How to get ants out of a cucumber garden: effective methods

Ants appeared in a greenhouse, greenhouse or on a ridge of cucumbers because of their attractive aroma. Insects consume exclusively organic substances, and therefore settle here. Special structures keep warm for a long time, they are filled with food and water resources. The normal situation is when there are few ants in a sheltered structure, they loosen and nourish the soil. Much more dangerous is the moment when the number of insects increases several times, and the greenhouse turns into a large anthill.

Reasons for the appearance of ants

Before starting the fight against insects, you need to figure out why they chose this place. There are several points:

• the main reason may be the emergence of an anthill near the cucumber bed. The increased temperature of the air and soil in the cucumber greenhouse contributes to comfortable conditions for the breeding of aphids. Ants settle aphids over the plants, and then come to the greenhouse to feed on the waste of its vital activity;
• it often happens that insects make a nest on the garden bed itself. Loose soil and the presence of lush greenery create a comfortable environment for their habitation. Garden pests do not build large "huts", so it is not easy to find their home. As a rule, small burrows are visible on the surface, and the main dwelling is located underground.

Landing rules

The cucumber "Ant F1" should be planted in the last days of May. In this case, you can use both seed and seedling methods. Seeds should be sown prepared and soaked when the threat of frost passes and the soil warms up to 10 ... 12 ° C, according to the scheme 50x30 cm, to a depth of 3-4 cm. Seedlings are planted according to the same scheme.

Cucumbers of this variety require light and maximally fertile soil. Planting seedlings should be carried out when the plants have at least four open leaves, which usually do not appear until the third week. Cucumbers have a superficially located root system and are very thermophilic, so the soil must be warmed up, and the air temperature cannot be lower than 18 ... 20 ° C.

Seeds are sown in planting holes, sprinkled on top with fertile and breathable soil, and then watered with warm water; seedlings are planted vertically and watered abundantly. Cucumbers planted in open ground must be covered with foil.

Seeds are sown for seedlings in April, in greenhouse soil - in May, and outdoors - at the end of May or in the first days of June. The seedling method is recommended in those regions where frosts end late.

For seedlings, you will need a nutritious, organic-enriched substrate. It can be purchased at the store or made from garden soil, sand, peat (1 part each) and humus (2 parts). Seedlings are sown in containers with a diameter of 10-12 cm, preferably peat ones, since they allow not to injure the root system when transplanting into the ground.

Before germination, the seedlings are provided with a warmth of about 25-27 degrees. When shoots appear, transfer the pots to a cooler room and provide them with a day of light for at least 10 hours.

The optimum temperature for seedlings is 18-20 degrees. If it exceeds 23, the shoots can stretch out, become weak, and in the future it is difficult to take root in the open field.

Twenty-day seedlings can be transplanted to the garden bed if the soil has warmed up enough (at least 14).

To sow seeds directly into the soil, organic fertilizers are introduced into it in the fall and carefully dug up.

You can not plant cucumbers where, for 3-4 years before they grew zucchini, cucumbers, pumpkin, squash, melons, watermelons.

Help and harm from ants in the garden

Insects that have settled in a cucumber garden bring not only harm, but also benefit to plants.

Help of ants on the site:

• the remains of the vital activity of insects enrich the soil with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Substances are introduced into the soil in a form that is easily assimilated by plants;
• during the construction of the anthill, insects loosen the soil, improving its structure;
• in places of residence, ants destroy beetles and caterpillars that harm plants.

Harm from ants in the garden:

• many species of ants are bred on the site by aphids, sucking sap from plants. The invasion of sucking insects in greenhouses or hotbeds is especially dangerous;
• insects eat the plants planted in the garden, destroying the seeds of the cucumbers. Ants can also eat seedlings;
• insects carry weed seeds around the site;
• in the habitat of ants, the soil becomes acidic. This depresses the plants;
• during the construction of nests, ants eat the roots of plants;
• insect bites are hazardous to health. They are very painful and can cause an allergic reaction.

What to do with emerging ants in a greenhouse with cucumbers? The benefits brought by insects are repeatedly overlapped by the harm from them, so gardeners are trying to get rid of pests.

Do I need to fight ants?

It is not so scary if ants live in a greenhouse in small numbers. They are even useful for the greenhouse ecosystem: they loosen the soil, help it saturate with mineral and organic elements, and eat some pests.

