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As far as growing hops, they are a rather sturdy plant. From my earlier blog there is a picture of some rhizomes which I dug up. I could have replanted them several days later and they would still thrive. A great site for details on types, planting, care, etc. is modernfarmer.com. The hop beds that I have established need to be thinned every couple of years. By thinning you literally pull up the roots to the plant and cut back. Whenever I do this I have hundreds of rhizomes. About 10 years ago Ryan and me started a small business selling rhizomes, labor intense little profit. Now we grow for fun!!