Vegetable
Cucumber
📍 Timor LesteClick a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.
Sow
Harvest
Sow
Oct – Nov
Harvest
Jan – Feb
Growing period
90 - 120 days
Seeding rate
5 - 7 kg/ha
🌾
Harvest — this part of the plant
Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .
Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .
Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.
Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .
Local note
Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.
Advertisement
Where Cucumber grows in Timor Leste
hill mountain
Northern Upland
Alt 700- 1500 m, mountainous with small flat land, slope 25 -40%, one rainy season, 1500-2000 mm/year
hill mountain
Southern Upland
Alt 1000- 2500 m, mountainous with small flat land, slope 40%, two rainy seasons, 2500 mm/year
Looking for another crop? Browse the full Timor Leste crop calendar or the Cucumber guide for other countries.