Cucumber: pinching and forming shoots

Cucumber is a curling creeper, whichsupport is required. Usually in the open ground cucumbers can be grown without trellis, but in a greenhouse this device is necessary. Tapestry - is, in simple terms, the usual wire, which stretches along the beds. To her by means of twine (twine) a plant is fixed in a certain way. Formation and pinching of cucumbers in the open ground to this day is not often practiced. Usually, this process was carried out in plants grown under greenhouse conditions. But at the moment gardeners and truck farmers prefer to use this technology for cucumbers planted in the soil. Tapestry makes harvesting more convenient, and prischipka allows you to increase the period of fruiting.

The scheme of pinching cucumbers

In order to perform a pinch, there isspecial procedure. On how well you follow it, depends the further life of the plant and the duration of its fruiting. On the lateral shoot should be removed point of growth. This way you stop the growth of cucumber. Zelentsy will begin to form faster and fill with juice. This is the whole point of pinching. By the time the plant starts to bear fruit, it should be formed like this: one long stem and short shoots on the sides. If you do not pinch the lateral shoots in time, this will cause the main stem to become short, the side shoots grow unlimitedly, and the fruiting will be delayed. Usually in the summer period, the shoots are completely plucked in the lower sinuses. The stepsons that appear in the leaf nodes are removed. It is also recommended to remove small ovaries in the first 3-4 leaves. This is done so that the first cucumber does 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 helps protect plants from depletion. In the future you will receive a plentiful harvest.

Cucumber: pinching of greenhouse varieties

In winter varieties of cucumbers, for example, in the "relay race"planted in January, there is a lack of light. On the main stem of the plant, about 6-7 ovaries are formed. Often this is due to the sex of the plant. In the winter grade "relay race" in some sites there are male flowers-vapors, in them, of course, there will be no fruits. 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 lateral processes, which should be nipped on 2-3 leaves. When the plant reaches the wire, its tip should be carefully folded and wrapped around it several times, then lower the stem down the string. As the plant grows, the plant is pricked about 1.5 meters from the ground.

Cucumber: pinching for prolonged fruiting

Greenhouse cucumbers can bear fruit duringhalf a year. To do this, they should be formed a little differently. The horizontal (upper) part of the stem, located on the wire, you need to pinch from above, and down to release two lateral shoots. They are harvested from them. On them it is possible to leave side shoots of the first order of branching. Of them, shoots will appear, they are not removed and also left for fruiting. With the proper formation, you can quickly grow a cucumber. Pinching, performed according to the rules, allows for a long time to collect a plentiful harvest.