Cucumber

Step-by-step method

1. 1
   Step 1

   Make mounds

   Mounds 2–3 ft apart, each with 5 kg rotted manure and a handful of ash.

2. 2
   Step 2

   Soak

   Soak seeds for 12 hours.

3. 3
   Step 3

   Sow

   2 seeds per mound, 0.5–1 inch deep.

4. 4
   Step 4

   Trellis

   As soon as vines appear, give a 4–5 ft trellis or net for straight, clean fruit.

5. 5
   Step 5

   Water

   Roots are shallow — water lightly and often. Drought during fruiting can make cucumbers bitter.

6. 6
   Step 6

   Harvest

   Pick young and green; yellow fruit loses flavour.

🌱 General care: weed around the base once plants grow and water whenever the soil starts to dry.