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Do you pinch out/prune yours?

My cucs tend to have their own way in the gh, thereby I end up with a miniature Amazon jungle.  I dont prune avidly. Some say to nip out growing shoots when they hit the roof, some to nip out at 7 leaves (although to be fair I think that's for outside ones).  My usual varieties of Beth Alpha and Konsa  aren't too badly behaved but the Chinese Slangen I've grown this year seems a bit enthusiastic.  Do I tip it, will it then throw out even more side shoots?  What does the forum think?

I grow Beth Aplpha and leave them to climb up to the roof then along the ridge on wires. I've never bothered pruning so was wondering does it make a difference ?

We've been using the pruning advice from SeaSpring Seeds for a number of years with success - https://seaspringseeds.co.uk/growing-inf...cucumbers/

(02-07-2022, 01:11 PM)Bren Wrote: [ -> ]I grow Beth Aplpha and leave them to climb up to the roof then along the ridge on wires.  I've never bothered pruning so was wondering does it make a difference ?

Me too and my thoughts exactly, not that I'm ever short of cucumbers once they start to produce

I’ve also followed the advice of seaspring for a couple of years.
Also grow Beth alpha.

I'm looking at Seaspring seeds for cucumber pruning advice. Why do they say to remove all fruit from the bottom 7 nodes?

(14-06-2023, 11:17 AM)JJB Wrote: [ -> ]I'm looking at Seaspring seeds for cucumber pruning advice.  Why do they say to remove all fruit from the bottom 7 nodes?

If I'd removed all fruit from the bottom 7 nodes I wouldn't be picking any cukes now - as they're right at the bottom of the plants. Beth Alpha too. 
I'm not much into pruning so I let them have free run of wherever they want to go. It suits my randomness better. 

I never remove cucumbers. No matter what level they are on the plant. Just side shoots get pinched.

I’m not removing my low down Beth Alpha I’ve been encouraging it to grow   it’s almost 4 inch long so any day now it’ll be ready.

Picked my 3rd today and there's another ready for tomorrow.