I made a sail style trellis that ended up about 15ft tall, 3 years into growning Cascade and Chinook and the were about 10ft or more above the top of the trellis. New plans are to make the top of the trellis 20ft or more as the cascades take off in Mi.
My general rule of thumb for S.E. Michigan is to wait until Mothers day to plant. you are not going to harvest all that much year one as is so better safe than sorry IMO.
That was my thought as well, I checked them last night and a fair amount of shoots (sp?) are starting to come out of the ground. I will post photos as well as keep this as note keeper for their progress this year. Side thought... I also got a fair amount of Lemon Balm growing, has anyone ever...
A friend of mine recently got out of the craft and has handed down a couple 4 year old hop's (Cascade and Chinook). Being totally new to the concept (But I am good with gardening) I took the plants home (6 ft easy from end to end) and planted them the next day, with no trimming or what have...
Transferred this from secondary to keg last night. Was sitting at a FG of 1.010 (O.G. was 1.047) for a week so I thought it was time. I will set some side by side for a comparison this weekend and post results.