पद्मिनी ककड़ी

🥒 Padmini Hybrid Cucumber

Padmini is a high-yielding hybrid cucumber with strong plant vigor and early maturity. Its attractive green fruits and smooth skin make it ideal for fresh markets.

🌿 Key Features

• Plant Type: Strong with dense foliage
• Fruit Colour: Green
• Fruit Length: 20 – 22 cm
• Fruit Diameter: 4 – 5 cm
• Average Fruit Weight: 200 – 250 gm
• Fruit Skin: Smooth
• Days to First Picking: 38 – 40 days

🧑‍🌾 Tips for Growing Cucumber

📌 Soil Requirements

• Suitable for a range of soils from clay to sandy loam
• Ensure well-drained and fertile field conditions

📅 Sowing & Germination

• Sowing Time: As per regional practices
• Optimum Germination Temperature: 25 – 30°C
• Spacing: 180 x 30 cm
• Seed Rate: 300 – 400 gm per acre

🚜 Main Field Preparation

• Deep ploughing and harrowing
• Add 7 – 8 tons of well-decomposed FYM per acre
• Open ridges and furrows at recommended spacing
• Apply basal fertilizers as per recommendation
• Irrigate the field one day before sowing
• Sow 2 seeds per hill and irrigate as needed

🧪 Fertilizer Management

✔️ Apply micronutrients as required based on soil health.

🗓️ Sowing Season

Follow the recommended sowing window as per local agricultural practices and climatic conditions.