Production Guide
Adaptability: 18 – 24°C (mean monthly temperature)
Maturity: 55 – 65 days (AFTER SOWING)
Planting Distance: 50 cm X 100 cm
Plant Population (per ha): 20,000 hills
Seeding Rate: 1 kg/ha
Number of Seeds: 50 per gram
Method of Planting: best transplanted
Sowing To Germination: 4 – 6 Days
Germination To Transplanting: 7 – 14 Days
pH Requirement: 6.5 – 7.5
Harvesting:
- 6 to 8 inches long (slicing cucumber).
- 2x every week for a period of 1 month.
Potential Yield: 20 to 40 t/ha
Post harvest Handling:
- Place fruits in plastic or wooden crates with newspaper linings to minimize damage.
- Days = 13°C and 95% RH
- 6 to 8 inches long (slicing cucumber).
Fertilizer Management
- Basal (2 days before transplanting)
- 1st Sidedressing (14 days after transplanting)
- 2nd Sidedressing (30 days after transplanting)
- 3rd Sidedressing (44 days after transplanting)
- Foliar Fertilizer (60 days after germination)
- Chicken Manure (1kg/ m²)
- 46-0-0 Fertilizer (200kg/ ha)
- 46-0-0 Fertilizer (200kg/ ha)
- 46-0-0 Fertilizer (200kg/ ha)
- 46-0-0 Fertilizer (200kg/ ha)
- 14-14-14 Fertilizer (20g/ m²)
- 14-14-14 Fertilizer (100kg/ ha)
- 14-14-14 Fertilizer (100kg/ ha)
- 46-0-0 Fertilizer (10g/ m²)
