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Cucumber

Cucumber

Cucumber is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It is a creeping vine that bears cucumiform fruits that are used as vegetables. There are three main varieties of cucumber: slicing, pickling, and seedless. It is basically originated in South Asia, but is grown in other parts of the world as well. It is considered as the perfect food when it comes to keeping fit and healthy. As it contains many essential nutrients such as Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Manganese, Copper and Potassium, incorporating cucumbers in your daily diet can lead to excellent health benefits.

Nirala Seeds is serving cucumber growers with very good products that produce desirable characters and are constantly focused on improving the products with characters like

 

  • Virus tolerant products
  • Quality fruits with high quality content

Apsara– This variety of plant has dark green color leaves, fruits are uniformly cylindrical in shape and are light green in color with smooth surface. The fruits are crispy, bitter free and contain soft seed. It contains high amount of Vitamin C content and contains high quality of dry matter. The variety gets mature within 45 – 68 days. The fruit has excellent taste, attractive color and appearance, good in size and texture.

 

Time of sowing:

It is sown in the month of February-March.

 

Spacing:

Sow two seeds per place of bed which is 2.5m wide and use spacing of 60cm between seeds.

 

Sowing depth:

Seeds are sown at the depth of 2-3 cm.