However, the ant family multiplies quickly, and in a couple of growing seasons the greenhouse runs the risk of turning into an anthill. Overly multiplied insects cause many problems:

1. Constantly plying between the greenhouse and the open part of the backyard, ants pick up weed seeds, transfer them to the greenhouse soil.
2. As a result of its vital activity, a large ant colony continuously releases special substances that increase the acidity of the soil. Cucumbers and other greenhouse crops do not like acidic soil.
3. Ants need to consume a lot of sugars for full life. Therefore, they protect and take care of the aphids, which suck the juices from the plants and then release the sweet liquid. They are also called "shepherds" of aphids. If you do nothing with aphids, then it will be almost impossible to cope with ants.
4. Ants eat cucumber seedlings: they gnaw off the cotyledons from the seedlings, and as a result, the young plant dies. They are also able to eat sown cucumber seeds, as a result, the harvest will be lost.
5. Herbivorous ants are able to suck sap from the stems of adult plants. As a result, the cucumbers begin to wither, the vines hardly develop, and the fruiting period becomes shorter. Depleted cucumbers give almost no fruit, the quality of the harvest leaves much to be desired.
6. The anthill located in the ground does not allow the roots of the cucumber to develop fully. If the ant's dwelling is inside the root system, then the plant withers.
7. The bite of adult insects is quite painful. Gathering ripe cucumbers among the greenhouse anthill is a real torture.

Insect control methods

Over the years of fighting insects, many options have been developed for their extermination. All of them can be divided into several groups. Each of the methods of struggle is effective in its own way; gardeners choose the most suitable one in order to save the harvest.

Mechanical methods

Based on the destruction of the ant's nest. To do this, do the following:

• insects are attracted by the smells of rotten wood, the remains of slate and roofing material. By removing objects attractive to them from the soil, you can get rid of insects;
• finding a nest, they dig it up and destroy the uterus, radically solving the problem.

Chemical control methods

When using chemical methods of fighting ants in a greenhouse with cucumbers, the soil is treated with poisonous substances that destroy insects in a short time. A high concentration of pesticides can damage the plants in the garden. Some of the preparations are toxic to humans and animals and are not applicable during the ripening of cucumbers.

The most common drugs are:

1. Dr. Kiaus Insect Super. The product is sold ready-to-use, packaged in bottles. A spray head or spray hose is attached to the threaded part of the neck. The drug successfully destroys ants and their larvae in a greenhouse with cucumbers.
2. Ant Powder Delicia. The product is intended for soil cultivation and the destruction of insects in summer cottages and apartments. Powder is poured into nests and paths along which insects move, or they are used to guide solutions to destroy ants in a greenhouse with cucumbers. After application, insects die in 10-15 days.
3. Karbofos. The classic pesticide has a pungent unpleasant odor and reliably destroys all insects within three hours. To remove the ants from the greenhouse with cucumbers, the powder is dissolved in water according to the instructions and the soil is treated with a spray bottle in the garden where the cucumbers grow. The spray effect lasts for 5-15 days.
4. Muravyin. To get rid of ants in a greenhouse with cucumbers, Ant granules are scattered along the path of insects. The insects feed on the bait and bring it to the uterus nest. After 20 days, the colony dies of poisoning. The ant does not have a pungent odor, and is harmless to plants and other insects.
5. Muratox. To remove pests, Muratox powder is poured to measure and mixed in water. The solution is poured over low lids from cans and left in the path of insects. The sweet taste of the bait attracts ants. Mass death of pests begins in three days. The finished solution retains its properties for a month.

Growing

The description of the Ant f1 variety from the manufacturer is quite promising. Breeders have concluded valuable qualities for gardeners in one hybrid:

• high taste;
• limited branching of the bush;
• reduced exactingness to weather conditions;
• parthenocarpicity;
• resistance to standard diseases of cucumbers;
• early maturity;
• small size and neat appearance of the fruit;
• suitable for open and protected ground.

