If you want some strong rhizomes for expanding you hop yard next year, this is the time to prepare. Rather than cutting your bines down, lower them and bury the first 3-4 feet a few inches down. In the Spring you'll be able to cut the buried bine into rhizomes.
I come to bury bines, not to raze them.
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a.k.a. "Layering".
cyberbackpacker
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Do you cut the rest of the bine off after that first 3-4'? Or do you leave that exposed to continue to take in sunlight?
uechikid
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I also wish I had more room. I would like to plant three more varieties.
TimBrewz
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thanks for the reminder, I am harvesting right now. I was just about to go hack it all down!
