Crystal Apple or Lemon cucumbers

[OrganicNics]

Hello, i've got one of these plants that is ready to go into the ground. Should i be trailing it up some kind of stage? Or, should i be cutting off the growing tip/head so it grows outward and bushy - as a friend has told me to?

Or should i just leave it alone and leave to its own devices? Any advice gratefully received - cannot find the answer to this on any of the other threads!

Many thanks from a first-time veggie patch person!

[Alison]

I'm not growing them this year but in the past have always trained them up a bamboo pole and then supported them on wires connected to a fence. That way the fruit are off the ground and you get plenty of light to all the plant. I wouldn't cut off the growing head.

[borage]

I grew them last year and trained them up canes, however, they would have done better if supported on wires as Alison has done.