Cucumber topping is best carried out in the spring of each year, and in the topping of the cucumber vines need to be cut off the young leaves, while in the pruning of the cucumber after the need to provide the right amount of water to create a more humid growing environment, but also need to provide the right amount of nutrients for the cucumber to improve the growth rate of the plant.

How to manage cucumber topping

1, topping time

Cucumber topping needs to choose the right time. Cucumbers grow more vigorously in the spring, so the best for cucumber topping in the spring, and in the topping before you need to observe the weather, it is best to choose a cooler period in the spring for the cucumber topping, while avoiding rain contamination of the cucumber topping wound.

2, topping method

In the cucumber topping also need to take the correct topping method. First of all, you need to pick sharp scissors, and then use the scissors to cut off the young leaves and shoots that grow out of the top of the cucumber plant, inhibit the growth of the main branch of the cucumber, and encourage the cucumber to grow more lateral branches for bud differentiation, and bear fruit.

3, provide water

Cucumbers are suitable for growth in a more humid environment, so after pruning the need for cucumbers to provide the right amount of water, to keep the soil in a moist state, and in the provision of water for the cucumber need to pay attention to the choice of water, the best cucumber to provide mineral-rich river or lake water, so that the plant grows better.

4, supplemental nutrients

Cucumbers in the growth process of nutrient demand, so after pruning also need to provide cucumbers with the right amount of nutrients, so that cucumbers can grow better, and in the provision of nutrients for cucumbers is best to use nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium composite fertilizer, and the need to dilute the fertilizer provided to the cucumber, so that the plant grows more exuberant.