Cloning Hop Plants from Cuttings

Most people grow their hops from rhizomes, little chunks of root that are harvested from the parent plant. I certainly have used this method for a few of the varieties I have, but others have been grown from rooted cuttings much like the way you can clone a tomato plant. There are lots of videos on YouTube that discuss how to clone tomato plants, but not so many videos for how to clone a hop plant, so I thought I’m make one.

I find I get a better yield from my hops if I limit the number of bines the plant has to put it’s energy into, to four bines per guide string. All of the rest of the shoots get cut off and are essentially compost. This always bugs me though because this plant matter can easily be put into water and the cuttings will produce roots. Once the roots are established, you simply plant the root material into good potting soil and you have a clone of the parent plant that will allow others to grow hops.

Because there really isn’t very much too the process this video is quite short so I thought I’d start the video with a time-laps captured between 6:00 am and 3:00 pm in the hop yard. If you watch carefully you can actually see some of the hops growing during the course of the day.

Hope you find this video helpful and no matter where you are in the world, I hope you have a great brew day!

Links to things I mentioned in the video -
Fish Fertilizer: https://tinyurl.com/j3d6vuak

Music by: Moins Le Quartet
Songs in order of appearance: In a Jiffy, Jive With Me, and In a Jiffy (second time).

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