Pinching or picking cucumbers is an important agrotechnical technique.

Cucumber is very valuable for a person. First, its pleasant taste and dietary properties. Secondly, it contains enzymes very similar in composition to insulin. In its pulp there is potassium and iodine, sulfur and silicon. There are valuable pectin substances in it. Therefore, it occupies large volumes among other plants grown by vegetable growers. At the same time one of the most important agrotechnical methods is pinching cucumbers or pinching. In German, pinzieren means "removing the top", "pinching the tip".

This technique is widely used in horticulture and aims to stop apical growth and form lateral shoots, which significantly increases yield. To do a pinching of cucumbers in a greenhouse is simply necessary. If this is neglected, then the plant will grow very long. If, however, during the pinching of seedlings, the apical bud is removed after the second or fourth leaf, the plant immediately forms lateral buds in their sinuses. Of them will begin to grow profusely fruiting side shoots.

Usually this plant is peculiar, that on its main stem first formed male flowers. At the same time, it extensively grows, and the yield is, in general, reduced, because female fruit-bearing flowers in large quantities are formed more often on branches from the main stem. That's 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 stem, rich in male flowers . Perform this agrotechnical reception is recommended early in the morning, and as a tool you need to use a sharp knife.

It is important to know that pinching cucumbers of different varieties and hybrids is not always the same. It depends on different indicators. The main one is the place of the greatest education of female flowers. And it can be different not only for different varieties, but different for the same hybrid. Therefore, the vegetable grower should be observed, if they were formed a lot on the main stem, then it is necessary to do a pinch only the tops, reaching to the ceiling of the greenhouse. Most plants form them on side lashes. In this case, the pinching of cucumbers on the main shoot should be done, first on the fifth or sixth leaf, and then as it grows, repeat every three to four leaves. On the formed lateral whips reception should be repeated every two sprouting leaves.

There are hybrids that abundantly form male flowers not only on the main, but also on the escape of the second order. To get a good harvest from them, you need to do a pinch of cucumbers every two to three leaves. The photo attached to this article shows a plant grown in a container in the open air. Thanks to the timely pinching, the bush turned out so magnificent that it had to be installed on a lattice support. Thus, the vegetable grower managed not only to grow a favorite vegetable, but also to organize a beautiful decorative composition.