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• Posted in thread: Growing hops in southern california on 06-04-2013 at 08:36 PM
  Well, the Centennial plants in pots are not necessarily doing better but they are certainly off
  to an earlier start. Apples to apples, hops will do better in the ground if we're talking wide
  open spac...

• Posted in thread: Growing hops in southern california on 06-04-2013 at 06:50 PM
  My pots are either wine half-barrels or 22-24" pots that I purchased from Costco. It's pretty
  hard to drown a hop plant in a pot if it's draining well. I drill extra holes in store bought
  pots to give...

• Posted in thread: Growing hops in southern california on 06-04-2013 at 06:11 PM
  My trellises are between 15 and 20' and the Cascade, Chinook, and Centennial all reached the
  top (and some quite a bit beyond) their first year. I do have to water most every day,
  especially the pots,...

• Posted in thread: Increasing Rhizome production on 06-02-2013 at 10:17 PM
  As for your question about burying the 2' bine, you should leave some leaves exposed to the
  sun, so don't bury the entire thing.The thinking behind pinching off the growth tip is to stall
  upward growt...

• Posted in thread: Increasing Rhizome production on 06-02-2013 at 05:06 PM
  A couple things you can do to maximize rhizome production is lay over new bines horizontally
  and cover them with soil, breaking off the growth tip. You can also prune off side arms when
  they form and ...

• Posted in thread: 2013 Hop garden photo thread on 06-02-2013 at 05:29 AM
  These pictures show related Chinook plants in a potted south-facing location and maximum
  exposure to sunlight at about 8-10', versus more mature crowns planted in the ground in a
  cooler location that ...

• Posted in thread: 2013 Hop garden photo thread on 06-02-2013 at 05:23 AM
  These pictures show how different the timing can be for plants of different varieties in
  different micro-climates in one yard. The first picture gives perspective of one section of the
  yard with hops ...

• Posted in thread: Growing hops in southern california on 06-02-2013 at 03:53 AM
  Here are some pictures from today, the first of June, in Socal. The hops in raised beds are off
  to an earlier start per usual (they were all cut back to ground in the first week of May). The
  ones in t...

• Posted in thread: 2013 Hop garden photo thread on 05-31-2013 at 08:03 PM
  Punx Clever...something that may or not be related to your situation...but mushrooms are often
  an indicator of over-watering. I can't see the picture on this computer but if you have the
  option to mov...

• Posted in thread: 2013 Hop garden photo thread on 05-21-2013 at 10:00 PM
  About spiders, I tend to get a lot of whitish, grayish, spiders on my bines, especially toward
  the end of growing season. They are fantastic to have around, imo, as I don't have problems
  with pests an...