This article provides expert tips on pruning cucumber plants to ensure healthy vines, better fruit production, and reduced risk of disease. The method of pruning cucumbers is for plants growing up a trellis, such as string trellis, lattice trellis, or A-frame. Whether training cucumbers in a greenhouse, hoophouse, caterpillar tunnel, or containers on your back deck, pruning the lateral growth points is essential.
Parthenocarpic and gynoecious cucumbers are the best for greenhouse cultivation, as they do not require pollination. Proper care and maintenance for greenhouse cucumbers include watering and nutrient management, pruning and support, growth control, and disease control.
Pruning cucumbers too early limits the size of the vines and reduces fruit production. Instead, wait to prune cucumber vines until they are a few inches long. Pruning the lateral growth points between the leaf, tendril, and developing fruit of trellised cucumber plants encourages upward growth and helps optimize fruit quality.
Regular pruning conserves plants’ nutrients and keeps them disease-free. While cucumbers should not be pruned as prudently as tomatoes, they should be pruned with clippers to avoid damaging the main vine. Make a clean cut as close as possible to the main vine.
In summary, proper pruning is essential for optimum growth and quality of fruit, but it should not be as prudent as tomatoes.
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I saw your article about a month ago and I had to come back and say thank you!!!! I’ve grown cucumbers and grew up with cucumbers in the garden BUT I never understood how much more manageable the process can be! You guys put it straight and short and that is so helpful. Very much appreciate your article. I’ve never pruned my cucumbers before and every year I’d end up in a tangled mess side stepping all over to harvest. This method works so well! I’m trellising mine and have a W shape trellis I’ve been training them up with tomato clips and pulling the suckers. They’ve about reached the topic my garden which is 6 ft. But I also created a trellis in front of my porch which is 10 foot 😂 people are going to get tired of me offering cucumbers by the end of this season. Thanks again!! You all are awesome ❤😊
Wow I’ve been perusal all sorts of cucumber youtube articles and this is by far the best explanation on stringing & pruning cucumbers. So neat. I’ll be doing the same but I have 7″ trellis netting I’ll clip to. Subscribing. I love how you break down the structure of the vine.. the main stem, the branch, the fruit, the tendril and the sucker. Make it so easy.
The only pinching I do is my wife 😅 but yes this does improve growth in cucumber as well, I can’t stop hearing this Jamaican guy, cucumba, it’s probably my favourite thing in my garden, cucumber takes away bad breath, incredible how much water it has and yet so insanely flavourful ❤ hope I didn’t offend anyone, I had a few drinks and actually added a slice of cucumber to it, kinda killed the taste in a good way, I feel very healthy right now 🥳😇 Very nice and simple article, thanks 🙏 greetings from Thailand 🙏
I’m brand new at gardening and I started w cucumbers. Four plants in a 8×3 wooden raised bed and one tomato plant…which is hidden under my “invasive weed” looking cucumber plants as Miss Molly called them. Lol. I wish I would have found your website sooner. I can’t wait for round two. I will learn a lot perusal you girls. Y’all are awesome. Thank you
Wish I would have seen this sooner … First time gardener here — just a smaller raised garden bed in my small urban yard! …. My cucumber plant is out of control. Unruly. And somewhat shading out the rest of my veggies in the 6×3 foot garden bed … It has had lots of flowers for at least a month, and just one sprouting cucumber. Leaves and “pointers” (as you call them) crowded everywhere vertically … I finally just went in and started pruning it like mad. Sure wish I had seen this article first tho … I guess I”ll see how things play out this year and learn for next year! lol. It’s kinda heart-breaking bcuz it such a beast … (And that’s what I call it too:)
They are beautiful. I’m new to growing and I’ve had two very good organic harvests from my cucumbers but now lots of leaves are turning yellow. Does that mean these plants are finished and will I have to cut them to ground level or pull out the plants and grow new from the seeds I’ve saved next year or should I just leave them alone?
Thank you for this clip, I am new to gardening and never grown cucumbers, now I got some very large potted cucumbers and all of them starting to have droopy leafs:( I’ve been watering them and it’s pretty warm in my greenhouse. I’ve been researching so much and everyone is saying something different. Did a test on the stems and and it’s not a bacteria infection, some leafs have yellow spots, some are good looking. Is there anything I can do to safe them?
Very helpful, thank you. I have a question. It looks like the cucumber plant is growing through a two or three inch hole in a piece of wood. Are you growing these hydroponically, using Rockwoll and cups? Or, have you covered Growing media with something to prevent weeds, and if you did, how do you water? Thank you very much in advance.
I am brand spanking new at growing a cucumber plant. I do flowers galore, but nvr cucumber. So I got one plant it looked so beautiful, I was so proud of myself I got 3 cucumbers from it and more were growing. Than bam I get the damn spots they brown and wilt up I cut all the bad, than the flowers stopped coming my leaves drooped bad and the little vines browned. So I have some new baby leaves with the thing you plucked off. I suspected overwatering transplanted it, and now I want it to grow again. So I’m wondering with zero flowers and starting from two baby leaves and two of those leaves with the thing you plucked off, how can I get it to flower and grow again?
Hey there! I have two varieties of cucumbers growing, a pickling variety and Armenian. I’m training them this same way, however I’m noticing that the female flowers are only appearing on the suckers. Which makes me not want to prune the suckers, for obvious reasons. Do you have any idea why this would be occurring? I’m noticing it mainly on the Armenian cucumbers, but the pickling variety has very few female flowers as well. I started both from seed around April/May (had to restart several, my dog ate them down to sticks multiple times LOL). Thanks!!
Hi..i have heaps of flowers but NON is budding n they are all fslling off…as fast as they fall off new flowers are forming…but this is the only cycle im seeing…no fruits n its more than 3 months just this cycle…how do i so csll break the cycle gor them to bloom n bear fruits? Im foing hydroponics cucumber…csn i get some advice pls….thsnk you.