Effect of different methods of staking on the growth and yield of cucumber (Cucumis Sativus)

Abstract

The Experiment was conducted at the experimental field of the crop and soil science Department of Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development formerly University of Education Winneba, Mampong –Ashanti. From October to December 2021 to determine the effects of different staking methods on the vegetative growth and yield of cucumber. Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was used with four treatments and three replications. The treatments were No staking, String staking, Anchor staking and Single staking. The Parameters were plant height, plant girth, number of leaves, fruit diameter, fruit length, number of fruit per plant, day to 50% flower. Data collected was analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and The treatment means separated with the Least significant difference (Lsd) at 5% level of probability. The findings indicate that, although staked cucumber performed better than the non-staked cucumber, however, among the three staking methods (Anchor, String, and Single staking), String staking performed best on both vegetative and yield performance of cucumber followed by Single staking and Anchor staking recording low on both vegetative and yield performance of cucumber. It is therefore recommended that farmers should adopt the string staking.