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3.16.11 - 2nd year plants. Training the strongest looking bines up the mason's twine (1st try with that stuff - it's already stretched a bit on its own). Clipped a bunch of little shoots around the base of each and they just keep coming. Anyone think I should clip what's showing here and let...

I live in South Florida (north Broward County) and have hops growing in containers - 1 cascade, 1 centennial. I planted them last March and they were producing cones on 10-18' bines by June. The bines gradually declined towards late summer and had minor sidearm growth with undersized leaves...

So a buddy of mine who I had been planning on sharing some of my hops with now tells me that 1st year hops are "really not that usable" and that he basically isn't interested in my hops. He had a bad experience trying to grow some himself a year or two ago and I guess used whatever he got out of...

Below is a picture of my Cascade bine from today. They're first year in a container planted in late March. Saw lots of skepticism about the bines flowering in South Florida. Contrary to that I got an early crop and so far so good. Centennials are sending out burrs now. I remember someone...