Should I prune my cucumber plants?

[nicko]

My latest batch of cucumbers have not been uniform shapes or have riped evenly. I noticed that the vines are getting very long and thick so I thought I might pruned them back a bit. Is this a good idea? Anyone else prune their cucumber vines back? The longer vines really don't look healthy to me so what should I do?

 

[amazingrace]

I'm not sure I'd prune them, per se,  because the cuts could open them to certain bugs,  but pinching off any new growth might be helpful. 

 

[madtaco]

Yes you can trim them back. As for different size and shapes, on some varieties, I get the same thing. I pick mine when they are about 1/2 of their mature size. If you leave them on, like all plants they will stop producing

 

[rainlove20]

you can surely prune them, pruning them would not harm your cucumber plants especially if  the vines you'll prune are not healthy anymore....

 

[homemadecook]

I'm also getting curious regarding pruning, does anyone can share how to prune it? Thanks in advance.