Yeah my cascade rhizome's were moldy, I wiped them down, and put them in the soil and only one of them came up. It was doing good, but noticed alot of bugs were eating the leaves. I came home last night and the cascade had totally unwrapped itself from the string and was lying on its side. I thought maybe my 3 year old had done this, but my wife insists he wasn't out side all day. I wrapped the hop bine back around the string but noticed that near the soil the plant was brown-ish and did not look very healthy. I have a feeling cascades are not going to happen for me this year.
My two nuggets are growing very strongly just a few feet from the cascade, and they don't seem to get eaten up like the cascade did.
None of my plants get enough sunlight either. If I throw more rhizomes in the ground next year I will build a trellis on the south facing side of my house. It gets the most direct sunlight and no trees or buildings block the sunlight there.