Rooted cuttings: to trim or not to trim

I have a number of rooted cuttings which I have planted inground. On some of them, the original cutting got yellow and wonky but new shoots are growing at the base and I feel confident they will do fine. This has happened with cuttings/seedlings that were about the size of an index finger. On cuttings that were bigger than that, I have had 100% success and no damage.

My question is: should I cut the damaged branch? They don't look rotted but rather dried up, wrinkled and twisted (in one case). If cutting is recommended, how much?

thanks for your help

I think the plant is just putting all of it's energy into the new shoot/shoots ...they send up nice straight shoots usually, I use these shoots as cuttings for making umbrella shaped plants. You can just leave them alone or take off the old shrivelled part.
Good luck with it.

Hi Nery,
Back yet? I've read a number of threads where conflicting advice has been given: Cut down to healthy tissue and spray with fungicide, Cut down to healthy tissue and leave alone, Leave it alone until it dries, and Cut just dead tissue.

On a little cutting, I would hesitate to cut anything until the new growth is a decent size because I've seen the cutting continue to die down even after I have cut down the offending twigs. I've noticed that some Brugs exhibit die-back more than others. It's not going to hurt the cutting to leave it alone for a while unless you notice rot.

Thank you both. Miss V, I will dmail you in a moment. I asked the question because, like you, I have read conflicting info. I think I will go with "let it be". When the wonky piece is easy to pull off, then I will do so, probably next year.

This had not happened to me on brugs I got in 2007 and prior, but it did happen on my new salmon perfektion and I sure didn't want to lose than one. Seedsprout sent me a PERFECT plant so I was a little panicked that I was doing something wrong.

Again, thank you both for your input. I will not obsess about this matter any longer.