Cucumber Cultivation

Cucumber Farming

Agriculture Technology

Cucumber is a plant that needs to be treated with caution, because of the nature of these plants are susceptible to changes in temperature and weather. The most appropriate way is to be generative methods of breeding or seed. Select selecting seeds from the cucumber with a good, and not rot. Wash the seeds of cucumber were already really old and cook, sifted seeds in running water to remove mucus. Choose seeds that sink, then dry in the sun for 2 days. Save the seeds for 2 months so that the taste is gone, the seeds are stored properly can last up to 1 year.

Before planting in steps - steps and how to plant organic cucumbers that have to be followed, namely, soak the seeds in warm water for 3-5 hours, then after completion, put the seeds on a damp cloth and damp it will emerge from the seeds sprout after 15 -24 hours.

Before planting, first plow the soil as deep as 20-30 cm. Soil with a pH of less than 6 can be provided dolomite about 1-2 tons per hectare, depending on the acidity of the soil. Combine with the land and let stand for about 1-2 weeks.

Make beds, a width of 1 meter, height 30 cm, length adjust as needed. Create distance between beds of about 30 cm. Close seedbed using plastic mulch so that the media remains moist.

Make the planting hole with a diameter of 10 cm, every two rows of beds give the planting hole. The distance between the planting hole is 40 cm and the distance between rows of about 50-60 cm.

Give manure, or a mixture of chicken manure and dirt goat or cow dung, a ratio of 1: 1. How the fertilizer can be stocked in the seedbed and mixed with the soil. After fertilizers, better let the land for 1-2 weeks.

Planting seeds have sprouted, which had been prepared. Enter each 1 seeds in 1 planting hole and then close using the land. Flush every morning and evening. After about 2 days is usually a seed - a seed planted will begin to grow and sprout leaves.

After 3-4 days of planting, can be given extra fertilizer, better use a liquid fertilizer. Liquid fertilizer made with goat manure mature mixed with water. Composition 1 kg per 1 liter. Let stand for 1 week fertilizer. Fertilizer application can be watered, liquid fertilizer demand is 1 liter / square meter.