Recent content by Rwings39

@day_trippr So, just to be clear, leave the newly growing bine(s) attached and bury all but the tip in a trench of sorts? Would it be beneficial to strip any leaves along the buried section for root growth starting points, or less energy is put toward them since they're no longer catching light...

I purchased two Cascade rhizomes for last year's growth. One grew visibly more aggressively than the other and combined harvested a decent amount of hops for first year plants. This year, the more active of the rhizomes put out a number of bines, grew to about 7' before I neglected it with too...

ajdelange - I apologize for my naivety. As I said in the first sentence of the first post of this thread, "I'm new to brewing water chemistry" and literally by definition, anything I mention on the subject would be naive. I also apologize for neglecting your original post. I read it and...

I've done a smidge more research since my original post here. And just recently delved into this a bit. For a refresher, ideal ranges are: TDS: 120-130ppm pH: 7.0 Hardness: 70-80ppm Alkalinity: 50ppm I pulled 1gal RO water which gave: TDS: 24ppm pH: 7.9 Hardness: 8.85ppm Alkalinity: 17.9ppm...

I'm new to brewing water chemistry, have read through much of the sticky at the top of this section on the subject once, but can definitely stand to refresh myself on it. However, I have a question about a bit of an off topic water chemistry subject. Specifically that of coffee brewing water...

Thanks for the reply. I cut the new growth back and waiting for the second flush to start selecting a few bines each.

Hi, my name is Nick. I've visited these forums a few times, but this is my first post. Will post a formal intro soon, but had a question regarding my hops. I ordered a couple Cascade rhizomes last winter through MoreBeer and successfully grew them up in a small planter, and wound up...