Abandoned hop farm Australian need to store rizhomes before they are deatroyed owner

[cshulha]

Hi every one i am in south east australia it is fall here. I am at a hop farm that is abandoned and is due to be destroyed. I want to cut as many rhizomes as i can. Any tips on cutting them and store them they have gone wild. Should i transplant them NOW or leave them in the FRIDGE for three months and plant them in early spring. I am afraid if i transplant them now they will get confused and start growing with winter around the corner. Help guys i need to save these plants before they are destroyed. Keep in mind it is 70f outside and super dry at the moment.

 

[Homercidal]

I'm no expert, but I think you will want to transplant now. They will certainly start growing, but as far as I know, hops don't need a freeze over winter. They should at least start developing their roots, and when winter does come, they will do what they were designed to do and in the spring they will already have a good start on the year.

 

[Calder]

I'm no expert either. but I'd put them in the fridge until spring

 

[bigplunkett]

I second planting them i had some i forgot in the fridge and they didnt fare so well

 

[waterskj]

You should be able to get at least twice as many as you plan to want if you are digging them out of the ground from an abandoned hop farm.

So ...

Plant a bunch now and put a bunch in the fridge.

If the ones you plant now grow - ditch the extras .. give away the extras... plant the extra and have more plants..

 

[PapaBearJay]

They will be fine if you plant them now.

 

[Stillraining]

This might help..adjust for southern Latitude of course.

https://www.morebeer.com/brewingtechniques/library/backissues/issue2.3/montell.html

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/hops/propagating-hops-plants.htm

Do you really even have Hard freezing winters there? If not from this reading it seems replanting them now is the right thing to do.

 

[Homercidal]

And of course you will probably want to dig up the whole crown, not just some rhizomes...

 

[cshulha]

And of course you will probably want to dig up the whole crown, not just some rhizomes...

I did pig up both the root and the crowns. I would not have cut them off. I did cut off the the leaves there was no good way to take them.

 

[Senormac]

Hi every one i am in south east australia it is fall here. I am at a hop farm that is abandoned and is due to be destroyed.

I'd love to see a pic of that !! An abandoned hop farm !! That's like a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow

 

[Senormac]

So.....? What happened ?

 

[cshulha]

So.....? What happened ?

They are growing like crazy now . thanks everyone for your help.