Cucumber also has strong growth and branching ability. According to its growth in summer, it is generally necessary to do a good job of pruning branches. It is necessary to remove all its lateral branches and pinch them off in time, which can promote its bottom branches to bear fruit and enhance its growth ability. When you plant cucumbers, you need to prune them. You need to prune the redundant lateral branches and deformed fruits in time, so that other cucumbers can grow normally and have better quality. When the main vine bears fruit, you must trim off the redundant side branches. When the side vine bears fruit, you need to leave one or two leaves to clamp the top and destroy all the tendrils.

How to prune the branches and leaves of cucumber

Before picking cucumber hearts, you only need to prepare a pair of scissors, but the scissors need to be cleaned to avoid infection with Fusarium oxysporum. After it grows flowers and bones, it is necessary to observe whether the flowering branches and vines belong to the main stem or lateral branches, and choose the position of the incision. If the main stem blooms, you can cut off the surrounding side branches with scissors. If the lateral vine blooms, it is necessary to top the main stem and pick the heart.

Cucumber pruning skills

Picking the top of cucumber in time can effectively avoid the top advantage, make the plant not only grow upward, but also strengthen the strength of the trunk and promote the growth of fruit. In addition, cutting off non-growing branches can promote their growth.

Cucumber grows quickly after pruning.

Pruning cucumber will not affect the flowering of cucumber. Generally, short sunshine will promote more female flowers and less male flowers in cucumber, while long sunshine will be the opposite.

Cucumber pruning and flowering

When the cucumber grows, it is necessary to cut off the redundant side branches in time, and the deformed fruit must be cut off in time to avoid the stunted deformed fruit from affecting the growth of other fruits.

Cucumber pruning produces many fruits.

When pruning cucumbers, you must pay attention. You need to trim with scissors, because pinching cucumbers with your hands will have a bitter taste. After coring, you need to apply disinfectant, and when the wound is dry, you can resume normal watering and fertilization.