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Well here are some nuggets on a 68 degree angle. They are much shorter this year than the previous 2 years where I grew them on a traditional trellis system. Earlier this year I put them on a maypole trellis and the outside angles run about 68 degree avg. Where the angle goes more towards...

Thats the first I have ever heard of that. Do you have any links or other info on this? I would be very interested to see exactly how cutting back the early growth affects lupulin production and AA %.

I have heard this from a number of hop growers on this forum and other documents and other research and for a while have followed this practice...however there really seems to be no reason for this other than harvest timing. This year after transplanting about 300 plants and trying some new...

Short Answer - yes with some varieities. Long Answer - We get a dual harvest here with most all the high alpha varieities. Our Chinook, Brewers Gold, Nugget, and Liberty are always a dual harvest and we suspect that once the Santium, Sterling, Mt Hood and Spalt hit 3rd year they will be as...

The cones look like Alternaria Cone Disorder - this normally comes with late season Downy Mildew -see this link - http://research.hopgardens.com/PDF/Late_Season_Downy_Mildew.pdf The yellowing leaves are also indicitive of Downy - you may have it in the crown. While the shredded leaves...

ok here is the deal...you need to keep your plants trimmed to the bine at least 2 to 4 feet. This is to help with air circulation and helps to keep pests from having a ladder to go up the bine. It also allows the underside of the plant to dry and not retain moisture that will lead to Downy...

I keep the plants trimmed off the ground about 2 feet....so when I cut back I leave about 4 to 5 feet of bine. Cutting back to the crown..as I have found...is not so good a practice...just leave some growth and it wont take long and new shoots will start appearing. I like to leave all the new...

Mostly I am done in late August ,early September. Just depends on variety. After I am done with this harvest Ill cut everything back and let it all grow again. How many plants do you have going Eric? And as for just not wanting to mow the yard -I agree :)

The bines start poking through in the first week of March. Burrs start in April and normally by the first week or second week of June I start harvesting the high alpha varieities. Ill get another harvest from these same plants in late August..early September. Im in North East TN - Johnson...

Well the Nuggets are ready to pick and there are lots of them. They are pretty early this year -about 2 weeks ahead of normal. Guess all the rain and the heat have been good for them. Even the late transplanted ones are coming out of shock and putting up new bines quicker than expected. We...

For first year plants let them go...only trim to keep growth off the ground. This small bit of trimming will help prevent disease. Let everything climb as they will. 2nd year you can trim back to however many you want to run a string...normally I run 2 to 4 per string...sometimes 6 on the high...

Well the first thing is that I wouldnt worry about over watering....I left several in a creek for 6 months and then replanted and they were just fine. They grew underwater and then after the bines got about 6 feet in length they started growing above the water line. Goldings are particularly...

By the pic it looks like you have a nitrogen deficiency. Not certain how much fert you are using but I use a 20-20-20 every 9 days (liquid). Youll also note that when you order large quantities of rhyzomes you will inevitably get some bad ones. Cull those that are problematic and replace...

I use a 20-20-20 liquid - but mine are in the ground. I also use a 19-12-9 slow release peletized. - with yours in pots Id be careful with it. Cheers

15' wide 27' long- plants spaced everey 3 feet -18 ft pole which gives about 19 to 20 feet of growing room depending on the actual angle.