I really like to eat fresh cucumber from our garden, somehow due to the weather that is much cooler now, two times I've planted cucumber somehow i didn't get good results out of it, (very small amount of fruits produced). Some varieties grow good during cool season like Supermarket's variety, somehow i don't prefer that variety. Not give up yet, this time again I planted cucumber from the Slicemaster variety (taste better than the normal variety that we used to get from supermerket, good size and greenish skin color). I planted outside the greenhouse so that they would expose more to the sun..
The garden bed was ready few days earlier so on 15/7/12 I've sowed some cucumber seeds. I put more than one seed in a hole to increase the chances of the seeds to germinate. If too much come out, we can remove some later.
On 21/7/12- Germinated
On 23/7/12 (3 days old)
On 6/8/12 (16 days old)
Some facts about cucumber (source - http://www.nutrition-and-you.com)
It is one of the very low calories vegetable; provides just 15 calories per 100 g. It contains no saturated fats or cholesterol. Cucumber peel is a good source of dietary fiber that helps reduce constipation, and offers some protection against colon cancers by eliminating toxic compounds from the gut. It is a very good source of potassium, an important intracellular electrolyte. Potassium is a heart friendly electrolyte; helps reduce blood pressure and heart rates by countering effects of sodium.They are surprisingly have high amount of vitamin K, provides about 17 µg of this vitamin per 100 g. Vitamin-K has been found to have potential role in bone strength by promoting osteotrophic (bone mass building) activity. It also has established role in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease patients by limiting neuronal damage in their brain.
wah..blh limit kan neuron damaged ea timun..tp timun ni sejuk kan kak.tu org dulu2 ckp la.nnt org yg byk angin dlm bdn berangin je keje ye.hihihi..dlu ayut suka mkn gan garam git je.skrg krang dh makan :)
ReplyDeletetul tuh timun angin kalau br lps bersalin tak elok,akak suka taruk mentah2 dlm megi ataupun makn dgn meehoon goreng, best
Deletecepat ye pertumbuhannya. tanam terus kat tanah macam takde masalah je, saya selalu semai dulu dalam polibeg/pots. luas tanah akak. moga terus subur. lepas ni nak kena naik trellis pulak
ReplyDeletewani..drp yg akak baca biasanya elok tanam terus..ttp tanam banyak dlm satu lubang..adalah posibiliti utk menjd..malas tul nak buat trellis nie..ingat nak srh jalar camtuh jer, boleh?
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