- Pinching greenhouse cucumbers made easy
- The most important thing you need to get the most out of it:
- tips and tricks
Exhaust greenhouse cucumbers - yes or no? Everyone who grows cucumbers has to find the answer themselves. Because when it comes to cucumbers, there is no consensus in the gardening world. And the abundance of the harvest seems to be independent of this. But when it's over, you should know how and when.
When pinching, limitless growth is prevented by pinching off plant shoots, excess buds and flowers. As a result, cucumber plants invest their energy specifically in the increased formation of fruit and less in shoots and leaves.
Pinching greenhouse cucumbers made easy
Pinching tomatoes is necessary because new side shoots are constantly growing. This procedure is unique for cucumber plants because new shoots do not grow back.
The most important thing you need to get the most out of it:
- thumb
- index finger
- Glove optional
For greenhouse cucumbers that grow upwards on trellises, pinching out the lower and upper sections of the plant has proven its worth. To do this, simply pinch off the lowest buds and cross shoots up to 60 centimeters above the ground. This encourages bud formation above and prevents the lowest cucumbers from lying in the ground. This keeps soil pests and moisture away from the fruit.
Also important: guide cucumber tips down or along the greenhouse roof in good time before the end of the climbing aid. Make sure they don't slip and break off, and that they don't compact too much. To avoid this, also remove part of the side shoots so that the power is only directed to the main shoots.
It's easy. Healthy cucumber plants produce side shoots everywhere during the growth phase. Small cucumbers grow on these. The best green thumb trick: After 2 gherkins and leaves, pinch off the shoot. Caution! Side shoots only - NOT the main shoot. If you discover more shoots on the side shoots, remove them after the first cucumber and the first leaf. In this way, the energy of the plant is directed into the fruit and not into the leaves.
tips and tricks
Eating out cucumbers - that speaks for itself: You harvest more healthy fruit and the plants find enough space in the greenhouse because the lush growth is deliberately limited.