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Wanted: Hops Rhizomes
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johnnyboy1965
Landlord.
Where do you live? Come the spring, Ill take some cuttings, grow them on and send you some. I have Challenger, Target and Progress. These will obviously be 12 months behind rhizomes.
CreweBrewer
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I thought they went until the end of this month??? That's a blow because I was about to order some to plant soon!
johnnyboy1965
Landlord.
You can buy "pot grown" hops at any time of the year. Bare root rhizomes and only available during the winter months. Suppliers are very reluctant to post rhizomes that have started to grow.
BeestonHop_John
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Johnnyboy, I'd be really interested in some cuttings, if you have any going spare. I'm east midlands, so I could even pick them up from Solihull.
johnnyboy1965
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Your more than welcome. I think your looking at mid June at the earliest. By then they will be established plants, ready to plant out straight away. You wont get a decent crop for at least two years, but hey, there free
johnnyboy1965
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e a little bit optermistic (sp), weather depending.
CreweBrewer
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I see. Thanks for that John.
johnnyboy1965
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Come the spring Ill post a vid on youtube on how to take hop cuttings, it really is easy. Once you have got one established plant I guarrentte (major sp on that one) you will be looking all over for somewhere to plant them...Urban gardening etc
johnnyboy1965
Landlord.
Yes, they will flower in the first year....But here is the bad news...When you plant a new hop all it wants to do is set seed, this is what plants do. It will flower and set seed, but you don't want this. As soon as the cones form pinch them off...heartbreaking I know...but by doing this all the plants energy goes back into the rhizome, producing a better crop next year. You can just let them grow and harvest that season, but if you follow the above method, you will get a better crop in the following years
BeestonHop_John
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that would be brilliant, much appreciated. And if you show me how to do it, I'll possibly be able to return the favour (if my rhizomes sprout). I have nugget and Prima Donna (a dwarf variety)
johnnyboy1965
Landlord.
Taking cuttings from hop plants is shockingly easy. I probably have a 99% strike rate. They really grow like weeds, but it does take time...Im talking a couple of years (min). If you take a cutting it will be 12 months behind a rhizome. A rhizome will produce in the first year, a cutting will take 12 months to form a rhizome.
johnnyboy1965
Landlord.
Ive just dug up two hops plants, which have started to sprout new shoots. One challenger, one Target. Ive put then into pots and once they start to grow again, youre more than welcome to them (should be in around 1 month). If you can collect Ill show you how to take cuttings.
