How to Prune Cucumber Plants for Maximum Production and Disease Prevention

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In this video we cover how to properly prune your cucumbers so that your plants receive more airflow. This will help prevent diseases such as powdery mildew and will ultimately help you to produce more cucumbers!

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@unknownwerido3110 2 жыл бұрын

66 years old, still learning. thank you, from harnett co.

@jeremiahthelion 3 жыл бұрын

PERFECT timing! My cucumbers are so wild right now

@jaycue4365 3 жыл бұрын

Planting cucumbers for the first time Thanks for the video.

@juliadg9953 2 жыл бұрын

This is the third video I have watched on pruning vegetables by S&K. I have learned so much! Thank you. I can't wait to watch another.. so easy to understand and enjoyable!

@margaretbruning1416 2 жыл бұрын

Best cucumber pruning video out there, and I’ve looked! Thanks for the good visuals and getting straight to the point

@susanvitolo4345 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! my zucs from you zuc video took off like CRAZY a day or 2 after I created airflow AND about to plant some bee loving flowers tonight...on to the cucs! VERY EXCITED!

@cherylkennedy4627 2 жыл бұрын

Never thought of pruning cucumbers, but it makes sense. Thank you

@imablank9701 3 жыл бұрын

Planted cucumber for the first time this year. I didn't know they had suckers like tomatoes. I'll keep an eye on them now

@joanies6778 3 жыл бұрын

When the suckers start, I like to wait to be sure it's not going to be blooms. But when I waited too long and see blooms on the branching sucker... oh, it gets hard to remove because... the blooms! LOL.😆

@QueeninWitKi 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I had no idea what I was getting myself into growing cucumbers... so pruning is on my task list today!

@cheripierre9029 3 жыл бұрын

Omg, I was just working in the garden all day and looked at my cucumbers. I'll be out there tomorrow. Thanks, timing was perfect for this video.

@nathaniatamm3746 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I need to do this to my cucumbers and I appreciate the info!

@davidswenson7546 3 жыл бұрын

Great information! I’m fairly new to gardening and his videos have helped me a great deal. I’m sitting on front of my cucumber plant that has taken over four tomato cages and was just trying to grab my peppers. This video just saved me from eminent take over. Thanks for helping me free up the real estate for the watermelon I told my girlfriend we shouldn’t plant. Which reminds me great zucchini video by the way.

@neerasinha-frazer2094 3 жыл бұрын

I love this channel! I am brand new to gardening. You are a very good teacher.

@sandysteinbrook 2 жыл бұрын

I have learned so much from your channel. Thank you! This is my first year of having a larger garden.

@juditiethekeys6579 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, thank you. We are your neighbor in NC and your tips are amazing.

@JuniorFarquar 2 жыл бұрын

Zone 7, too. Your grass looks like mine!! Subbed because your vids are shorter and more concise. Thanks.

@valerieking3014 2 жыл бұрын

Happy that I surf upon your gardening tip channel. Thank you for sharing this video

@patrickd8770 3 жыл бұрын

I could tell he’s in my zone 2 seconds into hearing him talk 😜. Great video, very tight and perfect for someone like me just getting into this. Subscribed!

@georgekahn3313 11 ай бұрын

Just found your channel. Good tips, thank you.

@Fearlessmommalion 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are SO helpful

@marisolverdejo1733 2 ай бұрын

I love all your good information about gardening. Right to the point and very helpful.❤🪴

@amybroughton8310 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos! Great advice!

@christinecarrier9080 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your tips.

@selinamullermaharaj 16 күн бұрын

Love ur vibes dude thanks for the vid

@bethnia9053 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

@lonniedunn3099 24 күн бұрын

Very informative as I an new to gardening

@manuelabrown8279 3 жыл бұрын

Just in time to keep my cucumbers in shape from the start. Thanks for the great video

@denisev.1217 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Another great video!

@skgreenhouse 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much Denise!

@exodusmass4575 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your videos they get right to the point. Thank you! I’m a new subscriber.

@skgreenhouse 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate you subscribing 😀 Glad you're liking the videos! I've had a blast making them.

@FAITHWEAVER38 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, for your help!

@debzyj376 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you....great advice 😉👍

@AK-ru3sg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Good advice.

@vivlawrence5989 3 жыл бұрын

Great info. Thanks. Keep up the good work

@zanewalsh1812 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@deebrown5980 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. I am in Florida and it’s my first year growing cucumbers. They’re so big already and I did them from seed in April! I like your space.

