In short
This course will show you the basics of growing cucumber in India in such way that you can increase your yield and profit.
7 chapters & 32 lessons
The content of this course is divided into 7 different chapters, including a total of 32 lessons.
1 week to complete
This course can be completed online within 1 week of study time.
Online learning
Learn online at your own pace and enjoy the mix of articles, videos, questionnaires and downloads. You get a certificate after completing the course.
Knowledge from experts
Rijk Zwaan is one of world leading vegetable breeding company with local expertise. Our cultivation & breeding specialists will share the latest insights in cucumber cultivation.
Become a better cucumber farmer
Throughout this course you will discover how you:
- Choose the best growing system
- Have a successful nursery
- Increase your yield by reading the plant & optimize plant balance
- Give your plants the right nutrients / fertilizer
- Protect your crops against pests & diseases
- Harvest at the right time
- And many more...
Extend your cultivation knowledge now!
Get ready to enroll in our e-learning and become a better grower.
Meet our specialist Cucumber
Satish Kumar
Satish is a Cucumber product specialist at Rijk Zwaan India since 2012. Together with the international Cucumber Crop Team of Rijk Zwaan he is sharing our knowledge about cucumber varieties and cultivation. Satish enjoys teaching all levels, from low-tech till high-tech circumstances. He looks forward to answer all you questions during the courses.
Course Curriculum
Frequently asked questions
Yes this course is free of charge!
Yes, after finishing the course and completing all the lessons you get redeem a certificate of completion. This certificate is handed out digitally in PDF, which you can print out if you like.
Next to the English version of this course, we also have this course available in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. Go to the courses overview page to enroll for a different language.
You can follow this course on your own pace, but we expect that his course can be completed online within 1 week of study time.
Rijk Zwaan is a vegetable seed breeder. We make new hybrid varieties of vegetables, with added value for all actors in the vegetable chain - such as disease resistances and higher yields and improved flavours. Our Head Office is in the Netherlands but we have subsidiaries in more than 30 countries and distributors in over a 100. We breed many vegetable varieties and sell seeds to professional food growers around the world. If you've eaten cucumber, tomato, sweet pepper, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, carrot and really - almost any veggie in the supermarket - you've probably eaten a vegetable grown from Rijk Zwaan seeds.
We only breed vegetables and sell seeds. We don't engage in pharmaceutical or chemical production.
Rijk Zwaan is a family owned business with the ambition to increase vegetable consumption around the world. Read more about Rijk Zwaan at www.rijkzwaan.com
We only breed vegetables and sell seeds. We don't engage in pharmaceutical or chemical production.
Rijk Zwaan is a family owned business with the ambition to increase vegetable consumption around the world. Read more about Rijk Zwaan at www.rijkzwaan.com
That is not a problem, we like to share a healthy future! However, our curriculum is based on our varieties. The crop management refers to specific Rijk Zwaan varieties and may not be 1 on 1 applicable to other varieties. Of course, we like to see you becoming successful with the wide Rijk Zwaan assortment.
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