How to cut the leaves of cucumber

Circumcision leaves no way to pass on the stage of cultivation of cucumbers. When properly pruned growing crop volume and palatability cucumber becomes higher. Trimming leaves green mass and reduces the availability substances themselves rushing to development of cucumbers.

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The essence of the crop

By pruning is recommended to start when the process technology has been studied thoroughly. This is necessary so as not to make mistakes, and do not destroy the crop of inexperience. It is particularly important to consider the following details:

• Shoots on the sides need to be removed as soon as possible. In this point of growth should continue, so gardeners are advised not to touch the lash. As a tool to remove the suit sharp scissors, but not bare hands. If you break off shoots, wounds that will not heal for a long time.
• With an abundance of shoots before their removal is recommended to remove the growing point and reduce nitrogen application to the soil at least a couple of days. Also, the soil must be dry at the roots. Thereafter, all substances entering the plant flock to cucumbers instead shoots.
• Lost pigmentation sheets recommend to clean once a day or two, enough for normal development and a pair of leaves.
• Since the beginning of the harvest, the location of the upper lashes is recommended not to change, otherwise the fruit will complete its growth and become yellow.

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Major pruning laws

During pruning very important role played by cucumber variety. Equally important is the sort of pollination, because if self-pollinated cucumbers, they released a single stalk. It will be up to a third of all future cucumbers. Others will be in the sides of the stems.
pruning rules are as follows:

1. At the initial stage of pruning vines visually divided into 4 zones. All of the ovary that will be in the part of the stem near the ground, cut off. Shoots on the sides, those that are in the axils, too clean. These are the ones that are in the middle between the second and the fourth leaf. Leaves in the process of eliminating the need to stay in place.
2. The second zone is a 4 node. It does not touch on one cucumber and a couple of leaves and the growing point eliminate.
3. The third area - the height of the plants, which can not exceed one and a half meters. They are located on three sites it is necessary to leave a pair of leaves and fruits as much.
4. The latter zone free of all the shoots, leaving three sheets and the same fruit at the very top of the stem.
   Hardly main stem "growth" will be equal to the length of the wire, it is wrapped around it several times. Then growth point located above the fourth sheet was removed and fixed whip on a trellis. Next escape, which appeared in the axil of the first sheet, eliminate. The remaining three are placed on the wire.

Every half-meter whip pinch to new shoots can continue its growth. It is important not to leave without topping shoots whose growth forced them to go beyond the line of the series.

• If the cucumber is too broad leaves, or in the place of its growth a little light, it needs clarifying pruning. It consists in removing the stems and leaves on the sides of the main stem. The ovaries of fruit at the same time leaving a pair of pieces.
• If the purpose of pruning is to increase the volume of the harvest, the stems of the side in the first node must remain inviolable. Escape from the side units should be placed on the ground like a fan. When the stem has completed its growth benefits can get as they need food.
• In the process of growth is necessary to make sure that the stems do not grow in height too much, as this will complicate the harvest and reduce the number of nutrients that the plant can send the fruit. If you do not want to cut the apical sprout, the direction of its growth can be slowed down or change tied to a wire whip.

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Proper removal of leaves machinery

The amount of the harvest increased need to eliminate unnecessary leaves, because they take themselves nutrients. This is done as follows:

1. Scourge is not recommended to cut entirely - only up to the point of growth. If you do not, then escape easily injured and may cease to develop.
2. If many empty-flowers appeared on the plant, then the earth is oversaturated with moisture. It is dried, after which the puffs are cut off along with their growth points. This will allow plant juices to feed the fruits instead of colors.
3. If the pruning process is too delayed, the scourge can drop and begin to be confused. Every 7-10 days are also recommended to remove yellowed sheets, as well as those below cucumbers. A couple of sheets at the level of the fetus level still leave. Part of the leaves that grows above the fruits also do not touch almost.
4. Experienced gardeners warn on the risk of shading of fruits, if new assholes direct along the hedge. If bees are involved in the pollination process, then it is advised to cut the leaves in such a way that they can be free to fall into colors.
5. During harvest, you do not advise you to touch the deadlores and mustache - this directly affects the number of subsequent zeroze.

With the trimming of cucumber leaves, even beginner gardeners can cope. The most important thing is to adhere to disheight's rules and do not touch the faded leaves.