Cucumber is very valuable for a person. Firstly, with its pleasant taste and dietary properties. Secondly, it contains enzymes very similar in composition to insulin. Its pulp contains potassium and iodine, sulfur and silicon. It contains valuable pectin substances. Therefore, it occupies large volumes among other plants grown by vegetable growers. At the same time, one of the important agricultural practices is pinching cucumbers or tweezing. Translated from German, pinzieren means “removing the top”, “pinching the tip.”
This technique is widely used in horticulture and is aimed at stopping the apical growth and the formation of side shoots, which significantly increases the yield. It is simply necessary to do pinching cucumbers in a greenhouse. If this is neglected, then the plant will stretch very much in length. If, when pinching seedlings, the apical bud is removed after the second or fourth leaflet, then the plant immediately forms lateral buds in their axils. From them, abundantly fruiting side shoots will begin to grow.
It is common for this plant to havethe main stem produced male flowers first. At the same time, it strenuously stretches into growth, and the yield, in general, decreases, because female fruit-bearing flowers in large quantities are formed more often on branches from the main stem. This is why pinching cucumbers is so important. After all, it contributes to the emergence of shoots of the second and subsequent orders and delays the growth of the main, rich in male flowers, stem. It is recommended to perform this agricultural technique early in the morning, and a sharp knife should be used as a tool.
It is important to know that pinching cucumbers of different varieties and hybrids is not always done in the same way. It depends on various factors. The main one is the place of the greatest formation of female flowers. And it can be different not only for different varieties, but also for the same hybrid. Therefore, the vegetable grower needs to be observed, if there are a lot of them on the main stem, then only the top that reaches the ceiling of the greenhouse should be pinched. Most plants form them on the side lashes. In this case, pinching cucumbers on the main shoot should be done, first over the fifth or sixth leaf, and then as it grows, repeat every three to four leaves. On the formed lateral lashes, the reception must be repeated every two regrown leaves.
There are hybrids that abundantly form male flowers not only on the main shoot, but also on the second-order shoot. To get a good harvest from them, you need to do every two or three leavespinching cucumbers. The photo attached to this article shows the plant grown outdoors in a container. Thanks to timely tweezing, the bush turned out so lush that it had to be installed on a lattice support. Thus, the vegetable grower managed not only to grow his favorite vegetable, but also to organize a beautiful decorative composition.