@justgenapa 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your videos! Great advice and now I know what I'm doing wrong with my squash, cucumber and zucchini plants!

@skinnyWHITEgoyim 2 жыл бұрын

If you have a cucumber that gets overripe on the vine and rots it tells the plant that it's done it's job and dropped seeds for next generation. It still start withering away. Stay on top of getting all the cucumbers before they turn yellow. This will keep your plant producing longer.

@conniecasale3593 2 жыл бұрын

Love your advice 😅.

@kendrasmith6637 3 жыл бұрын

Thank for this info 😊

@skgreenhouse 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

@vento4668 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you to help us how to prune the cucumbers

@skgreenhouse 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!

@veliaantila1099 2 жыл бұрын

Out to prune my cukes, thanks for such educational videos

@carolschafer-powers6531 2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea that planting peppers together could get different ones to cross. Also great tip about the heat. I will shade mine in the hot sun. Thanks!!!!

@skgreenhouse 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Thank you for watching 🙏

@haydehabdolahian7691 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks it help me a lot because I don’t which is which ! So is easier to cut the leaves for air flow! We are in Minneapolis and i just plant our vegetables couple days ago and not yet grown ( cold too) but is good to know 👍

@sharowe5295 3 жыл бұрын

I'm in zone 8 rain for days sprayed them for mildew been pruning for days but I will not pull suckers sweating buckets pruning my jungle but I've been successful this year. Thank you for the video

@MB-zg1sk 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope you can share a pruning video of winter squash. 🙏🏼

@catherineharris27 2 жыл бұрын

Those cucumber 🥒 plants look so healthy and beautiful. Im jealous. I gotta know ur secrets. Im in Zone 8! SC! Im going to definitely thin out my 3 plants tomar! Thank you 4 this tip! I know airflow is very important and keeping them off of the ground.

@carolherrera7152 2 жыл бұрын

Will be trying this one my leaves today thks

@andrewmoore8635 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you from zone 8b

@keeanmansour2790 2 жыл бұрын

Good shit. Thanks man

@loribaronian5730 Ай бұрын

I didn’t think you said airflow too much 😂 and I liked how you pronounce foliage like Fo-lige …in New England we say Fo-lee-ige 😁

@mmmm3966 2 жыл бұрын

great help thanks \m/

@skinnyWHITEgoyim 2 жыл бұрын

You can mix equal parts whole milk and water and spray it on leaves to kill powdery mildew. It works great and can be repeated if it returns

@renee2005 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing🥒🥒🥒🥰

@lindsey4178 Жыл бұрын

YES! I love the sweet success cucumbers. In my area, I have a HORRIBLE problem with gourd beatles. My pumpkins, squash, etc has been a failure every year. I've tried every remedy I can find with no luck. Last year I decided to try cucumbers and tried the sweet success and one other kind. Of course, the gourd beatles came back just like every year and even though they attacked my other cucumber plant, the essentialy stayed off of the sweet success. I was really impressed. So if anyone has any ideas about how to treat my gourd beatles I'd love to hear it. It would be nice to grow something else. Lol. But if anyone has the same beatles problem as I do, try the sweet success.

@nilkolllu5036 2 жыл бұрын

Such healthy looking cucumbers! Wandering how to keep the leaves so thick and green???

@henrymartin2953 2 жыл бұрын

How do you get so many blossoms? I've never seen so many before! Enjoy your informative videos.

@ninamoore7084 2 жыл бұрын

Just some interesting information to add to growing cucumbers, cucumbers must be pollinated more than once to be able to grow to maturity. They have to be pollinated as many as 11 times and sometimes up to 16 times. If you’ve ever had a cucumber to curl up at the end it’s because it’s been under pollinated. Answer: become a beekeeper or ask a beekeeper to have a hive in your yard.

@Recoveringred 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Thanks for sharing this!

@mysoutherngardeningjourney Жыл бұрын

@Nina Moore I've been gardening for over a decade, and I never knew that! Thx for the info! 😃

@georgekahn3313 11 ай бұрын

Good tip thanks

@steffijeanw.1595 25 күн бұрын

Depends on the veriatie. There are some varieties that don't need to be pollinated.

@julrob97 2 жыл бұрын

I’m new at this and I grow my cucumbers in a container. I’m getting ready to transplant my seedlings. Question, how far into the growing process do you start to prune?

