You mean, can you chop off a vine? Sure. You can chop off a piece of most any plant, as long as you leave some leaves, and the rest of the plant will be fine. Will you get some? Your chances of getting fruit increase with the size of the plant. If you don't prune, it's still possible you won't get any at all.

Agree. If you chop off a vine that is or would be female blossoms then you may not get any to harvest. If the vine you want to remove already has blooms and you can tell that they are males then you can probably remove part of it anyway with no problem.

Best approach is to grow the short vine varieties if you don't have room for the plants to grow naturally.

Dave

Thanks!