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Thin Cucumbers?

The nursery I bought them at has 2-3 plants per pot and I'm planting them along a trellis. Should I thin them to one plant once it's established?

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Lindsaylew82
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Nah. :()

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McKinney88
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Mine were the same way. The last frost of the season thinned them for me lol.

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So I won't be hurting my yield by not thinning them?

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I'm thinking you might be able to just increase the spacing between each pot of plants. So if you would normally space them 12 inches apart, space these 18 inches or more apart. But I would probably thin to 2 per pot rather than 3, and plant them out sooner than later to avoid crowded roots.

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I don't, I have planted a number of seeds in a pot and just make a big mother plant. 5-9 or more seeds together.

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I plant seeds, and likely they come quite thick. I don't thin them. I think I would let them all grow.



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