@robinstrand4325 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. This is my first year growing cucumbers, squash and in big pots -tomatoes . If it looks like one of my plants has powdery mildew, would it be best to remove this plant completely?

@homesteadsurvivalanswers Жыл бұрын

My cucumber plants are growing up a trellis and I have removed all sucker-side shoots until they get to shoulder high, then I train them to spill back over and I keep some of the side shoots now that they are up high. Wish me luck.

@randallswanson5378 2 жыл бұрын

Do cucumbers only grow off the main stem. Do they produce on the suckers also?

@RealALSK 3 жыл бұрын

This is dope, never knew they needed that much sun 🌞

@jonny_mazerati9410 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@zanewalsh1812 3 жыл бұрын

This is dope 👍🏼

@carijames1981 2 жыл бұрын

My plants have been growing my vines are pretty long now on my cucumber plants but they’re growing bigger than expected and I was wanting to try to have them go up a trellis can add raise them off the ground and put them up on a string or a trellis of some sort after they’ve gotten really long or do I need to wait till next year to start doing that???

@jamessteffens8337 3 жыл бұрын

Should I top them at 6 ft? Or let them grow over the trellis?

@Volleyballfour6 2 жыл бұрын

Do you compost your what you prune off? Or is it possible to spread or introduce disease insects and fungus into future gardens if I us it?

@lovemybabygoat 3 жыл бұрын

Have to use gloves and sleeves when dealing with my cukes. Make me itch soooo bad ... but won't stop me from making pickles!

@mfar3016 2 жыл бұрын

Your hands must be like asbestos mitts! Each time i touch my plants, no matter how careful I am, those thorny stems get me! 😫

@cateyez8548 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the info. any recommendations on yellow leaves and how to treat them? thank you

@lilyxciv5637 3 жыл бұрын

You need to feed your plants nitrogen! Also, the oldest leaves will yellow naturally with time, you can just prune those off.

@cateyez8548 3 жыл бұрын

@@lilyxciv5637 thank you

@judyjohnson1012 2 жыл бұрын

We used a hog panel this year to trellis our cucumbers. Hoping it will work

@wathah323 3 жыл бұрын

So once it reaches the top what to do? I rather have more fruits and a long steam with few ones.

@samkitty5894 2 жыл бұрын

I live in the south and I would never do this. Sun is way too strong and extra leaves keep cucumbers cool. Without enough leaves main branches would burn up and the entire plant would dry up and die.

@TheYankeeFarmer 3 жыл бұрын

I have to prune mine.ikeep fiding old overgrown yellow cucumbers I couldn't see through the leaves.1

@ginettamarinelli479 3 жыл бұрын

The cucumbers I'm growing don't have any tendrils. Don't all cukes have them?

@chrissitsourouttis8639 3 жыл бұрын

Might be squash or zuchini

@pattij4 2 жыл бұрын

Hey how do I keep the moles, voles and chipmunks out of my garden? I have one of those noise makers so far…ugh never had this issue before..also is it ok to grow cucumbers near corn or okra? Thanks for the information

@hellsbellez Жыл бұрын

I sprinkle cayenne pepper on the soil and it works

@PaengrordPassionBlooms 2 жыл бұрын

Should I limit how much of the plant, I prune?

@judyjohnson1012 2 жыл бұрын

How close do you plant your seeds together?

@stephentueller899 Жыл бұрын

What is your plant spacing? Thanks.

@bhartinaik3323 3 жыл бұрын

How to prevent bitterness in the cucumbers?

@a.edgington4361 3 жыл бұрын

I accidentally broke the tip of my plant when trellises will my plant be ok its 6 ft tall

@williamwright9440 3 жыл бұрын

have you ever had mosaic on cucumbers, mine were kickin ass until the vines got 5 or 6 feet long and it started on the oldest leaves and has been working its way up the vine...grrr

@ru1of133 2 жыл бұрын

I grew cucumbers in my garden and walked out with my wife and I have 10 massive songs laying around. Never again🙄

@joesmith6420 2 жыл бұрын

My question is can you use the leaves in order to make compost tea , I already use my grass clipping...just thought all those leaves removed from your garden like Zucchini and Cucumbers , may have benefits 😉

