Greenhouse production of Cucumber

Economics on Greenhouse production of Cucumber

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

- The genus Capsicum belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae.

Soil and climate- It can be grown in many types of soils but well drained loamy

soils rich in lime yields more.- Crop is very sensitive to cold. 15 to 35 C is suitable.- Night Temperature should be less then 25 C

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Crop cycle

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Stage Duration

Germination 4 to 5 days

Seedling to First picking 7 to 50 days

Picking Period 70 to 80 days

Nursery and Selection of Verities

- Cucumber can be cultivated by direct sowing or by seedling.

- Around 10000 seedlings/Acr.

- Select the variety suitable to the season, good yielding and suitable to the Green house production ( Parthinocarpic).

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Land preparation and Planting- MB ploughing fallowed by cultivation.

- Application of compost, Neemcake, basal dose of fertilizer and biological.

- Rotavation , bed making, mulching, marking and trans planting.

- Spacing 1.5m Furrow to furrow, row to row is 50cm and plant to plant 40 to 45cm.

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Pruning

- Pruning operation was carried out at 15 days after sowing, remove the side branch, train the plant with single stem.

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Harvesting

- harvest the fruit with out damaging the plant.

- After harvest place the produce in the shade and immediately send to the market.

- Total yield will be 40000 to 45000 kg / acr.

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Production Expenses for cucumber grown under Greenhouse

  Area of Expenses Rs./unit Amount (Rs.)1 Land preparation and other operation    

aSterilization and Land preparation. 13 ₹ 0.00bPlastic replacement (once in three years) 40 ₹ 93,333cString 3 ₹ 36,000

      ₹ 1,29,333  Percentage of the total % 19.6       

2 Cost of seedlings (12000 seedlings) 4 ₹ 1,00,000  Percentage of the total % 15.2       

3 Cost of fertilizer   ₹ 2,00,000  Percentage of the total % 30.3       4 Cost of Chemicals   ₹ 62,500  Percentage of the total % 9.5       5 Man Power   ₹ 1,62,000  Percentage of the total % 24.5       6 Misalanius   ₹ 6,178

  Percentage of the total % 0.94                Total Cost   ₹ 6,60,012         Total Yield (Kg)   100000         Production Cost (Rs./Kg)   ₹ 6.60

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Income

  Grade Percent Price/kg Yield ( Kg) Amount

Total Yield A Grade 100% ₹ 25.00 100000 ₹ 25,00,000.00

B Grade 0 ₹ 0.00

Total  100000 ₹ 25,00,000.00

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Total Investment for one Acre of Greenhouse

Investment Area Cost /sq.m Total Cost Dep. Year Interest Return of Capital 

Greenhouse Structure 4040 ₹ 980.00 ₹ 39,59,200.00 5 14.00% ₹ 11,53,249.82

Irrigation system 4040 ₹ 60.00 ₹ 2,42,400.00 5 14.00% ₹ 70,607.13

Misting System Cool Net 4040 ₹ 40.00 ₹ 1,61,600.00 5 14.00% ₹ 47,071.42

Civil work 4040 ₹ 35.00 ₹ 1,41,400.00 5 14.00% ₹ 41,187.49

Total Investment ₹ 1,115.00 ₹ 45,04,600.00 ₹ 13,12,115.86

With Subsidy   ₹ 21,04,600.00 5 14.00% ₹ 6,13,035.35

With Subsidy With out subsidy

Income from the Crop   ₹ 25,00,000.00 ₹ 25,00,000.00

Operation Cost   ₹ 6,60,011.67 ₹ 6,60,011.67

Return of Capital first year   ₹ 6,13,035 ₹ 13,12,116

Profit without capital investment first year   ₹ 18,39,988 ₹ 18,39,988

Cash flow first year   ₹ 12,26,953 ₹ 5,27,872

Thank You

Dep. Of Agronomy, Netafim greenhouse India.