I just dug up half my hops
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Posted 12 October 2009 - 05:01 PM
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Posted 13 October 2009 - 06:33 AM
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Posted 13 October 2009 - 07:46 AM
cleaned out the Aunt's Willamette's last fall. they had been growing for 15+ years out back. we had a very large plastic tub with roots and crowns. all but a few took back off.this year. Hops in general are very hearty and can take alot. now is the perfect time for moving them around.good luck.How timely! I'm moving this month and was wondering what the 'proper' way to move my hops was. I'm planning to do some pretty serious excavation to get as much of them as possible. I don't even know how many runners I pulled up from my willamette this past summer that I just tossed. I'll be trying to pot those next summer! I just have to figure out where they are going in at the new place as wherever they go they are staying!
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Posted 13 October 2009 - 08:33 AM
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Posted 13 October 2009 - 09:28 AM
This is pretty much what I did, but without burlap. I cut a roughly 18" circle and then got under and lifted it out, shook the loose dirt off, and tossed it in a 5gal bucket. Most of the root and crown tangle was much smaller than what I dug. Once I got the crown out I just reached in the hole and pulled out the roots that I sliced off.The technique I saw on tv was to dig a trench completely around what you're going to keep as the root ball, cutting roots as necessary, then just pry the whole thing up and put it on the burlap.
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