On May-1-2011 I planted 1 Cascade rhizome, 1 Nugget rhizome, and 1 Centennial starter. I was given a planter box next to our garage/barn in which to plant my hops.
05-01-2011
You can see the little wooden stakes in front of where each was planted. From left to right there is Cascade - Nugget - Centennial. The centennial is the one on the rope and is about 6 inches tall.
Unfortunately I planted these at home and had to return to college, so I wasn't able to water them or watch them grow. While I was away one of my dogs dug up the nugget rhizome and took off with it - my neighbor noticed the dog pull up the cascade and take off with it and she saved from my dog and even replanted it for me. Unfortunately all the bines on the cascade broke off.
While away at college I got the urge to start a couple more varieties in pots so that I could transplant them when I got home For this I chose a Sterling rhizome and a Magnum rhizome. They were each planted in plastic pots with miracle grow potting soil. The sterling already had a good sized shoot growing off it so that stayed above ground when I planted it. Here's some pics of the sterling
05-05-2011
05-07-2011
05-10-2011
Here's one of my magnum
05-10-2011
I returned home from school for the summer strung up some strings for the other two spots and measured my outside plants on 06-13-2011 and my cascade plant was 1 foot tall and my centennial was exactly 5 feet tall. Today on 06-14-2011 my cascade measured at 14 inches tall and the centennial was 5.5 feet tall
Centennial 06-14-2011.
Tomorrow I will transplant my magnum where the nugget used to be and transplant the sterling somewhere else. I fear the sterling has sustained too much damage in transport and might not survive. Ill take a pic or two periodically show how fast they grow over the season.
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I checked them today and took a picture but am too lazy to post it. I transplanted the magnum to where the nuggets were.
As of today (June-17-2011) the heights are:
Cascade= 16 inches tallest bine.
Magnum= 27 inches.
Centennial= 6'3 tallest. ~5'10 shorter bine.
Something is eating my hops. The cascades look like a hop skeleton and there are holes all over the centennial. Good news about the cascades today is that i noticed another 2-3 bines starting to come up.
I made up a 1/2 strength fish fertilizer solution and lightly watered the hoppies. Will repeat in another week or so.
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June-18-2011
Cascades= 16.5 inches
Magnum= 27 inches
Centennial= Tallest bine 6'7
Light rain all day long here so far. Something is eating the sh#t out of my cascades - and their moving on to the centennial. Looks like the centennial has some sort of nutrient deficiency by the browning of the lower leaves.
Here are some pics i took yesterday and last night June-17-2011
Those munched on leaves are from my cascade plant but the pics do not do the damage justice. That centennial is growing about 4 inches a day which is pretty good considering the amount of sunlight the plants are getting.
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