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OK, so it just happens that the two occurred about the same time which made me think they were related. What is the best way to water hops in this type of weather? I have been adding water until the soil was damp but not too wet. I would then wait until it seemed like it was dry before I added...

I checked a couple of times last night and didn't see any slugs. Would slugs or snails make it up to a second story balcony?

I'll look tonight.

I'm not too sure where the mushrooms came from. There is a pine tree about 10 ft away from the side of the deck where my planter is. The pollen from the tree powder coated everything on my deck. I did my best to wash it off my plants with a water bottle sprayer. Maybe the mushroom spores were...

It's been insanely hot and humid in my area. A few weeks ago mushrooms started popping up the soil of the potter. I pulled all the mushrooms out and none have popped up since then but a bunch of the leaves turned yellow and fell off. The shoots I had trained stopped growing. I pretty much...

I made a Raspberry Melomel last week Thursday. 13 lbs Wildflower Honey 6lbs Raspberry Puree 8 cups Orange Juice 2 tsp Black Tea Enough water to make 4.2 gallons. 2 Packets Lalvin 71B-1122 rehydrated in GoFerm I split this between a pair of 3 gallon Better Bottles and used a Staggered...

Well I tried a little taste again when I got home from work. It just seems like it is going to overpower the raspberries. Also I think Halbrust may have hit it on the head the smell doesn't seem to go with raspberry. I think this time I will just use wildflower honey. I think the buckwheat...

I had a sample of a raspberry melomel recipe last summer from somebody that I no longer have contact with. They provided the following recipe. 12 lbs clover or wildflower honey 6 lbs buckwheat honey 6 lbs raspberry puree 16 cups of orange juice 2 - 3 Tbsp earl grey tea 2 Packets EC-1118...

I tried to grow my own hops this year. Since I live in an apartment I figured I would try it in a pot. I found a pot that had a diameter of 24" at the bottom and 28" at the top. I planted them in mid march and they grew like crazy. Late July a bunch of leaves at the bottom turned brown...