"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hops grow and flower by the light
>cycle (the length of the day), so it
>doesn't matter, if you try and plant
>a rhizome, you will likely get a messed
>up plant anyway.[/color]

Define "messed up". I live in Zone 8 (Pacific Northwest maritime climate)
and have pulled up and transplanted hunks of cascade rhizomes in the late
summer and fall. As we don't get much in the way of hard frosts here, the
transplants do fine as long as I give them a little time (about a month)
before the first light frost. Granted, they don't grow well or produce
anything the first season, but they establish themselves nicely thereafter.

If our poster lives in a climate similar to mine, he can transplant away.
Otherwise, he should wait until the spring.

Brina