PADMINI CUCUMBER

Padmini

♦ Plant Type : Strong plant with dense foliage

♦ Fruit Colour : Green

♦ Fruit Length : 20 to 22 cm

♦ Fruit Diameter : 4 to 5 cm

♦ Average Fruit Weight : 200 to 250 gm

♦ Fruit Skin : Smooth

♦ Days for First Picking : 38 to 40 days

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.

Sowing Season