Prevention of the appearance of insects

Ants choose places for settling where aphids will breed comfortably. Therefore, the prevention of the appearance of an anthill in the garden or in the greenhouse comes down to regular control of it. To do this, you need to do:

• during planting maintenance, regularly remove plant residues. Diseased plants are burned, weeds weeded out are stored in compost heaps;
• regularly get rid of weeds that serve as a forage base for aphids;
• to place cucumber beds away from favorite aphids of plants: poppy, viburnum, mallow, linden;
• inspect cucumber whips regularly for sucking insects. If necessary, plants are treated with aphid remedy;
• aphids start and reproduce better in a hot, humid room, so the greenhouse is periodically ventilated;
• to destroy the larvae of aphids before using the greenhouse, treat all wooden parts with caustic soda or bleach. After harvesting, treat the greenhouse with a mixture of insectoacaricide and 40% formalin solution.

Ant infestation is a serious problem in a cucumber patch. Insects can destroy seeds and damage cucumber seedlings, so constant pest control is essential.For the destruction of insects, you can choose any method, the main thing is not to damage the plants and crops.

Ants are one of the most common insects in the world. Settling in soil layers, they loosen it, enriching it with oxygen and nutrients. In addition, these crumbs destroy harmful insects, as well as their eggs and larvae. However, no matter how useful insects may seem, by their presence they are capable of causing serious harm to the garden or vegetable garden. The fact is that ants not only protect the colonies of aphids - a dangerous enemy of green spaces, but also contribute to its spread. They also oxidize the soil and harm plants by gnawing young shoots and flower stalks. Therefore, where red or black ants settle, gardeners should expect big trouble. How to get rid of ants in a cucumber garden, this article will tell you.

Cucumber ant F1 - description

Cucumber variety Ant F1 obtained by Russian agro breeders. The Latin letter f and the number 1 after it indicate that this variety is hybrid, that is, obtained by crossing two different mother varieties.

F1 ant seeds

Hybrids in their total mass differ from varietal cucumbers in greater endurance, resistance to pests, diseases and adverse weather conditions.

The work on their removal requires a lot of painstaking work and several months of work. Therefore, they are more expensive than simple varieties.

The only drawback of hybrids is the inability to grow new specimens from their seeds, since after planting they give many babies with different qualities, much inferior in level to the mother plants.

The advantages of the variety make it stand out even among hybrids. This variety is distinguished by its faster ripening among the early ripening ones.

A bountiful harvest at minimal cost has a high taste. The fruits are used fresh and as preparations for canning for the winter.

One of the advantages of the hybrid is the lack of bitterness in the fruit, which less than half of the varietal varieties of cucumbers can boast of. This quality was laid down at the genetic level.

In 2003, Ant F1 was entered in the state register of breeding achievements of Russia.

Its distribution has successfully passed over the entire western part from the Baltic Sea to the mountainous regions of the North Caucasus and the steppes of the Volga region.

This hybrid is recommended to be cultivated on a personal farm or in the course of small-scale farming.

Some experts argue that growing the F1 Ant cucumber variety is possible even at home on a balcony or windowsill. But the bulk of the crop is obtained as a result of greenhouse care, less often - planting in the open field.

Bushes of Ant F1 during the growing season reach an average height. Plants do not require insect pollination, that is, they are parthenocarpic. The indeterminacy property consists in the unlimited growth of the main stem only with a flower brush.

The medium-sized leaves of adult specimens are dark green in color, slightly wrinkled on the surface and waviness at the edges.

In open ground, planting density is recommended in the range from 3 to 5 specimens per square meter of area, in greenhouses a little less often - from 2 to 3.

After mass shoots have appeared (a little less than a month and a half), fruiting begins.

Excellent harvest of cucumbers

Female flowers are formed in ovaries by the type of bunches - each can contain up to 7 pieces.

The characteristics of cucumbers determine their appearance and taste. Small fruits weighing 100-110 g reach 11 cm in length and 3 cm in diameter.

Cucumbers of the described variety have weak ribs and large tubercles on the surface of the fruit.

The skin is green, with parallel white stripes starting from the top of the fruit and ending in the middle.

This variety has a light green pulp of medium density. Up to 12 kg of crop can be harvested from one square meter of planting.

The disadvantage of this variety can be considered a relatively short fruiting period.

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What to do

The question of what to do if ants are bred in cucumbers arises among those who once discovered an invasion of insects on cucumber beds. There are many different ways to get rid of insects in your garden. However, the effectiveness of each of them is different.

Ants on cucumbers

You can fight ants mechanically, using chemical or folk remedies. The combination of these methods will help to achieve great results.

