PLANTING GUIDE OF F1 CUCUMBER SEEDS – LOTUS 236

                                (GOLDEN COIN SEEDS)

I. Features:

 - Strong plant.

 - Harvesting: 34 - 36 days after sowing.

 - Fruit size: 16 - 17 cm length, 3.4 - 3.6 cm diameter.

 - Fruit characteristics: light green and glossy.

 - Yield: 3.5 - 3.9 kg/plant.

Note: Well suited for high density planting.

II. Sowing density:

III. Soaking and incubation seeds:

* Prepare warm water 50 – 52^oC:

- Mixing 40% boiling water (95 – 100^oC) with 60% fresh water (25 – 30^oC) got from drilled well or water faucet.

* Soaking seeds:

- Soak the seeds in warm water as prepared in 2 – 3 hours.

* Incubation seeds:

- Get the towel or T-shirt (or fabrics can be moisturizing), washed, squeezed just enough moisture (about 80 – 85%).

- Get the seeds as soaked spread thin on the towels, then put these towels in dark, warm place (around  28 – 30^oC).

* Sowing seeds:

- After 18 hours, the seeds will germinate, please sow these seeds in the nursery. Sow the germinated seeds to pots have environment including: 2 parts of muck + 1 part of soil. After sowing seeds get filled environment and sufficient moisture for irrigation.

- Wash the seeds have not germinated and towels then incubated again, about 10 hours later, the seeds will germinate, continue sowing.

IV. Planting and maintenance:

1. Fertilizers (for 1.000 m²):

Fertilizer application for cultivation depends on geographic conditions, however, we recommend applying the following guides are applied very effectively to many growing areas for you refer and apply.

* Quantity:

* Application:

* Notes:

• Should be applied lime at tillage to increase fertilizer efficiency.

• Should be applied fertilizer far enough from the plant foot, deep enough (6 – 7 cm) to increase fertilizer efficiency.

• Should be weeding combined with fertilizing times to increase fertilizer efficiency.

• When the plants are in prolific should spray foliar fertilizer to increase the fruit setting of plants.

• In the dry season, to add some micronutrients fertilizer: MgSO₄ (2 kg), MnSO₄ (4 kg), Borax (1,5 kg)/1000m²  basal in soil or used Magnisal, Botrac…spray to the

2. Vine Training: when the plants have branches, should guide them upwards to the trellis like herringbone shape to save space and to facilitate the plants protection, as well as set more fruit.

V. Plant protection:

* Viral disease:

- Diseases transmitted by sucking insects such as thrips, hoppers, aphids... very harmful in the dry season.

- Preventing and treating: regularly visit the field during 15 – 25 days after planting to remove and bury the infected plants, spray to the lower side of the leaves with the following chemicals: Dinotefuran (min 89%), Clorfenapyr (min 94%), Diafenthiuron,…

* Downy mildew:

- Is very popular with cucumber, damaging all the crop, if not timely treatment the disease spreads rapidly and kills the plants.

- Preventing and treating: after planting 15 – 20 days, should spraying prevent every 4 – 5 days, rotating with the following chemicals: : Cymoxanil 8% + Mancozeb 64%, Metiram Complex (min 85%), Ethaboxam (min 99,6%), Citrus Oil, Chlorothalonil (min 98%),....

* Anthracnose:

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray with the following chemicals: Propinep (min 80%),Chlorothalonil (min 98%), Mancozeb 64%,…

* Gummy stem blight:

- The disease occurs rainy period, on poorly drained field and pinned.

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray with the following chemicals Iprodione (min 96%), Mancozeb 64%, Metalaxyl 8%,… spray to the plant foot, the stem and combined fertilizing balance

* Borer group:

- Harmful through all vegetable period.

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray to the lower side of the leaves in late afternoon with the following chemicals: Emamectin Benzoate (Avermectin B1a 90% + Avermectin B1b 10%), Lufenuron (min 96%), Flubendiamize (min 95%), Chlorantraniliprol,….

* Suck group:

- Thrips, hoppers, aphids...suck resin and transmitting viral disease.

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray with the following chemicals to the lower side of the leaves and on top of the plants: Chlorpyrifos Methyl (min 96%), Dinotefuran (min 89%), Clothianidin,.….

* Notes:

• Fungicide should be sprayed at old leaves, pesticide should be sprayed at young leaves.

• Pesticide should carefully sprayed at the lower side of the leaves./
  

We wish you the best harvest with Golden Coin Seeds!