Friday, October 21, 2011

Cucumbers


Cucumbers are grown everywhere, both on the farm, the home page or in a greenhouse. These plants are not resistant to rain continuously. Growth requires high humidity, fertile soil loose and gets full sun with good drainage. Cucumbers should be propagated to the loft and grows well from the lowlands to 1,300 m above sea level. This plant is thought to have come from areas of the Himalayas in northern India. Seasonal crops, crawling or creeping, rough-haired, trunked wet, length 0.5 to 2.5 m. These plants have tendrils spiral-shaped branches that come out on the side of the leaf stalk. Leaves single, alternate location, long-stemmed, wide oval shape, Taju 3-7, with heart-shaped base, pointed tip, serrated edge. 7-18 cm long, 7-15 cm wide, green color. The flowers are yellowish white males, and female flowers are shaped like a trumpet. Fruit oval, grows depends, waxy green color is white, after the old dirty yellow color, length 10-30 cm, the base had a nodule, many contain fluid. Seeds many, flat oval shape is made, the color is dirty white. Young leaves and stalks can be eaten as raw or steamed food. The fruit can be eaten raw, boiled, steamed or prepared vegetables. Can also be pickled or eaten with salad. Many types of cucumbers in the market, such as regular cucumbers, cucumbers Krai, cucumber wuku, cucumber and cucumber watang poan. Propagation by seed. II. GROWING CONDITIONS a. Climate · Altitude: 1 m - 1,000 m above sea level · Annual rainfall: 800 mm - 1,000 mm / years · Month wet (above 100 mm / month): 5 months - 7 months · Month dry (below 60 mm / month): 4 months - 6 months · Air Temperature: 170 C - 230 C · Humidity: Medium · Radiation: Medium - high b. · Soil Texture: clay · Drainage: good · The depth of ground water: 50 cm - 200 cm from the ground · rooting depth: 15 cm above ground level · acidity (pH): 5.5 to 6.8 · Fertility: High 2. Guidelines for planting a. · Soil Processing groundbreaking as deep as 30 cm and then flattened out, made beds size 120 cm x (300 - 500) cm. · In the beds made and given manure pit 1 kg - 2 kg / hole. b. · Preparation of Seed Plants can be propagated by seed cucumber. c. · Planting Seeds planted directly into the planting hole. Each hole was given 2 points - 3 points. · Spacing 50 cm x 100 cm · Provide a pillar for cucumber vines.

Local Name:
Bonteng, katimun, cucumber, temon, antemon, boyuk (Java); Dimu, timu, kadingir, kariri, karere, daka, koto (Sumatra); Kimuni, ancimun, cimen, ansimun, Melike, laiseu (Sumatra); Betiak, betik , cucumber (Borneo), Suai, Bojo (Sulawesi);

Curable Disease:
Hypertension, skin itching, poisoning;

Utilization:
PART THE APPLICABLE:
Fruit, leaves, seeds.

USE:
Fruit:
- High blood pressure.
- Sprue.
- Fever.
- Acne.
- Cleaning an oily face.
- Cleaning the kidney.

Seeds:
- Wormy.

USAGE:
To drink: Moderation grated or eaten raw.
External use only: The fruit taste is washed and shredded. Used to compress the fever, affixed on cuts, burns, stains on skin patches, acne, facial cleanse oily skin and reduce itching skin.

HOW TO USE:
1. High blood pressure:
2 pieces of fresh cucumbers washed and shredded. Results grater
squeezed and strained, and drunk all at once. Do it 2-3 times a day.

2. Sprue:
Every day eat as much as 9 pieces of cucumber fruits. Do it
routine.

4. Cleaning the kidney:
Freshly washed and shredded cucumber. Results grated and squeezed
filtered out. Water is taken little by little until the stomach
accustomed to receiving cucumber liquid.

5. Fever:
Cucumbers taste is washed, and shredded. Results grater
placed on the abdomen.

6. Acne: The fruit of cucumbers washed and sliced.
cucumber slices placed and rubbed against the skin
acne. Do it every day.

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