Cucumbers

Noemi Maravilla
November 20,
2015

Planting
method

They are seeded or

transplanted outside no
earlier than 2 weeks
after last frost date
Are extremely
susceptible to frost
damage
Soil should be neutral or
slightly neutralizing
with a pH of 7.0.

Set
up
for
growth
Push two or three
cucumber seeds an
inch into the soil
Spacing the plantings
in beds space plants
would be 18 to 36
inches apart but can
grow in any spacings
If the soil is moist and
warm, the seedlings
will pop out of the
ground in a matter of

Cucumber Planted field

Cucumber planting
machinery

Water requirements
A cucumber plant requires about an inch of
water every week to maintain fruit
production

When watering cucumbers, it is important to

focus at the base of the main stem
Avoid watering the foliage this can cause
diseases to develop
It is better to water in the morning hours by
the afternoon the sun will evaporate any
unused water
Cucumbers are usually watered with a soaker
hose or by a drip irrigation system

Fertilizer requirements/ How is it

Apply pre-plant fertilizers after
Dig a 1-inch-deep furrow
applied
?
soil steaming and leaching
approximately 3 inches
Incorporate the fertilizers into
the greenhouse soil
Add fertilizers that may be
needed for adjusting the pH
level of the soil

from the seed row

Sprinkle fertilizer in the
furrow 1 ounce per 33
square feet.
Cover the furrow with soil.
Cucumbers grown on
trellises are easier to
fertilize during the
growing season, as the

Diseases/ Ways to prevent

them
Angular leaf spot.
Pseudomonas syringae.
Bacterial wilt. Erwinia
tracheiphila

Removing all plant matter at the

end of the growing season, all
the leaves and vines and as
much of the roots as possible

Belly rot (Fruit rot, Dampingoff) Rhizoctonia solani.

The ground should be tilled to a

depth of at least 6 inches

Downy mildew
Pseudoperonospora
cubensis.

Crops should be rotated to

different locations each year so
diseases and pests, do not
infect the same variety of plants
again the coming year

Fusarium wilt (Cucumber wilt,

Foot-rot)
Gummy stem blight

Target leaf spot:

How long does it take for

Cucumbers are readyto
for harvest
in 50 to 70 days from
cucumbers
mature?
planting

It shouldn't take no less than 2 weeks after the last frost date
Frost dates start in spring and end in fall

Harvesting
A cucumber is of highest quality
when it is uniformly green, firm and
crisp.
Keep the cucumbers picked if you
dont, as plants mature, it will stop
producing.

Ripe cucumbers have a firm, green

flesh.
Pickling fruits may be two to six
inches long.

California cucumber acres

Monterey country does not grow cucumbers
California has 11,000 acres of cucumbers
Cucumber crop value is $67,744,000 in california