Re: Hops
I have several different types of hops here, one of whom has been stuck in a big plastic bowl for the past several years. It dies back over winter but has been coming back the next spring like clockwork.
The preferred method of propagating is by dividing the rhizomes but if you take a fresh runner & dump a pile of dirt on it, it'll sprout roots too.
Plastic dishpans work great for this, that's how we do our grapes & boysenberries.
Using some rooting hormone just adds extra insurance.
I'd wait for it to go dormant & get at the root ball, grab some hefty rhizomes off of it, assuming it's been established long enough to have grown to at least 3/8" diameter 'zomes.
Got pics?
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