Sharmila Piya, Ajaya SR Bajracharya, Tikaram Chapagain and Jawahar Lal Mandal
Agriculture Research Station, Pakhribas

Abstract

Cucumber is the most important cucurbit vegetable which is commercially grown in Nepal from Terai to high hills. A local landrace of cucumber which is long and dark green is very popular in the eastern Nepal. A study was conducted to identify the date of planting which produce maximum and earliest fruit at Agricultural Research Station, Pakhribas. The study was conducted for two consecutive years of 2007 and 2008. The treatments were five planting dates Falgun, Chaitra, Baisakh, Jestha and Asar. The experiments were executed in randomized block design with three replications. Earliest flowering and first harvesting were recorded from Baisakh planting (32.5 days and 56.83 days respectively). Fruit diameter was not significantly different while fruit length was found maximum from Baisakh planting and shortest from Asar planting. Falgun planting produced maximum fruit yield (48.8 t/ha) followed by Chaitra planting (34.7 t/ha).

Keywords: Cucumber, planting dates.