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    What does this mean? (From an article on cucumber growing...)

    On growing cucumbers, it advises here: "Continue to tie up the leading shoot and remove all the tendrils as the appear."

    What purpose would removing the tendrils (those tentacle-y things that help the vine grip?) serve?

    It also advises a high-nitrogen feed for sustained fruiting and to prevent bitterness; i've been using generic tomato feed - should i switch?
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    Some growers remove the tendrils on sweet peas too: they think it helps direct the plant's energy into making flowers
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      And if you're tying it in you don't need to keep the tendrils, do you?

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        That makes sense Mine have been left to their own devices and are growing voraciously; shall leave them to get on with it as they are.

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          I think cucumbers use more nitrogen than tomatoes do, possibly because the fruits are green? Maybe you could alternate the tomato feed with a more general purpose feed? Or, if you have them, sprinkle a few chicken manure pellets on the surface of the cucumber pots and that will give them a bit of extra nitrogen.

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