Cucumber is a climbing vine that needs support. Usually in open ground cucumbers can be grown without trellis, but in the greenhouse this device is necessary. Tapestry is, simply put, an ordinary wire pulled along a bed. To it with twine (twine) a plant is tied in a certain way. The formation and pinching of cucumbers in the open ground to this day has not often been practiced. Usually this process was carried out in plants grown in greenhouse conditions. But at the moment, gardeners and gardeners prefer to use this technology for cucumbers planted in the ground. The trellis makes harvesting more convenient, and pinching allows you to increase the fruiting period.
Cucumber pinching pattern
In order to perform pinching, there is a special procedure. The further life of the plant and the duration of its bearing depend on how correctly you perform it. On the side shoot, the growth point should be removed. Thus, you will stop the growth of the cucumber. Zelentsy will begin to form and fill up faster with juice. This is the whole point of pinching. By the time the plant begins to bear fruit, it should be shaped like this: one long stem and short shoots on the sides. If you do not pinch the lateral shoots on time, this will lead to the fact that the main stem will become short, the lateral shoots will begin to grow indefinitely and fruiting will be delayed. Usually in the summer period in the lower sinuses pluck shoots completely. Stepsons appearing in leaf nodules are removed. It is also recommended to remove small ovaries in the first 3-4 leaves. This is done so that the first cucumbers do not slow down the growth of the plant. You can collect a few early fruits, and then wait a whole week when the next cucumber appears. Pinching the first ovaries in the lower sinuses allows you to protect the plants from exhaustion. In the future, you will receive a plentiful harvest.
Cucumber: pinching greenhouse varieties
In winter varieties of cucumbers, for example, in the "relay race" planted in January, there is a lack of light. About 6-7 ovaries form on the main stem of the plant. Often this is due to the floor of the plant. In the winter variety "relay race" in some nodes there are male empty flowers, of course, there will be no fruit in them. Lateral shoots begin to appear from 8-9 nodes on the main stem, that is, in the sinuses of 8-9 leaves. It is necessary to leave all the lateral processes that should be pinched on 2-3 sheets. When the plant reaches the wire, its top should be gently bent and wrapped around it several times, then lower the stem down the twine. As the plant grows, pinch it at about one and a half meters above the ground.
Cucumber: pinching for long fruiting
Greenhouse cucumbers can bear fruit for six months. To do this, they should be formed a little differently. The horizontal (upper) part of the stem, located on the wire, needs to be pinched from above, and two side shoots should be lowered down. Harvested from them. They can leave lateral shoots of the first branching order. More shoots will appear from them, they will not be removed and also left for fruiting. With proper formation, you can quickly grow a cucumber. Pinching, performed according to the rules, allows for a long time to collect a plentiful crop.