I wrote about my attempts to grow hops from cuttings here.
Yesterday they went into the ground, so I got a chance to see just how well the rhizomes had grown. As you can see, they turned out pretty well.
Actually, this was easily the biggest set of roots, from a Mount Hood cutting which went nuts and had bines more than 2m long.
The Cascade cuttings which grew quite well and had a long time to develop had relatively small root systems, whereas the Goldings cuttings which were tiny and done very late had relatively large roots. Varietal difference or just coincidence? It's hard to say with such a small sample I suppose.
I'm looking forward to seeing what the little fellas can do in a couple of months' time.