Industrial poisonous drugs

In the case when almost all the options have been tried, and the ants in the greenhouse with cucumbers continue their harmful activity, then it is worth resorting to more radical measures - industrial pesticides.

Most often, drugs are used, the main component of which is diazinon (a highly active organophosphorus chemical compound), which causes damage to the nervous system in insects and, as a result, paralysis. These drugs include "Thunder - 2", "Muratsid", and "Anteater".

There are many different ways to get rid of these insects, and if ants in cucumbers appear on the site, experienced gardeners and time will tell you how to get rid of them.

Mechanical method

You can remove ants from the cucumber garden in the following way. It is enough to find a nest of insects, and with the help of a shovel, take it to a distant place. This method is acceptable if the anthill is small.

You can also fight ants in a cucumber garden in another way. To empty the ant's nest, you need to cover it with something. The fact is that insects prefer to build their homes in an area open to the sun's rays. In the absence of heat, the pests will leave the anthill in a few days.

In order to prevent pests from eating cucumber seedlings in the garden, the area where the pests are located can be watered with a decoction of tomato leaves, sprinkled with soda ash, ash, millet, semolina or quicklime. You can also use flaxseed oil and soda for these purposes. Treating the land with such a solution will help protect the cucumbers in the garden from pests.

There will be no ants on cucumbers if you regularly loosen the soil. Well-groomed beds are not to the liking of insects.

Destruction of the anthill in the garden

The construction of a water barrier will also help prevent pests from entering the cucumber beds in the greenhouse. To do this, you need to dig a small trench and cover it with cellophane wrap. From above, the structure is fixed with stones. Ants will not be able to overcome a trench filled with water and, accordingly, enter a greenhouse with cucumbers.

Care features

Cucumber Ant F1 grows well regardless of the growing method you choose. With the seedling method, the yield of the crop comes faster. Cultivation principles:

• sowing seeds in uncovered soil is carried out when the soil warms up to 15 degrees or more;
• start of growing seedlings - 20-25 days before the planned day of moving to the garden;
• seeding depth - 1.5 - 2 cm;
• no more than 3 plants are placed in greenhouses per 1 m2, and a cucumber is planted in open soil with a density of 4 - 5 units / 1 m2;
• the main lash is constantly straightened and tied, pinching is not required.

Seedling

It is transplanted to the garden bed when the bushes get stronger and they have 3-4 leaves. In the open field, 2-3 plants are planted per 1 sq. m, in greenhouses it is possible up to five (subject to the formation of a bush and a garter to vertical supports).

Bush formation

The stems of this hybrid do not need to be pinched and pinned. Formation consists of tying to a support and arranging the branches so that each receives enough light.

The cucumber is watered once or twice a week, but more often if the weather is hot and dry. The soil should not be allowed to dry out, since the roots of the cucumber pass at the very surface, which may suffer. But it is also unacceptable to flood the plant so that fungi do not form. Good ventilation is necessary in the greenhouse.

Watering is required in the morning or evening.

The water is heated to 24-25 degrees.

Top dressing

A cucumber needs at least three additional dressings per season, depending on the degree of depletion of the soil. The first is carried out 2 weeks after planting the seedlings in the ground. A liter of manure is dissolved in a bucket of water and one and a half glasses of ash are added. 500 ml of the mixture is poured under the roots.

Then, in turn, solutions of mineral fertilizers and organic fertilizers are introduced - manure, fermented nettle, chicken droppings.

The soil is regularly loosened gently, weeds are destroyed.

Cucumber "Ant F1" is grown according to standard technology. To ensure good care for him, it is necessary to carry out at least three dressings for the entire vegetative period. Supporters of obtaining environmentally friendly vegetable products use non-chemical fertilizers for fertilizing: mullein, bird droppings, wood ash and nettle infusion.

The organization of the correct watering of cucumbers allows you to get the highest and highest quality harvest. Only warm water is used for irrigation. The preferred method is drip irrigation of the beds: for this you can use ordinary plastic bottles filled with water with fertilizers, or a garden hose with holes.

It is necessary to weed cucumbers in a timely manner so that weeds do not take a significant part of the nutrients from the vegetable crop. Mulching the ridges allows you to reduce the frequency of weeding, reduce water consumption during irrigation. In addition, mulch beds do not require loosening. When growing cucumbers, it is necessary to carefully control the thickening of the plantings and remove the weakest and most poorly formed plants.