@jude7321 2 жыл бұрын

Hi❣️🌱🐦 You can add anything growing, that you've chopped down picked up or somebody gave you. I also add some garden soil or some compost and stir it up. Wait about 3 days, the longer the better. Don't be scared, IT REALLY STINKS!!!!! I call mine "Gnarly Swamp Water" It's bad!!!! That's alright, it's worth it. Just put some Vicks VapoRub under your nose 🤭 and keep going. I then take about 1 to 2 cups and put it in a 2 gallon bucket and fill with water and stir it up again. Then I water my plants with it. It's awesome. God bless Jude, from Kentucky ✝️🥀🐴🇺🇲💚

@MrDanrn999 2 жыл бұрын

@hellsbellez Жыл бұрын

You can

@lindazelms6741 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information. I had to prune my zucchini last year. My strawberries have a zillion leaves on them and underneath they are getting moldy. Do you think I could prune a few leaves for air flow?

@skgreenhouse 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I definitely would!

@lat1419 2 жыл бұрын

In the UK where we have a lot of damp summers,we prune old leaves on strawberries, and surround the plants with dry straw or hay to keep the air flow.

@thedaydreamer7972 3 жыл бұрын

Im realizing that mine are getting pickle worms, when I open the cucumber up, its still inside alive, do you have this issue and how do you resolve it? ty for the video

@skgreenhouse 3 жыл бұрын

I've been fortunate and have not had to deal with them. Picking your produce as early as possible is a good practice. Crushed rolled sections of leaves on damaged plants. This is where pupae hide and then emerge as adult moths, ready to repeat the pickleworm lifecycle. Bug B Gon will work also.

@brucebailey7985 Жыл бұрын

Good advice however you should have covered the difference in leaves. Sun leaves should be kept on the plant.

@Factoryshrimp 11 күн бұрын

Foliage (three syllables)

@malis96 Жыл бұрын

😊

@deineadam2240 Ай бұрын

Zone 7b. Better get pruning

@ctsanyaful 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't have to do that because a groundhog came through and did it for me 😞

@lorikneip5128 2 жыл бұрын

Can you prune too much?? I mean cam cukes get sunburned??

@lorikneip5128 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could share a pic of my cucumbers. I need help. I have tons of babies. Just none are growing. They look like clusters of teeny tiny fruits. Clusters are the Size of saucers. This is the first year in struggling with this.

@sandervanes5623 2 жыл бұрын

Not enough pollination. Try grabbing some female flowers and rub them over the male flowers to help the process

@lowktrk5559 2 жыл бұрын

my cucumbers just started flowering everywhere for a couple days now, all i want to know is if i should pinch the flowers or not. can someone pls tell me if i should? ive been thru google and youtube and its all mixed answers

@skgreenhouse 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't pinch the flowers. The male flowers outnumber the female flowers. However, you need them both for pollination.

@lowktrk5559 2 жыл бұрын

@@skgreenhouse thank you so much!

@ysleem90 2 жыл бұрын

I thought sweet success cucumbers should only be grown in a greenhouse where nothing pollinates it...don't they get bitter when grown where bees, flies, etc can pollinate them?

@JaniceCrowell 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t just prune out foliage! Eat the leaves! Stir fry or eat in soups or like spinach.

@Starting321 3 жыл бұрын

I've learned from Jess at Roots and Refuge that you can plant tomato suckers and start a new plant. Does anyone know if this possible with cucumber suckers? Just curious.

@joanies6778 3 жыл бұрын

I don't believe so. This week I pruned my San Marzano tomatoes for the first time. It's so hard to throw away blooming branches, so I'm rooting them. Last night I did an aspirin drench on my tomatoes and also changed out the rooting water with leftover aspirin drench water. Hoping it makes them strong and disease resistant... like I need any more tomato plants.

@Starting321 3 жыл бұрын

@@joanies6778 Thanks for the reply! It is so difficult to toss anything with growing potential!!

@jonny_mazerati9410 3 жыл бұрын

Drink Everytime he says folage instead of foliage 🤣🤣

@zanewalsh1812 3 жыл бұрын

😏

@timgora9116 3 жыл бұрын

🍻

@1958JBC Жыл бұрын

Can you please tell me more about “airflow”?? 😂😂

@annaguerrero8568 2 жыл бұрын

I have to go raised bed as I live on rock. No dirt. H

@myronsliles8970 Жыл бұрын

I noticed several problems with your demonstration. But hey I don’t k is it all so I will wish you good luck. If you want to know what I think you did wrong just let me know.