Taken this morning...beautiful day here in Portland!
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I feel for all you guys who have been getting pummeled with all the winter weather, but here in Washington we've had one of the mildest winters I've ever seen. No snow this year, and only a few days below freezing. And just yesterday, imagine my surprise when I found my Hallertauer and one of my Fuggles peeking out for the season! In a normal year, I wouldn't expect to see growth for another month and a half. We usually have a pretty short growing season. These hops are second year growth, and to have them up so early bodes well for a good harvest! I'm stoked to say the least.
Anyone else seeing any signs of life yet?
MrH
Its been absolutely beautiful last few days. To top it off, my Willamette is starting to send out shoots.
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it's gotten warm here in New Mexico too. I worry about mine starting shoots, because we will certainly have a few more good cold snaps. my almond tree likes to do that. it flowers, then they all freeze off. fingers crossed...
Am I making a mistake by letting my hops grow this early. Well they be hurt if we get a late freeze? I just cant get myself to cut down hops
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Am I making a mistake by letting my hops grow this early. Well they be hurt if we get a late freeze? I just cant get myself to cut down hops
You'll be fine. hops are not as sensitive to freeze as fruiting trees and delicate flowers. They can withstand a pretty hard freeze, even for a relatively sustained period of time.
I'm in Spokane, WA, and have about 20 shoots just starting to come up. I just purchased a new house and the previous owner had this plant growing. It is in pea gravel and the majority of the rhizome is exposed. I'd like to divide it and move it to some better soil.
all of the shoots are about 3-6 inches high and none have leafed out yet. Do you think it is too late to move or propagate for this year? It looks very established with about 14" of rhizome above the ground and a another 1.5" diameter section curving down into the ground.
Hard frost this morning. No sign of hops. They generally don't come out until the daffodils start dying back and the daffies have just started blooming here.
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I got almost no growth, maybe 4' of plant and no flowers off my fuggles in their first season last year but they are now already over a foot up. They were maybe 6 inches last week when I realized I needed to get something ready for them to climb (in February!) and now they're shooting up. Hoping we don't have a freak frost now and that all the posts about how the hops do better after their first year are really true.
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