Thursday, April 9, 2009

Growing Cucumbers (Papinos)


Wal-Mart has strict standards for cucumbers. Cucumbers must be at least 11 1/2 inches. Any cucumbers that don't make the minimum we sell to Super Selectos. They have a market for smaller cucumbers. Both stores are very pleased with our quality of produce.
Workers during picking season.
Yep that's me in the middle of the cucumbers. The plants grow about five feet. One plant will produce about 15 cucumbers. One manzana will produce 139,500 cucumbers. From planting to completion of harvest is a total of 9 weeks.
Cucumbers are planted from seed. They grow in 5 weeks and harvest every 3 days for 1 month.

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