Is late May too late to cut bines all the way back and start fresh?

Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Beerens

Beerens

Well-Known Member
Joined
Dec 24, 2009
Messages
110
Reaction score
4
Location
Troy
I have been meaning to build my hop trellis for 3 years now and I am just getting to it today. Some of the bines are 3+ feet. Is it is too late (May 25) to cut them back and get good growth? Can I train the bines that are there? I want to cut them down to the ground and let them grow for a week and choose the strongest looking ones. What do you think?

Cheers!
 
Just carefully twine the 2-3 strongest bines per plant around your trellis. Commercial growers cut back the bines to get more uniform growth and harvest time, but there's no need for us to do so.
 
You can train the bines that are there, which is what I would recomend.

If you had to cut them, I think you could. A couple weeks ago, we had a hail storm and it broke every tip off my 3ft bines (1 week after I cut back all the other growth). I decided to trim it all down and start fresh with the new growth and it is already 6ft now.
 

Similar threads

x3la
Too late to cut all growth back?
Replies
7
Views
748
kgranger
kgranger
A
New to the forum, brewed a long time ago and getting back into it after retiring
Replies
5
Views
300
DonT
DonT
Tommydee
Fridgidaire Gallery French Door Refrigerator Kegerator Build - 5 taps, 2.75” spacing
Replies
9
Views
832
Bassman2003
B
CascadesBrewer
Do you harvest a variety all at once or in stages?
Replies
5
Views
1K
Bilsch
Bilsch
W
Some trellising ideas (my setup this year -- photo-heavy)
Replies
9
Views
2K
T Murph
T Murph

Latest posts

Back
Top