Hi;
I may have sold my place here in Montana, and will hopefully be moving to Tennessee within the next two months. My hops are from a bunch of plants that came to Montana in the late 1800's/early 1900's. No idea what kind of hops they are, or what country they came from, but I'd really like to take some of them with me when I move. Any advice on digging them up while they are growing (about 1 - 2 months old right now), and preserving them for a couple of weeks while we are moving? I am already assuming they won't grow up later this year, but I'd like to grow them for next year. I don't know a lot about hop growing, I dug them up a few years back from a neighbor's yard who was going to pour gasoline on them to kill them, I planted them in the late part of the summer, and they came up in the Spring.. I had two good years with them and then, was away for two -40F Winters, and right now they are growing like wildfire. What I'm trying to say is that they are very cold hardy, becuz they are only a few inches below the surface of the ground. Any advice would be appreciated, and helpful, l don't know if I need to keep them moist or dry (put them in wood chips?), so any advice would be helpful. If you know anything about doing the same for rhubarb, we are also taking some of those plants too.
Thanx,
MT2sum.
I may have sold my place here in Montana, and will hopefully be moving to Tennessee within the next two months. My hops are from a bunch of plants that came to Montana in the late 1800's/early 1900's. No idea what kind of hops they are, or what country they came from, but I'd really like to take some of them with me when I move. Any advice on digging them up while they are growing (about 1 - 2 months old right now), and preserving them for a couple of weeks while we are moving? I am already assuming they won't grow up later this year, but I'd like to grow them for next year. I don't know a lot about hop growing, I dug them up a few years back from a neighbor's yard who was going to pour gasoline on them to kill them, I planted them in the late part of the summer, and they came up in the Spring.. I had two good years with them and then, was away for two -40F Winters, and right now they are growing like wildfire. What I'm trying to say is that they are very cold hardy, becuz they are only a few inches below the surface of the ground. Any advice would be appreciated, and helpful, l don't know if I need to keep them moist or dry (put them in wood chips?), so any advice would be helpful. If you know anything about doing the same for rhubarb, we are also taking some of those plants too.
Thanx,
MT2sum.