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ABSTRACT
A field experiment was conducted to assess the effect of combined urea and poultry manure (PM) on the growth and yield of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) during the wet and dry season planting in the Horticultural garden of Edo State College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi, Benin city, Edo state, Nigeria. Randomized complete block design in a 2x4 factorial layout was adopted using 16 treatments that were replicated three times resulting 48 treatments combination. The results showed that 3tons PM/ha+100kg urea/ha gave the highest yield of cucumber during the wet season, while 2tons PM /ha+150kg urea/ha gave the highest yield of cucumber during the dry season planting. It is hereby concluded that these are the best treatment combination for cucumber growth and yield during wet and dry season planting, other treatment combinations gave various yield values, though not significantly (P=0.05) different, but are higher than other treatments when compared physically during the dry and wet season planting respectively. Similarly growth parameter such as numbers leaf, plant height, fruit weight and girth, exhibited the same pattern of response to the treatments. It is therefore recommended that 3tons PM/ha +100kg urea/ha should be applied during the wet season planting, whereas 2tons PM/ha +150kg urea/ha should be applied during the dry season planting for effective growth and yield of cucumber within the rain forest zones of Nigeria.
