ABC of gardener: when do they pick up cucumbers?

How to form and when you pick up cucumbers? These are very urgent issues for many truck farmers, as it is very difficult to understand all the features of modern varieties and hybrids. In addition, the formation of cucumber bushes also depends on the place of cultivation: in the open ground or in the greenhouse, directly on the bed or on the trellis. Of course, there are a lot of tips on this subject in the press and on the Internet, but it is the question of which one to use to get a normal harvest.

How to properly pinch cucumbers (photo)

Cucumber is a curling liana, so in order to save space, this plant is better to grow on trellis. This is especially true for greenhouse breeding. This technology helps to significantly increase yield, because it involves the formation of a plant in the course of its development. This process is carried out by removing unnecessary shoots, which, if left, will not take nutrients in vain, but they will not bear fruit. When plucked cucumber correctly, then the plant grows a powerful stem, the required number of leaves, healthy side shoots and a large number of fruits. It should be remembered that the process of pricking is performed before flowering. When removing excess shoots, you must be careful not to damage the main stem and the remaining leaves. When stepping on cucumbers , one should slightly pull the leaf out with one hand, and the other with care to pinch the stepson right next to the stem. For convenience and to avoid damage to the whip, you can use scissors with rounded tips.

How to pinch cucumbers (outline)

When the plant throws out the fourth leaf, side shoots, as well as flower buds, should be near it. Having finished the procedure of the first pinching, cucumbers must be tied to the trellis. To do this, a wire is attached to the top of the bed, to which the cord is attached - cucumbers will be kept for it. Then it is recommended to feed cucumbers with humus or ready fertilizers. It is important not to forget about the timely watering of plants, as well as about good ventilation, if the cultivation is done in a greenhouse. When do they pick up cucumbers again? When the 5th, 6th and 7th sheets appear, however, this is done in a slightly different way.

When repeated pasynkovaniya on the side shoots leave one formed ovary and one leaf, and all other shoots carefully remove and wrap the grown cucumber whip around the rope, tied to the trellis. The next pinching is made after the appearance of the next three sheets (8th, 9th and 10th). In the process of the third pasynkovaniya leave a pair of sheets and two young cucumbers. And after 11 leaves, remove all the ovaries, but leave three leaves and the same number of cucumbers on each of the shoots.

When do they pick up cucumbers of winter varieties?

As for the winter greenhouse cucumbers, for example, the grade "Relay", then during the January planting, it usually does not have enough light, because of which on the main stem side shoots appear only in the axils of the 8th-9th leaf. Their stepson, and then leave the side shoots, pinching them on 1-3 sheets. When the whip grows to the trellis, its top is bent to the wire. Further, the plant is pasynkuyut at 1.5-meter height from the surface of the garden.