ROHINI CUCUMBER (CORTEZ UNBL) - रोहिणी

Rohini

Dark Green Fruits. High yield potential.

♦ Plant Type : Strong plant with dense foliage

♦ Fruit Colour : Dark green

♦ Fruit Length : 18 to 20 cm

♦ Fruit Diameter : 3.5 to 5 cm

♦ Average Fruit Weight : 250 to 300 gm

♦ Fruit Skin : Slightly rough

♦ Days for First Picking : 40 to 45 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