By Admin 
Cucumber Farming Tips: The month of July i.e. the beginning of monsoon brings a lot of opportunities for farming. In this season, if instead of traditional crops, you choose something different and ready in less time, i.e. cash crop. Then your luck may change. One such bumper earning crop is cucumber. The demand for cucumber is very high in the market in the month of July.
Because during this time its prices are skyrocketing due to salad and wedding season. The best thing is that the cucumber crop becomes completely ready for harvesting in just 40 to 50 days. If you plant the right seeds this month by adopting correct and modern technology and scientific methods. So earning huge profits at low cost is absolutely certain.
These 3 varieties of cucumber will give bumper yield
For good yield in the month of July, the most important thing is to select the right and improved variety of seeds. Agriculture experts recommend planting 3 most magical and best varieties for this season. The first is Kalyanpur Agati which is known for giving bumper yield in a very short time. The second most popular variety is Pusa Sanyog whose fruits are very beautiful to look at, straight and dark green in color.
Which get good prices as soon as you see them in the market. The third variety is Pant Kheera-1 which is quite resistant to the common insect and fungal diseases that occur during the monsoon season. The specialty of all these three hybrid varieties is that their plants spread rapidly and they also bear fruits in large numbers. Due to which your yield per acre increases manifold.
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Take care of crops like this during rainy season
To successfully cultivate cucumber in the month of July, it is very important to keep in mind some very simple but important things. Since this is the rainy season, first of all make proper arrangements for water drainage in your field. Because due to accumulation of water in the fields, cucumber vines and roots rot very quickly.
In this season, sowing of cucumbers should always be done by making high ridges so that the plants can avoid coming in direct contact with water. Along with this, make sure to use scaffolding method with the help of bamboo and rope to support the plants. Climbing the scaffolding keeps the cucumbers away from soil and water.
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