Animal Agriculture

Cucumbers production depends on variety, growing conditons and plant care. Cucumber plants produce long, green slender fruits, and need warm soil to sprout and flower pollination to produce fruit. There are many varieties of cucumbers, including types that work well for slicing and pickling. The amount of fruit each plant produces depends on the type of plant, the growing conditions and care of plants. You cannot predict the exact number of fruit each plant will produce, but there is an estimated amount per healthy plant. Cucumber Production If you plant cucumbers to use for pickling, plan on growing 3 to 4 plants per each quart of pickles you want to make. Generally, a healthy pickling cucumber plant produces about 5 pounds of cucumbers per plant. If you plant cucumbers for slicing and eating fresh, plan on growing about 2 to 3 plants per person in your household; healthy plants generally grow 10, 6-ounce cucumbers per plant. Heirloom cucumb

Crop Production Guidelines       Field Cucumber Production Guidelines for Hawaii         By: Hector Valenzuela, Randall T. Hamasaki, and Steve Fukuda University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service Assistant Vegetable Specialist, Associate County Extension Agent, and County Extension Agent, respectively. INTRODUCTION Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) a member of the Cucurbitaceae family, is native of Asia and Africa, where it has been consumed for 3,000 years. It is a popular fresh market vegetable in salads and also is processed into kim chee and oriental-type pickles in Hawaii. Over 60% of local production is in Mountain View and Kona on the island of Hawaii, Kauai and Oahu. The crop is susceptible to serious losses from such pests as the silver leaf (or sweetpotato) whitefly, the melon fly, leafminers, mosaic viruses, and to soil-borne and foliar diseases. Production volumes are 40-50% lower during the winter months when diseases are more prevalen