Recent content by hazedandconfused

I was just wondering if anybody has any experience with using caramel malts in their meads? For some sweetness, flavor, and body.

Care to post the more beer Pliny recipe by chance?

So how does this work, I ask for a rhizome from you and I send you one in return? I wonder if anybody is willing to send pruned rhizomes out to others for free (only paying for shipping)? Since a lot of people have to prune their rhizomes back anyways.

WOW!!! My phone is still logged into the website like 5 months after my last post. So, we had a fire that burned down the garage and the horse riding arena/barn next to it, killing my hop plants. All my cuttings died as far as I know with the exception of maybe one. I'm not sure which one...

Does anybody here know how long it takes for hops started from cuttings (or seeds) to develop a strong enough root structure that it will return the next year? I'm trying to figure out if I should plant my cuttings in the ground (and risk total plant death from frost) or if I should put them in...

So my magnum is no more. I went to grab my cell phone at the barn and noticed that my magnum had been torn up into little pieces and there were paw prints around it. The only dog that was even here today was a guests who we had over for a couple of days - so it really could have only been that...

Also, all of the cuttings that I just planted in the ground are dead and gone. However, all but one of the cuttings that have been sheltered are still alive and all of the cuttings that were placed in a container of water have roots growing. Im not sure about the ones placed in small pots of...

07-10-2011 Cascade= 62 inches Magnum= 38 inches Centennial= X

07-7-2011 Cascade= 54 inches Magnum= 35 inches Centennial= X

07-5-2011 Cascade= 48 inches Magnum= 33 inches Centennial= ??? Top of 11' trellis and growing sideways. Both centennial bines are over the trellis and growing sideways - its sidearms are getting long. Bugs seem to have been leaving outside plants alone.

07-03-2011 Cascade= 42 inches Magnum= 32 inches Centennial= ? 12'4 maybe more? Sidearms are growing in on the centennial real well - vertical growth is still strong. The magnum is beginning to grow. The cascade is picking up the pace and has 3 shoots going. Somebody shut the sterling in the...

Also, my indoor sterling is beginning to pickup in growth but is getting dominated by spider mites. Im thinking a tobacco spray is in order.

07-01-2011 Cascade= 38 inches Magnum= 30 inches Centennial= ~ 11'6 inches The centennial maxed out its trellis which is a little more than 11 feet and has begun to wind around the wire that supports the trellesi. The centennials sidearms are beginning to grow faster now. The burrs I...

06-28-2011 Cascade=31 inches Magnum= 29 inches Centennial= 10'3 I measured them this morning so they are probably a little taller now. My guess is that the centennial will top out its trellis in the next two days - which is 11' tall.

Congrats on your hops. Theyre looking good.