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Cucumber
 


Introduction

Cucumber is a famous crop. It is contained high
water percent. This is used as a traditional food
(Curry) and as a lettice.


Climate

Cucumber can be grown in wetzone in yearround and in dry zone in maha seasone ti is grown up to 1000m mean sea level. Hot condifions are preferred. The optimam temperature is 30 c

Soil

Well drainage including high organic matters soils are suitable. The water holding capacity is sensitive to the crop. Ph rang is 5.5 -7.5 suitable.

Land preparation

Weeds are removed and 30x30x30cm holes should be made. After these holds are filled with organic fertilizers with surface soil up to heigh 10cm from earth level.

Varieties

l.y -58
Fruit is yellow, medium size cylinderical sharp.

Seed rate

1kg per hectare.

Spacing

As a momo crop - 1x1 m
As inter crop – 120x90cm

Thinning-(seedling)

After two weeks seeding should be kept in a hole and others are removed.

Fertilizer application
Urea kg/ha
Thriple super phosphrte
Kg/Ha
Muriate of
Ptash kg/Ha
Basal  fertilizer
75
200
65
After  2 weeks
75

65
After  5 Weeks
75

65

Weeding

Weeding Should be done untile the crop is grown properly.

Irrigation

Irrigation should be done carefully because water logging or high moisture contort is caused to make damages.

Pests

Battle
Fruit fly
Aphids 
White fly
Mite

Diseases

Dowry mildew
Powdery mildew
Soft rot
Arthracnose

Harvesting

When fruits became to yellow colour harvesting  should be done the yield is about 20000 -25000
Kg/ha.

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