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Using folk remedies

Many gardening enthusiasts prefer to use folk remedies for pest control in cucumber beds, since they are much safer than chemicals.

1. Ants will not be able to eat cucumber seeds if there are beds of onions, mustard, or parsley in the greenhouse. The specific smell of these plants scares away insects.
2. Garlic, cinnamon, bay leaf, elderberry and mint have similar properties. These condiments can be used when the cucumbers are planted in barrels. It is enough to spread them around the container and you can harvest a good harvest from the cucumber barrel.
3. Vegetable oil is poured into the anthill with a syringe. After 2-3 days, the pests will leave the territory.
4. A mixture of boric acid with honey or sugar is an excellent bait for pests. It is laid out along ant paths and in places where insects accumulate. It is important to limit access to poisoning for children and pets.
5. Borax and yeast baits have similar properties. They are mixed with jam, honey or sugar. Ants will not give up on minced meat or eggs. Ready-made baits are used in a similar way.

Every season, gardeners in their beds and in greenhouses with cucumbers observe the appearance of insects - "hard workers" - ants. Neighborhood with them has its advantages, but, of course, also disadvantages. Before you start expelling ants from your site, you need to find out what they do more good or harm.

Testimonials

“Gardening is my hobby. Every season I try to plant new varieties of cucumbers. Last year I planted "Ant". I want to note its positive qualities: unpretentious to care, excellent taste, resistance to disease. " Daniel, 64 years old.

“I used to plant cucumbers with seeds collected from my garden, and 2 years ago I planted the Ant variety with purchased seeds. I was delighted with almost one hundred percent germination and undemanding care. The bushes have grown strong and healthy. Gherkins are marinated perfectly. For those who are going to use them only fresh, I recommend planting them in several stages, since the fruiting of the bush ends quickly. " Elizabeth, 41 years old.

Help and sabotage of ants in borage

Therefore, if ants appear, then first of all, than to start fighting them in different ways, you need to take into account all the advantages and disadvantages of the reproduction of these insects in the beds and in the greenhouse with cucumbers.

Therefore, the benefits:

• Loosening the soil. During the construction of anthills, these insects loosen the upper layer of the soil, while a lot of air enters the roots of the plants and oxygen saturation occurs.
• Destruction of harmful insects. Ants are good orderlies of the garden, clearing it of spider mites, larvae and caterpillars of other pests.
• Enrichment of the soil with useful microelements (potassium, nitrogen), as well as humus. This is due to the vital functions of the ant colony.

Negative sides of finding ants in the area with cucumbers:

• Ants eat cucumbers (seeds and seedlings), causing them to die.
• Plant depletion due to aphids. For the life of ants, glucose is needed and for this they are an animal for themselves - aphids, with which they "milk" this substance.
• Aphids are grazing plants from which they consume "vital" juices.
• Soreness of ant bites. In defense, the ant can bite painfully by injecting its acid, which causes an acute allergy. Especially children and people who are prone to various allergic reactions can suffer from bites.

Seedling preparation and planting by seeds

It will be correct to prepare a nutrient mixture for feeding. Ready mixes are sold in the store. For better germination, soak the seeds for 3-5 hours. It is not necessary to disinfect. During production, they undergo the necessary disinfection.

Seedlings are planted in the ground at a soil temperature of 10-15 degrees. At the same time, there should be 3-4 true leaves on the sprout.

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This hybrid can be planted as seeds directly into open ground. But it is important to remember that ripening will come a little later than when planting seedlings. Place 3-5 plants per 1 square meter, with the expectation that if one of them dies, this will not affect the main crop. Planting depth - 3-4 cm. At first, cover the planted seedlings with plastic wrap to protect them from possible frost or drying out of the soil.

Planting and caring for an Ant is similar to growing other indeterminate varieties. It is important not to frequent the seedlings when planting and place them in a ratio of 3 roots per 1 m². If a cucumber is grown in a greenhouse, then its height and volume matter. The peculiarities of plant weaving involve the installation of poles or props. Sunlight is the main condition for the correct development and growth of a hybrid.

Ants in the greenhouse and in the garden: what to do

There are many ways that can be effective against these insects. Each gardener chooses his own option, but you should not forget that the effectiveness of any method may be different.

All these funds are divided into a number of categories: mechanical, with the use of chemicals, combined and the use of industrial poisonous drugs.

