cucumbers too tall

Post Reply
QAGUY
Reactions:
Posts: 50
Joined: Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:13 pm

cucumbers too tall

#1

Post: # 21261Unread post QAGUY
Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:39 pm

My cucumbers have reached the top of my trellis (6 ft). I have been pruning them to remove the side shoots. Can I pinch off the top without causing irreparable consequences?
QAGUY
Glendora, CA
Pride of the Foothills
Sunset zone 21
USDA zone 9

User avatar
worth1
Reactions:
Posts: 14278
Joined: Tue Dec 10, 2019 12:32 pm
Location: 25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas

Re: cucumbers too tall

#2

Post: # 21274Unread post worth1
Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:45 pm

I would rather prune the tops as apposed to the sides.
I have never pruned a cucumber plant.
Worth
25 miles southeast of Waterloo Texas.

You can't argue with a closed mind.
You might as well be arguing with a cat.

slugworth
Reactions:
Posts: 1966
Joined: Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:35 am
Location: Connecticut

Re: cucumbers too tall

#3

Post: # 21279Unread post slugworth
Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:10 pm

top and clone
1/2 my plants last year were cuke clones
"A chiseled face,Just like Easter Island" :lol:

Clkeiper
Reactions:
Posts: 284
Joined: Tue Dec 10, 2019 1:31 pm

Re: cucumbers too tall

#4

Post: # 21282Unread post Clkeiper
Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:00 pm

If you have been pruning out the suckers and then pinch out the top I think your plant is done producing cukes. I do think cloning it is a good idea if you pinch the top.

slugworth
Reactions:
Posts: 1966
Joined: Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:35 am
Location: Connecticut

Re: cucumbers too tall

#5

Post: # 21290Unread post slugworth
Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:35 pm

I clone at the beginning when the plants set out their "feelers".
I had cukes til frost then saved seeds from the huge yellow ones.
"A chiseled face,Just like Easter Island" :lol:

User avatar
peebee
Reactions:
Posts: 608
Joined: Tue Dec 10, 2019 6:48 pm
Location: So. Calif zone 10

Re: cucumbers too tall

#6

Post: # 21294Unread post peebee
Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:22 pm

I've seen YouTube videos where they unhang the long plant from the top rung/trellis, lower it to a manageable height & they loop the bottom stem on the ground. The bottom leaves had been removed when fruiting was done. I forget what they call this technique but one farmer posts about it on Nature Is Always Right.
I once trained cuke vines to go over the top onto the back & harvested quite a bit that way. But I was able to do it cuz I had plenty of open space behind the trellis.
Zone 10, Southern California
Will eat anything once before I judge.
Anything meaning any foods of course.

Post Reply

Return to “Cucumbers”