Many truck farmers are confident that watering and feeding for growing cucumbers in the greenhouse is enough. But some agronomists also recommend trimming a vegetable.
Is it necessary to cut cucumbers in a greenhouse?
Many of us plant this vegetable from year to year and get a very good harvest and do not even think about cutting cucumbers in the greenhouse. Meanwhile, experienced plant growers are advised to engage in this procedure. Its necessity is explained by the fact that the reduction in vegetation of the cucumber leads to the fact that the nutrients are directed not to the development of the tops, but to the intensified growth of the fruits.
How correctly to cut cucumbers in a greenhouse?
The main purpose of pruning cucumbers is the formation of a plant. Self-pollinating varieties should be grown one stalk. Therefore, in its lower part (2-4 a row of leaves), the side shoots are removed in the axils while leaving the leaves. Due to such actions at the lower part of the stem there will be good ventilation, which means that root rot is not terrible.
As for how to trim cucumbers in a greenhouse in the next 3-4 nodes of cucumber leaves (growth zone up to 1 m), then leave only one ripening cucumber and 1-2 leaves. They are necessary in order to nourish the fruits.
In the third part of the plant (at a height of 1 to 1.5 m), two fruits and two or three leaves are left.
In the fourth part of the plant (at an altitude of 1.5 m and above), three cucumbers and three or four leaves above them are not pruned.
Note that when the cucumber grows, it should be plucked every 50 cm. When the plants in the greenhouse reach the upper trellis, the vegetable is thrown through it and sent down.
These are the basic rules of how to trim the leaves of cucumbers in a greenhouse. Also, leaves that are yellowed and those that grow below the first node where fruits are ripe are removed. It is recommended not to prune the pruning with your hands, and there you should injure the cucumber, and make a sharp knife with it.