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Cucumber(Cucumis sativas L.); Cucurbitaceae

Japanese Long Green, Straight Eight and Poinsette

KPCH 2, Pant C 2

Sandy loam rich in organic matter with good drainage and pH range of 6.5-7.5

Plough the field four times. Form long channels at 1.5 m apar
Sow the seeds during June or January to April at 2.5 kg/ha after treating with Trichoderma viride 4 g or Pseudomonas fluorescens 10 g or carbendazim 2g/kg on one side of channel giving a spacing of 0.6 m between hills. Thin the seedlings to two per hill.
Irrigate the field before dibbling the seeds and thereafter once in a week
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 Pseudomonas 2.5 kg/ha along with FYM 50 kg/ha and neem cake @ 100 kg/ha before last ploughing.
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.
Form raised beds of 120 cm width at an interval of 30 cm and the laterals are placed at the centre of each bed.
Sow the seeds at an interval of 60 cm distance at the centre of the bed along the laterals. Sow the seeds in polybags @ one per bag for gap filling. Spray pre emergence herbicide like fluchloralin 1 kg a.i. or metalachlor 0.75 kg a.i./ha on third day of sowing.
Apply a dose of 150:75:75 kg NPK/ha throughout the cropping period through split application for F1 hybrid. In respect of phosphorus, 75% has to be applied as a basal dose.
Hoe and weed twice or thrice

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. Install cucurbit fruit fly trap @ 4/ acre

5. Neem oil @ 3.0 %
Do not use copper and sulphur dust, as these are phytotoxic


Aphids & Jassids : Spray Imidacloprid 70 WG 1.0g/10lit

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

Crop Growing districts                    Kanyakumari, Dindigul, Tirunelveli,Theni
Major markets in Tamil Nadu         Periyar Vegetable Market, Koyambedu, Chennai Gandhi Market, Oddanchathiram Natchipalayam                                                                                vegetable market,Coimbatore

Cucumber (Hybrid)
Recommended Dose: 150:75:75 Kg/ha
Crop Stage
Duratio
n in
Days
Fertilize
r Grade
Total
Fertilizer
(Kg/ha)
Nutrient Supplied % Requirement
N P K N P K
Crop
establishme
nt
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
–
10.0
0
5.00 10.0
0
Subtotal 15.01 3.75 7.50
Vegetative 20 12-61-0
13-0-45
Urea
9.21
49.49
95.27
1.09
–
43.91
5.63
–
–
–
22.4
9
–
30.0
0
7.50 30.0
0
Subtotal 45.00 5.63 22.4
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
–
30.0
0
7.50 20.0
0
Subtotal 45.00 5.63 15.0
Harvesting 40 19:19:19
+ MN
13-0-45
Urea
6.13
66.00
77.47
0.73
8.57
35.69
3.75
–
–
–
30.0
–
30.0
0
5.00 40.0
0
Total
duration
90
days
Subtotal 44.99 3.75 30.0
Total 150.0 18.7 75.0 100 25 100
*75% RD of Phosphorus applied as superphosphate = 352 Kg/ha
1. 19:19:19 = 55 kg/ha
2. 13:0:45 = 144 kg/ha
3. 12:61:0 = 9 kg/ha
4. Urea = 275 kg/ha

 

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