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- Cutting cucumber plants - why, when and how?
- Why cut cucumber plants?
- Greenhouse cucumber plants when and how to cut?
- Free-range cucumber plants when and how to cut?
- A pruning - two crops
- Tips & Tricks
Cutting cucumber plants - why, when and how?
During a growing season, it is necessary to cut cucumber plants or remove parts for more growth and yield. If you want to harvest as many cucumbers, you should eliminate the plants. But cutting is not the same cut. Why, when and how the sharp blade should be applied to cucumber plants
Why cut cucumber plants?
Greenhouse cucumber plants when and how to cut?
For greenhouse cucumbers: As soon as the main drive reaches the top of the trellis, it should be trimmed back and guided downwards or along the roof. Please note that you can keep growing the two side shoots at the top of the cucumber plant. From them, laterally, the side shoots are formed.
In addition to the 5th leaf auszie the side shoots. From the 5th leaf leave one fruit per leaf ax. Remove all fruits under the 5th leaf. Who wants to stimulate the flower and fruit formation, the first, the so-called royal flower, break out. This will then mature with concentrated plant power 10 to 12 fruits on each cucumber plant.
Free-range cucumber plants when and how to cut?
In the case of cucumber plants in the open air, cutting or picking up ripe cucumbers is not essential. BUT instead of ground cover cucumber plants, you can also raise outdoor cucumber plants to trellis. The advantage? It cares and harvests more easily, because you protect your back. Provided you turn off the lower cucumber blossoms to a height of 50 centimeters and remove the side shoots after the first fruit. This gives more light and air to the cucumber plants and they dry faster - which supports plant health.
IMPORTANT: To harvest cucumbers and cut always on clean and sharp blades pay attention! Wear thin gloves or finger protector for breaking, picking or snapping off with your thumb and forefinger to protect the skin and nails from discolouration.
A pruning - two crops
Not only professionals, but also recreational gardeners confirm that cutting back the cucumber plants after the first harvest promotes better flowering.
Everything done properly? Have you properly cared for your cucumber plants, cut and ausgegeizt, then you can enjoy a copious cucumber harvest in organic quality.
Tips & Tricks
Try different cuts on the same cucumbers like pickling and collect valuable green thumb experiences - try to be smart! 😉