hops cloneing

[digitaldog12052]

I live in upstate NY, and a neighbor grows hops. I want to try and clone his Mt hood and Golding bines. He has tried to convince me that the off shoots that he weeds out are the best way to clone. I only ask cause he's not interested in digging up the root for a rhizome, and has given a few shoots with tiny roots he just cut from his recent pruning (a few inches under the ground).. will they live?

 

[day_trippr]

They could, if conditions allow.

I have cloned my Cascade and Centennial plants by laying a shoot down on the bed, covering most of the stem with top soil, and keeping it damp. Within two weeks every part of the stem that's under the soil has hundreds of rootlets typically an inch or so long. I cut it off at the base then transplant it and so far they've always taken...

Cheers!

 

[DarkCoder]

Yes, you can easily clone hop plants that way. You can put them directly in ground, not in full sun, if they already have a lot of roots. Otherwise, put them in beer bottle or plastic bottle (again not in full sun) with a mixture of water / rooting hormones / little bit of fertilizer. You will have plenty of roots in about 10 days. I did that plenty of times.

Here is a little link that might be interesting.

Rooting cutting

 

[digitaldog12052]

This is what he gave me, and it looks like half of them want to make it... there was no rooting hormones used, only the shoots coming off the mound(the cuttings were taken on fourth of July). Thanks for the replies, I'm just so excited/worried because I would like them to make it, so next year I can make boxes for their mounds... as a newbie to this plant I am grateful for any good advice

 

[digitaldog12052]

Yes, you can easily clone hop plants that way. You can put them directly in ground, not in full sun, if they already have a lot of roots. Otherwise, put them in beer bottle or plastic bottle (again not in full sun) with a mixture of water / rooting hormones / little bit of fertilizer. You will have plenty of roots in about 10 days. I did that plenty of times.

Here is a little link that might be interesting.

Rooting cutting

Thanks for this link, it helped