
PADMINI CUCUMBER
Days for First Picking: 38 - 40 Days
Plant Type: Strong Plant with dense foliage
Fruit Color: Green
Fruit Length: 20 - 22 cm
Fruit Diameter: 4-5 cm
Avg Fruit Weight: 200 - 250 gm
Fruit Skin: Smooth
Tips for Growing Cucumber
Soil : Ranging from clay to sandy loam.
Sowing time : As per the regional practices and timings.
Optimum temp.for germination : 25 - 300C
Spacing : 180 x 30 cms
Seed rate : 300 - 400 gm / acre.
Preparation of Main field : Deep ploughing and harrowing. ● Add well decomposed FYM 7-
8 tones per acre ● Open ridges & furrows at required spacing (Apply basal dose of fertilizer
as recommended) ● Irrigate the field one day before sowing ● Sow 2 seeds per hill Irrigate
whenever require.
Chemical Fertilizer : Fertilizer requirement varies with soil fertility
• Basal dose before sowing : 40:60:60 NPK kg / acre
• Top dressing after first picking: 25:00:60 NPK kg / acre
• After third picking: 25:00:00 NPK kg / acre
• Apply micronutrient as and when required.