Puccini Cucumber (Puccini F1): Characteristics
Puccini cucumber is an F1 hybrid (pickling type) cucumber variety, also sold or known as Puccini F1 or Puccini pickling cucumber. It is not a registered variety, so the facts here come from its seller and farm sources. It comes from Rijk Zwaan (distributed by Allied Botanical).
The average and top yields in tonnes per hectare come from the trials each variety went through to be registered with the NSIC, and from what the seed companies say about their own seed.
What farmers harvest today can be different. Newer harvest records, the season, the place, the soil, the water and the care all move these numbers over time.
So use them to compare varieties, not as a promise for your field. Ask your seller or your agriculturist how the variety did on farms near you in the last few seasons.
If you came here looking for Puccini F1 or Puccini pickling cucumber, this is the same cucumber. The facts below come from its seller and from farm sources, each one listed at the end. Compare it with the others in our cucumber variety finder, or see every crop variety we list. For the crop itself, read our guide: Land preparation for gourds and melons.
- Type: F1 hybrid (pickling type).
Key facts about Puccini cucumber
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Breeder or owner | Rijk Zwaan (distributed by Allied Botanical) |
| Also known as | Puccini F1, Puccini pickling cucumber, Rijk Zwaan Puccini |
| Type | F1 hybrid (pickling type) |
| Days to harvest, per the seller | first picking 25 to 38 days after sowing, then every other day |
| Yield, per the seller | 24 to 30 t/ha at pickling size, about 1.5 kg per vine (Allied technologist's figure) |
How long does it take, and how much does it yield?
Days to harvest, by the seller's count: first picking 25 to 38 days after sowing, then every other day. Yield, by the seller's count: 24 to 30 t/ha at pickling size, about 1.5 kg per vine (Allied technologist's figure). No trial on record checks these figures yet, so treat them as the seller's own and compare with farms near you before you plan a season around it.
Once you know the day count, anee.io dates every task from each lot's own planting day, with the growth stages and weather beside it.
Is it resistant to pests and diseases?
No pest or disease ratings are published for this variety. So treat it as untested, and scout every week.
The pests and diseases that hit cucumber fields most often: anthracnose, cutworm, damping off, downy mildew of cucurbits, leafminer. Our pest finder and disease finder help you name what you see.
What its seller and farm sources say
- Days to harvest: First picking 25 to 38 days after sowing, then every other day.
- Yield: 24 to 30 t/ha at pickling size, about 1.5 kg per vine (Allied technologist's figure).
- Fruit: Short and squat gherkin type picked at about 7 to 12 cm, thin bumpy skin, dark green at the stem end fading to light green.
- Season: Dry season (March sowing after onion in Nueva Ecija).
- Where: Lowland.
- Sets fruit without pollination (parthenocarpic).
- Short internodes, up to three fruits per node.
- Grown in the open after onion in Nueva Ecija, on the onion crop's leftover fertility.
Why farmers know it: the pickling cucumber grown under contract by more than 300 Nueva Ecija farmers on about 80 ha for a Unilever dressing supply chain, after Allied Botanical brought it to Bataan and Talavera growers from 2012. Check these against what farmers near you have seen, because the same variety can do differently from one town to the next.
Where and when to plant Puccini cucumber
Cucumber gives its first fruit fast, often in five to six weeks. Pick a variety bred to tolerate downy mildew if you plant near the rains. Before planting, get the field ready with our guide: Pagtatanim ng gulay.
Before you buy seed
- Buy sealed packs or tagged sacks from an accredited dealer, and check the packing date and germination rate.
- Ask your municipal agriculturist or nearby farmers how it did in your area last season.
- Try it on a small area first, beside the variety you usually plant, before you switch the whole farm.
- Write down the planting day, inputs and harvest, so you can compare varieties on your own ground. anee.io keeps these records for you.
Set the planting day of each lot and anee.io dates every task to harvest, with the weather beside it. Free on the Libre plan.
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