What Enterprise is Sustainable for Me?
Cucumber
To evaluate how well this enterprise aligns with your farm's agronomic, marketing, financial and management resources, answer these five questions. Then, calculate your score.
Using a scale from 0 to 100, scores indicate your farm's likely success with an enterprise.
The icons link to resources you can use to answer these questions.
QUESTIONS
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1. Does the intended planting site have good water and air infiltration, avoid areas with compacted soils, record high soil organic matter levels and lack a recent cucurbit crop production history?
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2. If planting cucumbers by seed, then would you be willing to purchase seed that has had fungicide and insecticide treatments and plant the seed using a precision seeder?
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3. To support pollination, are you willing to provide one honey bee hive per acre of cucumbers?
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4. Are you willing to regularly scout cucumber fields for pests, diseases and weeds and adopt management strategies as needed to address issues discovered during scouting?
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5. Cucumber fruit has a high water content, so growing cucumbers requires adequate moisture. Are you willing to install an irrigation system to provide cucumber plantings with reliable access to water?
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Your ResultsX
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Respond to the questions for an enterprise. Each question touches on a key factor that affects an enterprise's sustainability on your farm.2 of 3
Icons to the side of questions direct to other decision tools that share detailed information about a question's topic.3 of 3
After completing all questions for an enterprise, calculate your score. A pop-up page will share your results. Scores closer to 100 suggest the enterprise would align well with your farm. Scores closer to 0 suggest the enterprise would not fit as well, based on your responses to the questions.