Cucumber is the most important cucurbit vegetable which is commercially grown in Nepal from
Terai to high hills. A locallandrace of cucumber which is long and dark green is very popular in
the eastern Nepal. A study was conducted to identify the date of planting which produce maximum
and earliest fruit at Agricultural Research Station, Pakhribas. The study was .conducted for two
consecutive years of 2007 and 2008. The treatments were jive planting dates Fa/gun, Chaitra,
Baisakh, Jestha and Asar. The experiments were executed in randomized block design with three
replications. Earliest flowering and first harvesting were recorded from Baisakh planting (32.5
days and 56.83 days respectively). Fruit diameter was not significantly different while fruit length
was found maximum from Baisakh planting and shortest from Asar planting. Fa/gun planting.
produced maximum fruit yield (48.8 t/ha) followed by Chaitra planting (34. 7 tlha).

Cucumber is the most important cucurbit vegetable which is commercially grown in Nepal from
Terai to high hills. A locallandrace of cucumber which is long and dark green is very popular in
the eastern Nepal. A study was conducted to identify the date of planting which produce maximum
and earliest fruit at Agricultural Research Station, Pakhribas. The study was .conducted for two
consecutive years of 2007 and 2008. The treatments were jive planting dates Fa/gun, Chaitra,
Baisakh, Jestha and Asar. The experiments were executed in randomized block design with three
replications. Earliest flowering and first harvesting were recorded from Baisakh planting (32.5
days and 56.83 days respectively). Fruit diameter was not significantly different while fruit length
was found maximum from Baisakh planting and shortest from Asar planting. Fa/gun planting.
produced maximum fruit yield (48.8 t/ha) followed by Chaitra planting (34. 7 tlha).