Hello! Hope its okay to ask some questions here. I read you’re supposed to trim away the earliest sprouts on hops, as they’re usually bull bines. Bull bines are recognised by their large spacing between nodes as well as being hollow inside. These don’t look hollow to me and the nodes are rather tightly spaced I think. Should still cut them down?
I have watched video after video trying to get my teflon brain to hold onto anything relevant. Multiple videos claim you cut down the first set of shoots because they’re always bull shoots. And that the disease hides in the old shoots. So if this is all bullshit, I am in disbelief and grateful for your correction! Who would go on the internet and just lie! Thanks, mulch appreciated!
For now, I will just not cut anything yet.
Well if they are making video content, they make it to maximize likes and engagement, not necessarily accuracy 😂
All plants are susceptible to diseases at anytime is my point. Again, I'm not super familiar with Hops specifically, but if someone is claiming diseases are hiding in old growth, I'd take that with a grain of salt and find further reference to that. Doesn't seem quite right to me.