AgriMahiti

Varieties

Co 1, Japanese Long Green, Straight Eight and Poinsettee are mainly cultivated.

Step By Step How to Grow

1) Soil
Sandy loam rich in organic matter with good drainage and pH range from 6.5-7.5 are ideal for cucumber cultivation. This crop requires a moderate warm temperature.

2) Season of Sowing
Sow the seeds during June or January to April

3) Irrigation
Irrigate the field before dibbling the seeds and thereafter once a week.

4) Seed Rate
About 2.5 kg of seeds are required for a hectare.

5) Seed treatment
Treat the seeds with Trichoderma viride 4 g/kg or Pseudomonas fluorescens 10 g/kg or Carbendazim 2 g/kg of seeds before sowing.

6)Sowing
Sow the seeds on one side of channel giving a spacing of 0.6 m between hills. Thin the seedlings to two/hill at 15 days after planting.

7)Field Preparation
Plough the field four times and form long channels at 1.5 m apart.

Fertilizers

Apply FYM 40 t/ha as basal and 35 kg of N/ha at 30 days after sowing.Apply Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria 2 kg/ha and Pseudomonoas 2.5 kg/ha along with FYM 50 kg and neem cake @ 100 kg before last ploughing.

Drip irrigation
Install drip system with main and sub-main pipes and place the inline lateral tubes at an interval of 1.5m. Place the drippers in lateral tubes at an interval of 60 cm and 50 cm spacing with 4 LPH and 3.5 LPH capacities respectively.

Field preparation
Form raised beds of 120 cm width at an interval of 30 cm and the laterals are placed at the centre of each bed.

Fertigation
Apply a dose of 150:75:75 kg NPK/ha throughout the cropping period through split application for F1 hybrid. In respect of phosphorous, 75% has to be applied as a basal dose.

Fertigation Schedule - Cucumber (Hybrid)
Recommended Dose: 150:75:75 Kg/ha

Crop stage	Duration in days	Fertilizer grade	Total Fertilizer (kg/ha)	Nutrient applied			% of requirement
Crop stage	Duration in days	Fertilizer grade	Total Fertilizer (kg/ha)	N	P	K	N	P	K
Crop establishment stage	10	19:19:19 + MN 13-0-45 Urea	19.72 8.24 22.11	3.75 1.07 10.19	3.75 - -	3.75 3.75 -	10.00	5.00	10.00
Crop establishment stage	10	19:19:19 + MN 13-0-45 Urea	19.72 8.24 22.11	15.01	3.75	7.50
Vegetative stage	20	12-61-0 13-0-45 Urea	9.21 49.49 95.27	1.09 - 43.91	5.63 - -	- 22.49 -	30.00	7.50	30.00
Vegetative stage	20	12-61-0 13-0-45 Urea	9.21 49.49 95.27	45.00	5.63	22.49
Flower initiation to first picking	20	19:19:19 + MN 13-0-45 Urea	29.61 20.61 80.00	5.62 2.62 36.71	5.63 - -	5.63 9.37 -	30.00	7.50	20.00
Flower initiation to first picking	20	19:19:19 + MN 13-0-45 Urea	29.61 20.61 80.00	45.00	5.63	15.00
Harvesting stage	40	19:19:19 + MN 13-0-45 Urea	6.13 66.00 77.47	0.73 8.57 35.69	3.75 - -	- 30 -	30.00	5.00	40.00
Harvesting stage	40	19:19:19 + MN 13-0-45 Urea	6.13 66.00 77.47	44.99	3.75	30.00
Total Duration	90 Days			150.00	18.75	75.00	100	25	100

*75% RD of Phosphorus applied as superphosphate = 352 Kg/ha

1. 19:19:19 = 55 kg / ha

2. 12:61:0 = 9 kg / ha

3. 13:0:45 = 144 kg / ha

4. Urea = 275 kg / ha

After Cultivation
Hoe and weed twice or thrice.

Plant protection

Pests
Fruit fly
1. Collect the affected fruits and destroy.

2. The fly population is low in hot day conditions and it is peak in rainy season. Hence adjust the sowing time accordingly.

3. Expose the pupae by ploughing.

4. Use polythene bags, fish meal trap with 5 g of wet fish meal and 1 g of Dichlorvos in cotton, 50 traps are required per hectare. Fish meal and Dichlorvos impregnated cotton are to be renewed once in 20 and 7 days respectively.

5.Neem oil @ 3.0 % as foliar spray as need based

Do not use copper and sulphur dust, as these are phytotoxic.

Diseases

Downy mildew
Downy mildew can be controlled by spraying Mancozeb or Chlorothalonil 2 g/lit twice at 10 days interval. Do not use DDT, lindane 1.3% dust, copper and sulphur dust, as these are phytotoxic.

Harvest & Yield

Harvest can be done 45 days after sowing. On an average 8 – 10 harvests can be done.

Yield :

8 - 10 t/ha in 80 to 90 days for salad.

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