Cucumber Cultivation through Poly-Mulching:

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Cucumber plants (Cucumis sativus) grow into long vines or compact bushes, depending on the variety, producing dainty yellow flowers that attract pollinating insects. Requiring a lot of water for fruit production, cucumbers must have moist soil throughout their initial growth and subsequent fruiting stages. Specific mulches applied during the spring and summer help maintain the correct soil moisture levels and protect fruits from touching the bare ground.
Today we found the farmer tieing shoots with the frame made of bamboo and nylon net. It eases harvesting and keeps the plants away from pest and diseases.

Advantages:
1. Shedding excess water from beds reduces drowning.
2. Reduced leaching of nutrients from the root zone.
3. Weed control with opaque and wavelength-selective mulches.
4. Reduced soil compaction and increased aeration.
5. Reduced root pruning from cultivation.
6. Cleaner produce from fruit not resting on soil and reduced soil splashing. 7. Increased soil temperatures
8. Increased early season plant growth leading to earlier maturation and harvest
9. Higher total yields with some crops (cucumber, eggplant, melon, okra, pepper, squash, tomato, and watermelon)
10. Reduced water evaporation from soil surfaces, increased irrigation efficiency
11. More uniform soil moisture levels in the root zone

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Here in this short video the farmer was sowing cucumber seeds after proper mulching in his field. Mulching is covering soil surface by any materials. Mulching is done by various methods. MULCHING is covering soil surface by anything which may be paddy straw, plastic sheet, dry leaves, etc. Besides, soil mulching is also done. Soil mulching is loosening of soil which breaks capillary pores and it restricts evaporation. Thus, soil mulching conserve soil moisture.

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