Hybrid Cucumber NCH-388

Cultivation Practices for Cucumber & Long Melon

Soil……Medium heavy well drained fertile soil.
Seed rate/ha..1.0-1.5 kg
Spacing (cm)………… 150 x 60 or 120 x 90
Manures & Fertilizer……Apply 15-20 ton/ha. FYM at the time of land preparation Apply 100 kg N, 80 kg P & 80 kg K after 10 days of sowing and after 30 days apply 100 kg N/ha.
Irrigation…..During rainy season irrigation may be required during initial growth period. In summer irrigation should be given regularly at 5-7 days interval or according to crop need.

Plant Protection

Leaf miner : Dichlorovos @ 1 ml/lit or Chloropyriphos @ 2 ml/lit or Quinolphos 2 ml/lit.
Aphids, jassids :- Thiamethoxam 0.66 gm/lit.
White fly :- Difenthiuron @ 12.5 gm/15 lit.
Thrips :- Thiamethoxam 0.66 gm/lit or Fipronil @ 2 ml/lit.
Downy mildew : Mancozeb and Metalaxyl-M @ 2.5 gm/lit or Mancozeb @ 2 gm/lit or Tebuconazole @ 1 gm/lit.
Fusarium wilt :- Biosanjivani @ 5+5 gm/lit or Bavistin @ 2 ml/lit.
Powedry mildew :- Tebuconazole or Difenoconazole @ 0.5 ml/lit.
Angular leaf spot :- Streptomycin sulfate @6gm/15 lit.

Special Recommendation

• Apply 25 kg Nirmal Bio Power Gold granule per ha at the time of sowing near root zone
• Apply Nirmal Rizamica @ 250 gm/ha through drip or drenching method
• 3 foliar spray of Nirmal Bioforce @ 2ml/lit at pre-flowering, flowering & fruiting stage.