Enhancement of Growth and Productivity of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) through Calcium Based Fertilizer

The present study was carried out at Research Farm, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (RVSKVV), Manawar (Dhar), during kharif season 2020. Total 7 treatments were used in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications to study the effect of calcium based fertilizer on yield attributes and yield of cucumber. All the treatments significantly improved growth, attributed and yield of cucumber as compared RDF alone treatments. Among the various treatments the maximum plan height and flower setting was recorded with the application of RDF + Turbocalcio Plus @ 2 kg at 25 DAT and 40 DAT (T₅) in comparison to other treatments. However, the less number of days (31.50) to flower appearance was recorded with the application of RDF + Turbocalcio Plus @ 2 kg at 25 DAT and 40 DAT. Significantly higher yield parameters viz., length of fruit (15.85 cm), girth of fruits (12.06 cm), weight of fruits (146.83 g/fruit) and number of fruit/plant (16.50) and fruit yield (324.67 q/ha) were RDF + Turbocalcio Plus @ 2 kg at 25 DAT and 40 DAT (T₅) which was statistically similar with RDF + Turbocalcio Plus @ 2 kg at 25 DAT and 60 DAT (T₆) and RDF + Turbocalcio Plus @ 1 kg at 25 DAT 2 kg at 40 DAT and 2 kg at 60 DAT (T₇).