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Managemen Praktis
i) Weeding/control long bebet mo sik
Widim karem blong kipim I clean oltaem mo controllem gud bebet mo sik.
ii) Mulching
Mulching I minem yumi putem dead leaf or grass around long stampa blong wan crop. Hemi impoten long strong sun from sei hemi
Protektem graon from strong sun
Help blong trapem wota blong plants oli save usem
Help blong protektem kakae blong ol plants long graon blong oli no wash away ( leaching)
Taem blong capsicum I redi ( harvesting)
2 manis

4. Cucumber beetle	Descripsen
	Beetle ia hemi yellow. Ol kakae ol leaf mo flowers blong cucumber / Control / Gud management. Usem ol sids we oli no kat bebet, crop rotation mo fil sanitation.

iii) Staking
Hemi minem se yumi sapotem sam vegetable wetem sam wud, bamboo, rop, mo waea blong oli klaem folem. Yumi must providem staking long ol crop wei ol stap climb. Staking hemi must be strong blong stapap againsem strong wind.
Taem blong capsicum I redi ( harvesting)
2 manis
Climate Change
Wetem jenj long ren we I stap foldoan, cyclone we oli kilim yumi, mo tu ples I stap hot I ko, bae climate change I save afektem bigwan ol kakae blong yumi.
Taem yu harem Meteo I talem se bae I kat dry time, I nid blong yu mekem sam gudfala manajmen long karen blong protektem ol kakae we yu plantem.
No letem climate change I winim yu! Lesen gud long toktok we I kamaot long Meteo, NDMO wetem ol agrikalja ofisa.

CUCUMBER

Department of Agriculture & Rural Development-DARD
PMB 9040
Port-Vila
Vanuatu
Tel: ( 678) 22525/22432
Fax: ( 678) 25265

INTRODAKSEN

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) hemi wan warm sisen vegetable crop we I save gru gud long fulap ples long wol. Cucumber I save gru long graon or I gru long wud (stakes) olsem tomato. I gat fulap kaem blong cumcumber we I kat fulap colour mo shape.
Sesen blong planem cucumber ( planting season)
Yia round, Hemi I minem sei yumi save planem long any manis long yia. Mo long dry sisen mo long wet sisen.
Gudfala ples blong mekem karen
Best ples blong mekem wan karen blong cucumber hemi long open ples. Hemi no save produce gud sipos yumi planem long fualp shade. Cumcumber hemi veri sensitive long strong wind mo yumi must protektem gud wetem ol wind break or bigfala wud wei I save protektem em from strong wind.
Soil requirements
Graon we I no kat fulap wota I stap long hem
Graon we I rij long ol kakae blong ol palnts
No kat bebet mo sik

Kaen blong cucumber
I kat fulap different kaen blong cucumber. Tri ( 3) kaen wei yumi save planem.
Planting
Planem stret long karen. Putem 4-5 sids long wan planting hole long dip blong 1.5 inches ( 3-4 cm). Afta sids I gru mo ol plants oli 3 weeks old, karem aot sam long olgeta mo lego fiu nomo I gru. Hemi gud blong yu kipim 2 plants nomo l grow.
Recommended Specing
Bitwin row- 1.2-2 m Bitwin plants 1.2-2m

Sam long ol kaen wei yu stap Planem i) Lebanese ii) Giant climbing iii) common variety

1. Gummy stem blight	Descripsen
	Brown mark long ol leaf. Sik ia I stap attack especially long wetwet taem / Control / Gud management. Usum ol sids we oli fri long bebet, crop rotation mo fil sanitation.

Bebet mo sik

2. Powdery mildew	Descripsen
	Smol white powder long leaf. Hemi mekem leaf I weak mo dry. / Control / Gud management. Usum ol sids we oli no kat bebet, crop rotation mo fil sanitation.

3. Aphids	Descripsen
	Smol green bebet wei oli hide narasaed long leaf. Oli kakae ol leaf / Control / Gud management. Usum ol sids we oli fri long bebet, crop rotation mo fil sanitation.