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Good amount of plants to start with. I started with 250 a few years ago and up to 2800 now. I agree, no need to use stainless cable, I use galv cable and it is doing fine. plus at least half the price. Be careful with natural bailing twine, if you instal your rope the middle of may and start...

My 2dogs are not at all interested in hop cones nor the plants themselfs, but can't keep them away from the fertilizer:)

You can for sure harvest your first year crop, the cones will be a little smaller and your acid content will be about a 1/4 of your mature plants

Hi All, I'm thinking about buying a few hundred rhizomes from the northwest and plant on my hop farm in Colorado, should I be concerned about infections or dieases. Al

Awesome, thanks. If it continues to be a dry fall should I give them a little water thru a mild winter?

I have 250 1st year plants in tempory containers, I will be moving them in mid-September to new hop farm location in Western Colorado. Do you folks have any suggestion on storing them this winter. Should I store the containers in an unheated garage and plant early spring or try and plant them in...

I have purchased 100 from High Hops and 100 from Great lakes, they have all went into shock, not sure if its the elevation of 5600' or the shipping time. But the hops from Great Lakes look to be recovering a little better. And they are interested in there progress to make sure they will...