first year in the books, want to expand for year 2

[Spartan300man]

I bought a 6" Cascade plant from a nursery and it has grown to over 11' tall so far, and I expect much more by the end of the season. I don't plan to have a harvest this first season, so even 1 cone would be gravy. Is there a way I can 'split' this plant so that I have 3-4 for next year? I am building a trellis and overhead structure to give the plants at least 25' of supported growing length. I have a garden area that is about 8 feet long and 2 foot wide. If I could get 3-4 plants total and spread them in this garden, that would be ideal.

 

[porterpounder]

Yes. In the Spring you can cut rhizomes off of the existing root ball. The crown grows significantly even in just one year. You should be able to get a few off of a healthy year old plant. Just dig around the original, identify some candidates and snip away.

 

[ong]

I bought a 6" Cascade plant from a nursery and it has grown to over 11' tall so far, and I expect much more by the end of the season. I don't plan to have a harvest this first season, so even 1 cone would be gravy. Is there a way I can 'split' this plant so that I have 3-4 for next year? I am building a trellis and overhead structure to give the plants at least 25' of supported growing length. I have a garden area that is about 8 feet long and 2 foot wide. If I could get 3-4 plants total and spread them in this garden, that would be ideal.

3-4 plants in a 2x8 plot sounds like you'd be overcrowding quite a bit. 2 plants would probably be plenty in that area (since they're the same varietal, it won't matter that they sort of merge together into one mass of bines eventually).

 

[TeeJo]

You can almost hardly kill a cutting off a hop bine either. Simply cut a tip off a side shoot and stick it in water, it will grow roots and you can plant it.

There are a couple good posts here on the forum that go through the process. In reality, if you wanted to have a thousand rooted plants, it wouldn't be a huge stretch in a season.

Rhizomes grow sideways, just below the surface (mostly )and Roots grow down (mostly ).

TeeJo