ENGLISH CUCUMBER
ENGLISH CUCUMBER
VARIETIES
BOLOGNA
- Long cucumber
- Produces dark green
fruits up to 38 cm long - Good plant vigor,
parthenocarpy - Powdery Mildew resistant
GREENHOUSE DIMENSIONS
SPECIAL GREENHOUSE DESIGN FOR HOT & HUMID WEATHER CONDITIONS. (Adequate for different parts of African continent, low lands and high lands)
CALVANISED STEEL
- Steel life cycle is more than 15 years
- Plastic life cycle is 33 months
- Netting life cycle is 84 months
- Wind resistant
- Crop holder system can hold up to 16kg/m2
- 1 technician & 5 workers can install 1 unit in 5 days
- Pillars and arches made of wide tubes of 60mm
- Fixed top ventilation 70cm, overlap 50cm, for chimney yerda effect
- Film stretched and fixed using aluminum profile and spring wire
- Nets covering all sides, 40 mesh, for better aeration
- Safety access system or double door to prevent insect entrance
- Down skirt on all sides to anchor the structure and to prevent rain water floods go inside
- Reinforcements and wind breakers for a rigid structure
- Built in crop support on each arch, can hold more than 16kg/m2
WOODEN GREENHOUSE
INDOOR PRODUCTION
COST AND BENEFIT CALCULATION
BOLOGNA RZ F1
GENERAL
Crop type
English cucumber
Crop length (transplanting – end of harvest)
150 Days
OPERATIONAL COSTS (if applicable)
Seed price per 100 seeds
Total seed costs ( 1000 seeds)
Media preparations
Fertilizers & Nutrients
Trellising system
Disease control
Pest Control
Labour ( Crop care and Harvest)
Transportof production to market
Others
UGX 81,500
UGX 815,000
UGX 500,000
UGX 1,000,000
UGX 350,000
UGX 350,000
UGX 150,000
UGX 2,500,000
UGX 250,000
UGX 500,000
Total Operational costs
UGX 6,496,500
CROP CALCULATIONS
Acreage (m2)
Plant density (plants/m2)
Total no. of plants
Yield in KG / plant
240
0.24
1000
12
Total KG produced
12000
INVESTMENT COSTS (if applicable)
Wooden Greenhouse
Total Investment costs
UGX 17,000,000
UGX 17,000,000
BUSINESS CALCULATION
Market price (price per KG or piece)
Total sales
Total costs
Gross profit
UGX 2,500
UGX 30,000,000
UGX 23,496,500
UGX 6,503,500
Net Profit Season 1
Net Profit Season 2
Net Profit Season 3
UGX 6,503,500
UGX 23,503,500
UGX 23,503,500
GENERAL
Crop type
English cucumber
Crop type Crop length (transplanting – end of harvest)
150 Days
OPERATIONAL COSTS (if applicable)
Seed price per 100 seeds
UGX 81,500
Total seed costs ( 1000 seeds)
UGX 815,000
Media preparations
UGX 500,000
Fertilizers & Nutrients
UGX 1,000,000
Trellising system
UGX 350,000
Disease control
UGX 350,000
Pest Control
UGX 150,000
Labour ( Crop care and Harvest)
UGX 2,500,000
Transport of production to market
UGX 250,000
Others
UGX 500,000
Total Operational costs
UGX 6,496,500
CROP CALCULATIONS
Acreage (m2)
240
Plant density (plants/m2)
0.24
Total no. of plants
1000
Yield in KG / plant
12
Total KG produced
12000
INVESTMENT COSTS (if applicable)
Wooden Greenhouse
UGX 17,000,000
Total Investment costs
UGX 17,000,000
BUSINESS CALCULATION
Market price (price per KG or piece)
UGX 2,500
Total sales
UGX 30,000,000
Total costs
UGX 23,496,500
Gross profit
UGX 6,503,500
Net Profit Season 1
UGX 6,503,500
Net Profit Season 2
UGX 23,503,500
Net Profit Season 3
UGX 23,503,500
METALLIC GREENHOUSE
INDOOR PRODUCTION
COST AND BENEFIT CALCULATION
BOLOGNA RZ F1
GENERAL
Crop type
English cucumber
Crop length (transplanting – end of harvest)
150 Days
OPERATIONAL COSTS (if applicable)
Seed price per 100 seeds
Total seed costs ( 1000 seeds)
Media preparations
Fertilizers & Nutrients
Trellising system
Disease control
Pest Control
Labour ( Crop care and Harvest)
Transportof production to market
Others
UGX 81,500
UGX 815,000
UGX 500,000
UGX 1,000,000
UGX 350,000
UGX 350,000
UGX 150,000
UGX 2,500,000
UGX 250,000
UGX 500,000
Total Operational costs
UGX 6,496,500
CROP CALCULATIONS
Acreage (m2)
Plant density (plants/m2)
Total no. of plants
Yield in KG / plant
240
0.24
1000
12
Total KG produced
12000
INVESTMENT COSTS (if applicable)
Wooden Greenhouse
Total Investment costs
UGX 36,000,000
UGX 36,000,000
BUSINESS CALCULATION
Market price (price per KG or piece)
Total sales
Total costs
Gross profit
UGX 2,500
UGX 30,000,000
UGX 42,496,500
-UGX 12,496,500
Net Profit Season 1
Net Profit Season 2
Net Profit Season 3
-UGX 12,496,500
UGX 11,007,000
UGX 23,503,500
GENERAL
Crop type
English cucumber
Crop type Crop length (transplanting – end of harvest)
150 Days
OPERATIONAL COSTS (if applicable)
Seed price per 100 seeds
UGX 81,500
Total seed costs ( 1000 seeds)
UGX 815,000
Media preparations
UGX 500,000
Fertilizers & Nutrients
UGX 1,000,000
Trellising system
UGX 350,000
Disease control
UGX 350,000
Pest Control
UGX 150,000
Labour ( Crop care and Harvest)
UGX 2,500,000
Transport of production to market
UGX 250,000
Others
UGX 500,000
Total Operational costs
UGX 6,496,500
CROP CALCULATIONS
Acreage (m2)
240
Plant density (plants/m2)
0.24
Total no. of plants
1000
Yield in KG / plant
12
Total KG produced
12000
INVESTMENT COSTS (if applicable)
Wooden Greenhouse
UGX 36,000,000
Total Investment costs
UGX 36,000,000
BUSINESS CALCULATION
Market price (price per KG or piece)
UGX 2,500
Total sales
UGX 30,000,000
Total costs
UGX 42,496,500
Gross profit
-UGX 12,496,500
Net Profit Season 1
-UGX 12,496,500
Net Profit Season 2
UGX 11,007,000
Net Profit Season 3
UGX 23,503,500
