Should I trim these back

[olotti]

I just transplanted this 3 days ago, it was a large rhizome, at least I think it was as I saw no roots, with these bull shoots that was gifted to me of some heirloom cascade hops. So for me I'm guessing this would be a first year plant since it has no established root system, and I've read differing thoughts on whether to trim the bull vines or leave them for first year plants. So I was just going to leave everything and use two twines for this plant and train three bines per piece of twine, a couple of the vines broke when my daughter was checking out the plant and they are hollow inside and hve that woody, asparagus like base. So I think I see a couple new shoots coming up so I guess should I just leave the bull shoots or trim em back, I still have to hang the twine and I will as soon as it stops raining here. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1431190592.833518.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1431190616.251321.jpg

 

[day_trippr]

I'd remove any bines with woody stems as they are likely to break at some point. Otherwise, leave the rest...

Cheers!

 

[olotti]

I'd remove any bines with woody stems as they are likely to break at some point. Otherwise, leave the rest...

Cheers!

I guess I'm just apprehensive since I've never tried to grow hops and basically everything has a woody stem except for a few real small shoots so my nice looking plant will go down to nothing. But this is what we have to do.

 

[feinbera]

I'd just let it do its thing; if more of the bines break, they break, not the end of the world, but you wanna leave as much on there as possible, to let it develop a nice, healthy root system.

Something that should help is getting them something to climb as soon as possible; they're a vine (well, OK, a bine, but same diff), they're built to climb, not be self-supporting, it's no wonder they're a little fragile when they're that long with nothing to hang onto.

 

[olotti]

I'd just let it do its thing; if more of the bines break, they break, not the end of the world, but you wanna leave as much on there as possible, to let it develop a nice, healthy root system.

Something that should help is getting them something to climb as soon as possible; they're a vine (well, OK, a bine, but same diff), they're built to climb, not be self-supporting, it's no wonder they're a little fragile when they're that long with nothing to hang onto.

Thanks for the thoughts. I'm thinking of just letting em go as I'm not expecting a large harvest since their still establishing their root system. Then next year I'll have a permanent spot and I'll transplant the crowns and trim down the bull shoots. I know theirs varied opinions on this but any knowledge will help me for the future c

 

[DurtyChemist]

I'm first year growing cascade and I'm not trimming anything. Let them grow and see what happens. Next year I might trim back the first growth or I might let it go if winter is as light as this year was.