How to prune cucumbers? Pruning and tipping methods

Cucumber pruning time

Cucumbers grow relatively fast and need to be pruned several times a year, preferably in spring and autumn. When pruning cucumbers, you can choose to prune on sunny days and avoid pruning on rainy days to prevent the breeding of bacteria in the wounds. Timely pruning can reduce nutrient consumption, increase ventilation and light transmission, and improve the yield and quality of cucumbers.

Cucumber pruning method

1. Pinching and topping: If you want to increase the yield of cucumbers through pruning, you can do a good job of pinching and topping. The pinching and topping of cucumbers should be determined according to the growth rate. When the cucumber branches and vines grow to about one meter, you can pinch and top them in time and cut off the top branches.

2. Thinning branches: During the growth period of cucumbers, pay attention to thinning branches, cutting off some diseased branches and dead branches, and promptly cutting off the forked branches that affect growth, so as to promote the sprouting and growth of other branches, and also reduce excessive consumption of nutrients.

3. Shorten branches: When the side branches of cucumber grow too long and the number of fruits on the side branches is small, you can perform short pruning to cut off the excessively long branches to promote the growth of side branches, which can effectively increase the yield.

4. Remove leaves: During the growth period of cucumbers, pay attention to removing useless leaves and removing the old leaves and yellow leaves at the bottom. This can avoid unnecessary consumption of nutrients and increase permeability, thereby increasing yield.

5. Thinning flowers and fruits: After the cucumber enters the flowering and fruiting period, you can thin the flowers and fruits and remove the poorly developed flowers. After the fruits are produced, you can remove the shriveled fruits, small fruits, and poorly developed fruits.