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Cucumber: Crop Guide

The document provides guidance on growing cucumbers including land preparation, seedling production, fertilizer application, pest and disease management. Key recommendations include installing trellises before transplanting, incorporating fertilizer and manure into soil, and alternating pesticide modes of action to prevent resistance.

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Cucumber: Crop Guide

The document provides guidance on growing cucumbers including land preparation, seedling production, fertilizer application, pest and disease management. Key recommendations include installing trellises before transplanting, incorporating fertilizer and manure into soil, and alternating pesticide modes of action to prevent resistance.

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Valid 2017-2018

Crop Guide
CUCUMBER
• Land Preparation
» Narrow paths help with irrigation and drainage
» Install trellis before transplanting
» 26,600 plants/ha ENGLISH

Every 2 m, incorporate into soil 50 cm


60 g 15:15:15 + 3 kg
manure before transplanting

50 cm

1 m wide, 30 cm high (20 cm dry season)


• Seedling Production
Substrate preparation : heat for 10 minutes or place in full sun for half day; fill tray

1 to 2 parts soil

1 part well-decomposed
manure

1 part sand or
burnt rice husk

Sow seeds and protect seedlings

good
ventilation

Sowing depth = size of 2 seeds

Maintain constant moisture

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Morning Evening 8 - 10 days

Reduce water and expose to more sun 2-3 days before transplanting late in the afternoon
• Fertilizer Application
2.5 g 2.5 g 2.5 g 2.5 g 2.5 g

5g 2.5 g

2.5 g 2.5 g

Apply fertilizer near root tips 2.5 cm deep.

10 20 30 40 50 60
DAT DAT DAT DAT DAT DAT

The recommended fertilizer amount is based on plant population of 26,600 per hectare.

• How to assure high yield

To prevent infection from spreading,


sick plants, old crops and
weeds must be removed.

Crop rotation prevents build


up of insect pests and
diseases and
restores soil fertility.
• Safe and effective use of pesticides
1 2 3 4

Wear protective gear Good weather Good nozzle Wash after spraying

Kinds of
Insects
1 Thrip 2 Whitefly 3 Aphid 4 Caterpillar 5 Leafminer 6 Beetle
Active Ingredient MoA Target 1/2/3 4 5 6
Fipronil 2B SC
Lambda-cyhalothrin 3A SC
Dinotefuran 4A S
Thiamethoxam 4A S
Imidacloprid 4A S
Spinosad 5 S
Abamectin 6 SC (Slight S)
Thiocyclam oxalate 14 SC
Chlorantraniliprole 28 S
Flubendiamide 28 S
MoA (Mode of Action); SC (Stomach + Contact); S (Systemic)

» Alternate mode of action (MoA) groups to prevent resistance


» Control sucking insects to prevent virus
» Remove infected plants and fruits
» Reduce spraying 40 DAT if healthy

Active Ingredient MoA Target Remark


Chlorothalonil Preventive Broad spectrum
Mancozeb Preventive Broad spectrum
Azoxystrobin Preventive + Curative Powdery mildew, Maximum 4 times per crop cycle
Anthracnose
Propamocarb Preventive + Curative Downy mildew
Cymoxanil Curative Downy mildew Tank mixed with preventive (Chlorothalonil or Mancozeb)
Metalaxyl Preventive + Curative Downy mildew High risk of resistance (only use 2 times per season)

Kinds of
Diseases
Anthracnose Powdery mildew Downy mildew Virus

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This crop guide is part of a series produced by EWSF. @2017 Copyright of East-West Seed Foundation. All Rights Reserved
Agrochemical recommendations have been developed in cooperation with Wageningen University & Research

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