Mechanical methods

To get ants out of the cucumber garden using the physical method, then, first of all, you will need to find their places of deployment. These insects do not like darkened areas, they gladly dig the passages of their nest in a place not protected from the sun under the leaves of plants.

If the search for an anthill was successful, then it should be carefully taken on a shovel, transferred to a suitable container along with the queen bee and eggs, and taken out of the cucumber garden.

Watering the nest with boiling water, kerosene, decoction of tomato leaves, sprinkling with ash, quicklime or soda ash is considered a good method. Many gardeners, in order to save the seedlings of cucumbers, water it with soda water, but you need to be quite careful with this method, since soda can burn young plants. The best solution would be to use a solution of baking soda with the addition of linseed oil before planting cucumbers, spilling the prepared soil.

Ants do not strongly prefer to group in well-groomed areas, therefore, it is recommended to loosen the soil as often as possible, and in the spring and autumn - to dig the garden thoroughly. Very often, folk remedies such as filling an anthill with millet or semolina are also used. What is strange, but they bring results - insects leave and do not return.

Folk remedies for ants

Chemicals are mainly used to prepare various baits that will help get rid of ants in a cucumber patch. These include:

• Use of boric acid. It is mixed with sugar or honey and displayed in a small container on the ant paths. But you need to make sure that the ants can get to it, but children and pets cannot.
• Baits impregnated with brown, yeast. These poisonous components can be mixed with any sweet substance (honey, jam, molasses), as well as with boiled egg or minced meat. It is known that ants are omnivorous insects, and they will gladly feast on poisoned baits.
• Aphids must be removed from the greenhouse with cucumbers. Ants will lose their main food source and leave the territory. Of the chemicals against aphids, spraying cucumbers with "Karbofos" gives a good result.
• The use of smells. Ants are afraid of the smell of such plants and spices: cinnamon, garlic, onions, mustard, wormwood, bay leaves, mint, and elderberry. You can plant mustard and garlic next to the cucumbers, and then the ants will bypass such an area.
• To protect the sown cucumber seeds from ants, it is necessary to pour black pepper into the holes with the seeds, or better, together with red hot pepper.

Description of the variety

Ant cucumber variety says:

• That this is an early ripening hybrid, from germination to the emergence of fruits, in general, 37-38 days pass. This species belongs to narrow-branching cucumbers, its side processes are short.
• Ovaries appear in plant areas under conditions of optimal illumination. Zelentsy are distinguished by their characteristic large-tuberous type, rounded configuration, small volumes (9-12 cm), spectacular emerald color and snow-white thorns.
• They have a nice taste without bitterness, suitable for use in the freshest and canned version.

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Combined options for the destruction of the anthill

These include mechanical methods in half with a chemical analogue. You can put a dark cloth in a bucket, with sugar poured on it or soaked in molasses and place it near the ant's nest. Soon, the uterus with its family will move into this container, and after that it will be possible to safely take it out of the site.

To protect cucumbers from ants, you can spray them with a mustard solution, which is infused for three days. Also, these insects can be scared away by simply mustard powder scattered on their way.

There is another effective way to get ants out of a greenhouse with cucumbers: for 10 liters of water, take 2 cups of vinegar, vegetable oil and shampoo, stir well and pour into the ant's nest, and then cover with a dark oilcloth. Within a week, "unwanted" neighbors will leave the greenhouse.

Characteristics of the variety

Ant cucumbers belong to ultra-early ripening hybrids and produce a crop on average 37-38 days after germination. Forms indeterminate medium-growing plants with low branching, female flowering. The number of ovaries in the nodes is 3 or more. Leaves of mediocre volume, greenish color, slightly wrinkled with slight waviness at the edges.

This hybrid is considered parthenocarpic. The length of marketable greenery is 8-11 cm, weight is approximately 100-110 g. Fruits are large-lumpy, rounded-tubular, with crispy and rich pulp without bitterness and voids.

Diseases and pests

Breeders have laid in the f1 Ant cucumber variety an enviable resistance to the main diseases of this plant species. The strong man does not care about the virus of ordinary cucumber mosaic, olive spot and powdery mildew do not take it. In addition, the cucumber Ant is tolerant of downy mildew. Such characteristics are appreciated by vegetable growers, and the hybrid is invariably popular.