A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Plants and Flowers Forum Plant Propagation Relocating & Splitting Hops - need advice.

Hello,
I have a variety of hop vines growing on my property, and I am going to be moving to a different state within the next few weeks. I would like to take the hops with me, as well as split them and give to friends if I could.

I know that when I got them, they were just the root / rhizome and I had to bury them in the spring, and watch them grow into monsters throughout the summer. Do I do the same now? Just dig them up? And to split them, can I just cut them in half?

How long will they survive? Is the best way to preserve them in a ziploc bag with some moisture?

Any tips or advice are greatly appreciated.

-L

Refrigerate the rhizomes in a plastic bag to prevent them from drying and plant rhizomes in early spring. you can start rhizomes in pots and transplant them into the ground by June.

Cones are best stored in a zipper-type plastic bag or other sealable plastic bag. It is important to make sure the cones are sufficiently dry because any moisture trapped inside the bag will cause the hops to spoil.

Hops will survive few years If you keep them very cold and free from oxygen.