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[Kremer]

I just dug out my fuggle to bring in to a guy at work. I'm amazed at the root system these things developed. I was pulling out runners and roots that sprawled 2-3 feet in every direction, about everything underground was covered with little buds ready to sprout shoots upward.All is not lost, I pulled the fuggle to make way for cuttings of my prodigious chinook. This is the super easy part: to get a cutting I just grabbed a leafy sprout that I knew was from the chinook but a foot or so away from the crown and pulled gently. it came up out of the ground with root hairs attached all the way back to the crown then popped free. Toss that in a hole with the leaves hanging out and there ya go. I did this several times over the summer and put the shoots in pots for people who asked for cuttings, they all took right off, easy as heck!If there's anyone around the Dayton OH area that wants to start growing Chinook let me know.

[strangebrewer]

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!

[gumballhead]

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!

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.

[ANUSTART]

The transplanting rule of thumb that I heard of (HGTV/DIY) was for trees: one foot of root ball diameter for every one inch of tree trunk diameter. This doesnt really apply for hops cause there's no trunk. I would guess that 2 ft diameter root ball would be good for an established hop plant cause a 2" diameter tree is pretty established. Just a guess though. Take as much of the dirt as you can, maybe go get some burlap from HD.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.

[Kremer]

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.

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.