kilohertz
Well-Known Member
I just found a large mass of hops on the edge of an new orchard, which I believe used to be an old hop yard, and decided to bring a few rhizomes home. They are growing on a steep slope up against a fence, and the ground was incredibly soft and lots of mulch from years of being left alone, so I grabbed a few bines and yanked 'em out of the ground and low and behold they came right out, root about 3/8" thick and FULL of fresh white buds/shoots, all about 1/4"-3/8" long. WoW! Healthy plants. So now I have 3 good root shoots with many buds and am going to plant them today in the hop yard. Of course no idea what they are, but I can see from the cone bracts, that they are big cones, almost 2" long, and were probably a commercially viable variety if they were part of a hop yard.
Anyway, I was surprised to see such active growth right now, as it is fast approaching winter (been hovering around -2C at nights and maybe 7C during the day). As this is my first experience in seeing rhizomes live in the ground, is this normal? I am going to plant them today, usual method about 3" deep with lots of mulch and horse poop on them. It's supposed to stay around these temps for the next week or more.
Your thoughts and experience in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Anyway, I was surprised to see such active growth right now, as it is fast approaching winter (been hovering around -2C at nights and maybe 7C during the day). As this is my first experience in seeing rhizomes live in the ground, is this normal? I am going to plant them today, usual method about 3" deep with lots of mulch and horse poop on them. It's supposed to stay around these temps for the next week or more.
Your thoughts and experience in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers