Cucumber varieties for growing at home on a windowsill or balcony (loggia) in winter, spring, summer and autumn

Have you decided to try growing cucumbers in your apartment, starting with choosing a suitable variety (hybrid)? The step is absolutely correct!

Well, then you will receive a list of the most popular hybrids and varieties of cucumbers that are specially designed (and it is written on them) or are simply suitable for growing on a windowsill, balcony and loggia.

Advice! The site also has a detailed material about how to properly grow cucumbers in indoor or balcony conditions.

What varieties of cucumbers are suitable for growing in an apartment

For successful cultivation at home, the variety (hybrid) of cucumbers must have the following characteristics:

• be maximized early (it is obvious that at home you want to get the harvest as early as possible);
• shade-tolerant (i.e. the hybrid must be initially resistant to lack of light);

However! It should be understood that the concept of "shade tolerance" is rather arbitrary. All cucumbers love light and will grow and bear fruit normally only if there is enough of it.In other words, on the north window or balcony, no shade-tolerant cucumbers will grow and bear fruit without additional highlighting!

Interesting! For example, the varieties Balkonny F1 and Urban cucumber F1 have almost the same description, however, on the packaging of the second ("Urban cucumber") it is indicated that it is shade-tolerant and suitable for a window (window sill). There is a certain logic in this, because on the balcony, the lighting is noticeably better, which means that a more shade-tolerant variety is required for growing on the windowsill. But as mentioned earlier, a sufficient amount of light is in any case necessary for the normal development of cucumber bushes.

• desirable grade not must require pollination (i.e., be parthenocarpic);

Advice! For growing in an apartment, on the windowsill (or closed loggia), should take only parthenocarpic varieties. And here on an open balcony it is no longer necessary, because there they can be pollinated by various pollinating insects (although attracting them is not always easy).

• genetically without bitterness;

In this article detailed, why do cucumbers start to taste bitter... In short, then due to improper and unfavorable growing conditions, and on the windowsill or balcony they will be just that - it is better to play it safe right away.

• There is not very much space on the balcony and even more so on the windowsill, so it is advisable that the variety was compact (weak or at least medium-sized, i.e. it grew slightly and gave few lateral shoots).

If you plant a vigorous variety, then you will have to without fail pinch, pinchcontrolling growth.

As for the choice of a particular variety of cucumbers, then on a bag of seeds there may be the note “Harvest on the window”, “For growing the house”, “On the windowsill, balcony, loggia”. It could be type "balcony" either by itself name directly for something that the variety is suitable for indoor or balcony conditions. As a rule, about this said in the instructions on the back of the package.

However! According to numerous reviews of gardeners, cucumbers are quite successful on the window without any mention of the fact that they can be grown on a windowsill, balcony or loggia. The main thing is that they are parthenocarpic, shade-tolerant and not very vigorous (preferably compact).

The best varieties of cucumbers for the window sill, balcony and loggia

It makes no sense to describe all the characteristics of each variety (hybrid), because at home, they are unlikely to get sick or they will be attacked by pests like a tick (due to dry air) or powdery mildew, which is brought in along with the soil (Therefore, it is imperative to process it, and even a purchased one!). However, the declared yield is simply unrealistic to achieve. It will be great if the cucumbers themselves can grow to varietal sizes (but it is better to pluck as soon as possible, so as soon as possible to allow them to grow next).

Notes:

• The most distinctive features and characteristics are given in brackets ().
• Shade tolerance and early maturity are characteristics that each of the varieties (hybrids) presented below possesses to one degree or another.

Varieties (more precisely F1 hybrids) of cucumbers for growing at home with speaking names (alphabetically):

• Balcony F1 (branching middle or above the average, fruits up to 6-10 cm);

• Balcony crunch F1 (without voids and bitterness, fruits up to 6-10 cm);

• Balcony miracle F1 (medium-sized and slightly branched, fruits up to 8-10 cm);

• City gherkin F1 (vigorous, active branching, fruits up to 9-12 cm);

• Home miracle F1 (compact, fruits up to 7-9 cm);

• Homebody F1 (no bitterness, fruits up to 14 cm).

• Indoor F1 (compact, fruit up to 6-9 cm);

• Indoor miracle F1 (more relevant only for Ukraine, it is difficult to find seeds in Russia);

• Window-balcony F1 (medium-sized, without bitterness, up to 14-16 cm);

• Miracle on the F1 window (no bitterness, fruits up to 6-8 cm);

Video: an overview of cucumber hybrids for growing at home (on the windowsill)

Varieties and hybrids of cucumbers, suitable for growing on a windowsill, balcony and loggia, about which said in the description on the package (alphabetically):

• F1 athlete (requires pollination, vigorous, fruits up to 18-22 cm);

• Balagan F1 (weak branching, side shoots are short, fruits up to 8-10 cm);

• Berendey F1 (without bitterness, fruits up to 12-14 cm);

• Dynamite F1 (vigorous, without bitterness, fruits up to 12-14 cm);

• Calendar F1 (medium branching, internodes on the main lash and side shoots are short, fruits up to 8-10 cm);

• Hummingbird F1 (with weakened branching, there are many side shoots, but they are short, fruits up to 5-8 cm);

• Swallowtail F1 (the main lash is long, branching is weakened, internodes are short, there are many side shoots, but they are short, fruits up to 7-11 cm).

Varieties (hybrids) of cucumbers originally intended for cultivation in greenhouses and open fieldbut, by numerous gardener reviews, suitable also for indoor growing (alphabetically):

• Openwork F1 (plant powerful, medium-branched, fruits up to 8-11 cm);

• German F1 (medium-sized, without bitterness, fruits up to 10-11 cm);

• Zozulya F1 (vigorous, without bitterness, fruits up to 20-24 cm);

• Connie F1 (medium-sized, without bitterness, fruits up to 7-9 cm);

• Courage F1 (vigorous, without bitterness and fruits - "hooks", bunch, fruits up to 12-15 cm);

• Shrub (very compact variety, but bee-pollinated, fruits up to 9-12 cm);

• Real Colonel F1 (branching below average or medium, fruits up to 12-15 cm);

• According to My Wish F1 (forms one stem with subsequent short shoots - almost does not require shaping);

• By the pike's behest F1 (single-stemmed plant, with underdeveloped lateral shoots, which means that it does not require shaping, fruits up to 8-9 cm);

• Premium F1 (medium-sized, no bitterness, up to 9-11 cm);

• Pharaoh F1 (medium-sized, without bitterness, fruits up to 10-12 cm);

• Hit of the F1 season (with medium or above medium branching, fruits up to 9-12 cm).

Wish to readers! If you have had a successful experience of growing cucumbers of a certain variety on a windowsill or balcony - share with us (write a comment) so that as many home gardeners as possible find out about it.

Thus, you just have to choose a few of the most suitable varieties of cucumbers for growing at home on a window, balcony or loggia. Focus on price and availability! If outwardly and according to the description of the variety you like is not on sale, then try some other, since there is plenty to choose from. Experiment, try different varieties.

If you are unable to grow cucumbers on the windowsill, then you should understand that not always a problem in the variety (hybrid). Perhaps you have not created the right conditions, you are not taking care of them properly.

Advice! The site already has a detailed article about how to plant and grow cucumbers at home on the windowsill.

Video: cucumbers on the windowsill - suitable varieties, nuances and rules for successful cultivation