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Originally Posted by jcarson83
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VERY helpful link...
IF I cannot plant in my sister/mother's yard, I'll see if I can get my landlord to let me take some of the south facing ground by the driveway (close to the house) and plant one rhizome per 5 gallon bucket. Thinking that if I don't fill it all the way, I'll drill some holes right about 'ground level' in the bucket for water to drain out of. I could even use some mesh screening to make sure less soil gets through the holes. I have some stands I made a few years back to hold 2x2 wood (for holding targets) that I could use to run the trellis from... A couple of long enough sections of 2x2, with string between, and coming down, could be done pretty easy that way (cheaply too)... I like the bucket idea since I'll plan on either being in a place where I can plant into the ground, within a couple of more years. Or convince family to let me plant in their yard...
Thinking of one or two hops per variety I like to use (the majority of the time) would be good... If I have a brew that needs something else, I'll just pick those up... From the sounds of things, a couple of plants cost not much more than a couple of brewings worth of hops, initially. The real pay-off is having your own hops in your brews (from my thoughts) plus the very little (if any) future expense...
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