Cucumber is a long vegetable with dark green skin and light green flesh, that is usually eaten raw. Cucumber is one rare cultivated cash crops. You hardly finds them planted around. Then you may wonder - where those hausa's boys selling using wheel barrow got theirs from? And also if there is a lot of money to make from selling cucumbers?
Cucumbers are mostly grown/planted in the northern parts of the country. Not everyone likes eating it raw, because it is also a vegetables, but with a lot of water inside them, which health wise, it is beneficial to the bodysystem. Just like watermelons, cucumbers are best planted in dry season with a lot of watering.
Cucumber is a money-maker business that not everyone knows about. You can plant, harvest them and sell to the hausa's. This cash crop can be transported to various northern states of Nigeria. And I bet you, no one rejects a good cucumber in the north. You are sure to get your money paid.
Cucumber is fast business profit, because of it takes short time to grow. Cucumber takes 38 days to develop and mature. There are types of cucumber seeds available to grow. And the best remains the "MONA LISA F1 TECHNISM"
Preparing your farm for cucumber planting is important. You will need to derive an irrigation system/methods. The use of watering cans, can be implemented. You don't need too much watering. Just leave the rest to the cucumbers. They will suck from the ground. Ever wondered how the CACTUS plant grows in hot dry places without water? There you go.
Do remember, you can sell you harvested cucumbers to the hausa's.
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Agro-based farming