Follow important tips for cucumber cultivation

Cucumber is an important vegetable crop. Its immature fruits are used in salads and pickles. Its fruit contains about 96 % water. It is a good source of sodium, magnesium, potassium, sulphur, silicon vitamins etc.
Its sowing time is suitable from February to March and June to July.
Cucumber can be grown in different types of soil, but loamy soil which is rich in organic matter and has a good drainage system, and the pH value of soil is 6 -7, is considered best for cucumber cultivation.
For the preparation of its field and good germination of the seed, plough the field 2-3 times with harrow or country plough.
The following varieties can be selected for the cultivation of cucumber- Krish, Kumud, Suvan, Saira 934 etc.
Seed rate 300 – 350 gm/acre.
It is sown on the ridges of the furrow, In which the distance between one furrow to another is 1-1.5 meters and the distance from the plant to plant is 60 cm.

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Cucumber is an important vegetable crop. Its immature fruits are used in salads and pickles. Its fruit contains about 96 % water. It is a good source of sodium, magnesium, potassium, sulphur, silicon vitamins etc.

Its sowing time is suitable from February to March and June to July.

Cucumber can be grown in different types of soil, but loamy soil which is rich in organic matter and has a good drainage system, and the pH value of soil is 6 -7, is considered best for cucumber cultivation.

For the preparation of its field and good germination of the seed, plough the field 2-3 times with harrow or country plough.

The following varieties can be selected for the cultivation of cucumber- Krish, Kumud, Suvan, Saira 934 etc.

Seed rate 300 – 350 gm/acre.

It is sown on the ridges of the furrow, In which the distance between one furrow to another is 1-1.5 meters and the distance from the plant to plant is 60 cm.