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Should I prune my cucumber plants?

post #1 of 5
8/20/10 at 8:43am
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My latest batch of cucumbers have not been uniform shapes or have riped evenly. I noticed that the vines are getting very long and thick so I thought I might pruned them back a bit. Is this a good idea? Anyone else prune their cucumber vines back? The longer vines really don't look healthy to me so what should I do?

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post #2 of 5
8/24/10 at 5:14pm

I'm not sure I'd prune them, per se,  because the cuts could open them to certain bugs,  but pinching off any new growth might be helpful. 

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post #3 of 5
8/25/10 at 6:23am

Yes you can trim them back. As for different size and shapes, on some varieties, I get the same thing. I pick mine when they are about 1/2 of their mature size. If you leave them on, like all plants they will stop producing

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post #4 of 5
10/5/10 at 7:07pm

you can surely prune them, pruning them would not harm your cucumber plants especially if  the vines you'll prune are not healthy anymore....

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post #5 of 5
10/25/10 at 5:15pm

I'm also getting curious regarding pruning, does anyone can share how to prune it? Thanks in advance.

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