"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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Allen Caius wrote:
I have one hop bine that does very well and one that doesn't. I
would
like to increase my stock by propagating from the better bine.

Question:
Does anyone know which method of propagation works best for hops,
please?

They are propagated from root cuttings about (I think).a foot long.
There are separate male and female plants. You need, as far as I
remember, one male plant for every half-dozen or ten females.

Do you actually want to pollinate the females for beer making ?

Wouldn't flower production be terminated early as soon as some seed was set
?

I have a female golden hop that makes lovely cones all by itself - I doubt
it'd make very good beer though ....


The
female is the one producing the "cones": this sounds to me like the
one you refer to as doing "very well". If you're a connoisseur, you
may find that the variety you have doesn't give you the beer flavour
you hoped for: there are several varieties, maybe as different as the
separate varieties of apple, but you should be all right if you're
like us peasants.

--
Mike.