Outdoor cucumber Hermes Skierniewicki F1 - Cucumis sativus
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Early, hardy and abundantly fruitful – a classic from Skierniewice. Hermes Skierniewicki F1 is an early, very prolific Polish field cucumber variety from Skierniewice breeding. The plants produce mainly female flowers, so the fruits set densely and evenly, while high resistance to downy mildew allows harvesting until late summer, when other varieties have already finished producing. The fruits are well-shaped, green, heavily warted and do not become overly thick – just as a pickling cucumber should be.
Skierniewice varieties have been a benchmark for Polish field cucumbers for decades, and Hermes F1 is among the most resistant to downy mildew – a disease that can destroy an entire crop within a week during wet August weather. This allows Hermes to fruit for a long time and consistently. The predominance of female flowers means that almost every flower develops into a fruit, while its earliness allows the first cucumbers to be harvested as early as July, several days after the early Śremski variety.
The fruits are uniform and cylindrical, with distinct warts and firm flesh, without hollow chambers – exactly what is needed to retain crispness in vinegar brine and after fermentation. A good choice for your first homemade jars.
Sowing (May, directly outdoors): sow cucumbers when the soil temperature is at least 12–15°C – in practice, from the second half of May. Space rows 80–100 cm apart; sow individually in the row or in groups of 2–3 seeds every 15 cm, at a depth of 2–3 cm. Germination occurs after 7–14 days. For an earlier harvest, seeds can be sown in pots at the end of April and seedlings with 2–3 leaves can then be planted out.
Thinning and protection: in each group, leave 1–2 of the strongest plants. Until flowering, it is worth covering the bed with fleece or perforated film – the plants will get off to a faster start and avoid spring cold spells.
Position: cucumbers are hungry plants: they need soil well fertilized with compost or well-rotted manure, warm and well-drained, yet able to retain moisture. A mulch of straw or grass clippings reduces evaporation and protects the fruits from dirt.
Care: water regularly with warm water, at the base of the plants and preferably in the morning – plants watered over their leaves in the evening are more prone to disease. Feed every 2 weeks. Harvest the fruits every 2 days when they are 8–12 cm long; regular harvesting encourages more new fruit sets.
Hermes Skierniewicki is a cucumber for preserving in jars: in vinegar brine, as gherkins when harvested at 5–7 cm, and as classic fermented pickles with dill, horseradish and garlic. Young fruits also taste excellent fresh and as lightly fermented cucumbers. In the garden, it grows well alongside dill, beans and corn, which provides light shade during hot weather.
Varieties with a predominance of female flowers need pollen from male flowers, which they produce only in small numbers. Sow at least a few plants of a standard monoecious field variety nearby (or another variety from a neighbor's garden over the fence) – pollination will be complete, and every female Hermes flower will develop into a fruit.
| Latin name | Cucumis sativus |
|---|---|
| Variety | Hermes Skierniewicki F1 |
| Fruit color | green |
| Position | sunny, warm |
| Seasonality | annual plant |
| Outdoor sowing time | May |
| Harvest time | July–September |
| Spacing | 80–100 × 15 cm |
| Net weight | 5 g (~180 seeds) |
| Series | Traditional |
| Producer | W. Legutko |
| EAN code | 5903837451654 |
W. Legutko
Cucumis sativus
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