Why cucumber a fruit and not a vegetable? Cucumber is a fruit because it has seeds, vegetable don’t have seeds. It usually contain more than 90% of water. Cucumber appears to be variability in the human olfactory response, majority of people reporting a mild, almost watery flavor or light melon taste, while a small but vocal minority reporte ahighly repugnant taste, some said almost perfume-like; but there are several ways to remove the bitterness from cucumber; one way used in India includes slicing off the ends of a cucumber, sprinkling some salt and rubbing they now expose end of the said cucumber with the sliced –off ends until it appears to froth. Cucumber can best stored sealed in shrink foil, sealing a cucumber increases its shelf life considerably.(Huang, S; Li, Zhang, Z; Li, L; Gu, x; fan, W; wang x. etal (2009) “The genome of the cucumber, cucumis satvus L. nature Genetics 41 (12): 1275-1281.
Cucumber seeds are often eaten to promote fertility and the fruits of cucumber however, hinders lust. .(Huang, S; Li, Zhang, Z; Li, L; Gu, x; fan, W; wang x. etal (2009) “The genome of the cucumber, cucumis satvus L. nature Genetics 41 (12): 1275-1281 Dena Harris item number:article 21, have it that trellised cucumber should be planted 2-3 feet apart on a trellis approximately 6 feet high. For ground variety plant at least 18 inches apart. A well drained loamy soil is preferable by cucumber. It is necessary that soil should be fertile and well provided with organic manure, cucumber prefer a PH of 5.5—6.8(Hand book of horticulture, Indian council of Agricultural Research new Dechi 5 july, 2001). The minimum weed-free period (when the farm must be kept weed free to prevent yield losses to weed competition ) in cucumber, squarsh and other cucurbit crops has been estimated as the first 4—6 weeks after planting (Friesen,1978; Noble,2009; Peet,1996; Stall,2009; Ron Morse Horticulture Dept; Virginia Tech, pers. cummun). Therefore critical period of weed interference appear to be between two(2) and four(4) weeks after emergence.
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