Slow Magnum

I live in East Texas and decided to plant a couple hop rhizomes this year. I've got a cascade and a magnum planted in the corner of my garden at the end of a row two & 1/2' apart from one another. The cascade is already about 1 1/2' tall but the magnum has only sent up one bine and is maybe 1/2" tall with one leaf. It's been that way for almost two weeks now. I used root hormone on both rhizomes and planted them exactly the same. Is magnum slower growing? Maybe all it's resources are being used in root growth? Any experience with this? I keep waiting for that leaf to fall off but it's staying green.

Some do that...actually, I had a magnum do that. They pop up a little way and then just sit. They usually are making a lot of root mass. Give it a couple of weeks and all of sudden it will take off.

GVH_Dan said:

Some do that...actually, I had a magnum do that. They pop up a little way and then just sit. They usually are making a lot of root mass. Give it a couple of weeks and all of sudden it will take off.

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This! Be patient and remember this year chances are you wont get any hops. First year the plants ate establishing their root base.