Apply FYM 40 t/ha as basal and 35 kg N/ha 30 days after sowing. Before the last ploughing, apply Azospirillum and phosphobacteria 2 kg/ha each and Pseudomonas 2.5 kg/ha with 50 kg FYM and 100 kg neem cake per hectare. Fertigation for F1 hybrids: 150:75:75 kg NPK/ha in split doses, with 75% of the phosphorus as basal. Hoe and weed two or three times.
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Source
Crop Production Guide – Horticulture Crops 2020 (Directorate of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Cucumber – Application of fertilizers; fertigation, p. 98
