Cucumber is one of the most cultivated fruit crop. It has fruit looks cylinderical in shape. The obvious type of cucumber has the green fruit which grows in vines.
In the course of this article, I shall tend to cover the following objectives:
A brief about cucumber fruit.
How to cultivate the cucumber fruit and lastly,
The health benefits of cucumber.
A brief about cucumber fruit.
Cucumber is gotten from a plant so therefore it belongs to the plant kindom. The family of Curcurbitaceae.
The Curcurbitaceae plant consist of 956
species according to wikipedia. Among these species, cucumber and the water melon are examples.The plant is known to have a unisexual flowers with male and female flowers located on different parts of the it.
The botanical name for cucumber is Cucumis Sativus. It is also known as a plant that grows in a creeping manner on the soil (bush cucumbers).
How to cultivate cucumber plants.
It is very essential to take note of the three factors responsible for producing better produce of cucumber yield.
Good soil
The best kind of soil the cucmber plant will thrive well in growth is the loamy soil. It contains much nutirents needed for the crop to grow. But if you are in a conditon of sandy soil soil, there is a better way of improving the soil by adding fertilizers to it. When fertilizers are added to the soil it improves the soil quality in terms of plant growth.
You can also use cow dung or poultry droppings on the soil you wish to cultivate your cucumbers.
Healthy seed
It is often said to plant healthy seeds determine the result of your output. The yield is going to have healthy and strong fruit in harvest.
Water and sunlight
The presence of water is to transport the nutrient roundall parts of the plant. It is through the sunlight the plant gets its own food. All plants including cucumbers obain their food throught the process of photosynthesis.
How to cultivate cucumbers in your garden
It is essential to know that there are two types of cucumber plants. They are the vining
and bush cucumbers.
The difference between the both is that vinning cucumbers grows faster with more harvest if you care for them properly. Their fruit is always clean because the grow above the soil. While the bush cucumbers are the ones grown in pots or small gardens.
The following steps are important steps for planting cucumbers.
Sow the seeds indoor about a space of three weeks before transplanting to outside on the soil.
You can plant cucumber in hills or mounds.
If you want the vines to climb you can use a trellis.
A trellis is like a rope to hold the cucumber above the soil.
Health Benefits of cucumber.
The following are the health benefits of cucumbers the first is that:
It is a source of vitamin C to the body.
Vitamin C helps to build the body defense system against sicknesses and disease. It helps to give the immune system a boosted capacity to function. It is advisable to take cucumbers in between meal.
It is a source of protien.
Protein a body builders. They help to replace worn out tissues in the body. This inturn makes the skin look fresher and younger.
Helps in building of bones
The bones of the human body also grow and cucumbers helps in building bones from childhood to adult hood it is a source of vitamin K.
Body hydration
Eating the cucumbers helps to keep the body hydrated. It has a succulent fruit.
Conclusion
This article has been able to present a brief about cucumbers and how to grow them. It also contains the health benefits of cucumbers as a nautal herbal medicine.
References
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbitaceae
https://www.almanac.com/plant/cucumbers
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Nice post, I want to try growing those vine cucumbers!
Cucumbers are among the more alkaline vegetables so that's another bonus.
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