How to form a cucumber bush

The root system of a cucumber is not very strong, because only with its help the plant is not able to provide nutrients and water to all the ovaries that form on it throughout the entire growth process.

In order for your plants not to suffer, to develop properly and produce decent yields, you need to know that formation of a cucumber bush - a necessary measure. Let's talk about the features of this procedure.

Of course, there is no single methodology, but the main nuances are as follows. Formation must begin when the plants have eight to nine true leaves. When the active setting of cucumber fruits begins, the growth of the bush itself slows down, because now the plant releases all the beneficial substances and moisture into fruit growth. Therefore, I advise you to leave a couple of especially well-developed cucumbers on the 5-6th bosom, and remove the rest. In the next bosom, remove all the ovaries. Then again you leave 2-3 of the most developed fruits, and nothing in the subsequent sinus. Next, you leave a stepson on the plant, which has 2-3 fruits and so on. This method allows the fruits to ripen evenly without becoming smaller.

It is also important to correctly form cucumber bushes on trellises. After all, if you do not trim and remove excess, then in too thick plantings the rapid development of diseases and the appearance of pests is very likely. Therefore, the distance between the bushes should be at least 50-60 cm. When the bush grows to approximately 2 m on a vertical trellis, it should be pinched.Pinching is carried out over 2-3 leaves of the main shoot after the last fruit. You should tie the cucumber stems to the wire on the trellis carefully, without over-tightening, so as not to pinch the stems and deprive the plants of nutrients.

Correct and timely formation of a cucumber bush will allow you to obtain excellent harvests in your greenhouses.