 20 in warm beds covered with film.
When can I sow seeds in beds for growing without shelter?
When the threat of frost has passed: in the first ten days of June, you can sow the sprouted seeds in ordinary beds.
How to plant cucumbers to get a good harvest?
To get an optimal harvest of tasty cucumbers, plant them in a well-lit place in warm and drained soil with a pH level of 6-7.
Raised beds are ideal for cucumbers. Do not sow seeds or plant seedlings if there is a threat of frost or the soil has not warmed up to +15°C, since possible frosts will destroy the plants, and cold soil will slow down their growth and cause stress.
Therefore, plant seeds for seedlings at home 3-4 weeks before the expected date of planting them in open ground and be careful not to damage the delicate roots when transplanting.
Do cucumbers need to be fertilized?
Cucumbers will delight you with an excellent harvest if the soil in which they grow is enriched with organic matter in advance: add good compost or mature manure. The soil should be light and loose. After shoots form on the vines and the first flowers appear, add compost or other organic fertilizer to the rows again. Yellowed leaves indicate that the plants do not have enough nitrogen and need additional feeding.
At what distance from each other should cucumbers be planted?
If you grow cucumbers on trellises, then plant the plants at a distance of 20-30 cm from each other. Place holes with 1-2 seeds or seedlings (if you are planting seedlings) at a distance of 90 cm in a row and 120-150 cm between rows.
Plant bush varieties and hybrids at a distance of 90 cm from each other and between rows.
Why is it necessary to remove flowers and side shoots at the lower nodes?
Blinding the lower nodes is a necessary operation!
Firstly, the fruits in them grow more slowly and the harvest from these nodes is obtained in the same time frame as from higher ones.
Secondly, with the beginning of fruit filling, the growth of the root system decreases, which weakens the plants.
Thirdly, the plants are still small and they may not have enough nutrition, which will result in a failure in fruiting - the next cucumbers will not grow very soon.
Why did the cucumbers grow light, almost white?
Whiteness on cucumber fruits can appear depending on the growing conditions. In particular, heat causes fruits to “variegate” to avoid overheating. Bee-pollinated open ground cucumbers with a “Russian shirt” are most susceptible to this. Even under normal conditions they are not dark green, plus their light green stripes are quite clear and wide (sometimes even the whole nose is white from them). Although they change color, they remain just as tasty. In general, the weather is to blame for everything.
Cucumbers in a greenhouse for several years in a row have leaves covered with yellow dots, which dry out and “fall out.”
Most likely it is anthracnose or blight due to prolonged cultivation in one place. The cucumbers should change their “place of residence”. To combat these diseases, copper preparations or resistant hybrids (for example, Liliput F1) are used.