[Russell Atterbury]

Because I'm no lover of cucumber, I have just been feeding and watering the two in my polyhouse. They are doing very well with plenty of flower and fruit at different stages. Today I gave them a closer and admiring look over and saw in a couple of places what would be sucker on tomato, growing where I don't want them to be. They were about 18" long with perhaps six small fruits on each one. I did a YouTube search and found pruning cucumber videos, which recommended removing as you would tomato. The question I ask myself now is if I should have left them, as they were much further advanced than what I'd watched. I'll be in deep do-do with others if it proves to be a big mistake? 

[snowdrops]

I just leave mine to do their own thing, tieing them in when they get a bit unruly, I find some of the first baby cucumbers rot off( poor pollination I think ) so I pick them off.

[mumofstig]

I pretty much leave mine to do their own thing - I don't like to give them an excuse  to die   

[Russell Atterbury]

So, only time will tell then. I should have taken more notice a couple of weeks back.

[Mr Dog]

Another in the leave 'em to get on with it camp here.