Just finished my little hop garden and felt the need to celebrate! Living in Boise Idaho with a fine clay soil, bummer, amended with composted horse manure and crushed shale at about a 2/3 dirt to 1/3 compost and about 6 pounds of shale in each box. The boxes are cut up oak pallets that I got for $7, each pallet made a 2'x2'x2' box, lots of digging yesterday and mixing soil but finally have them in the ground.
Magnum 12-14% 1st box
Northern Brewer 7-11% 2nd
Centennial 9-11% 3rd
Golding 4-7% 4th
Willamette 4-6% 5th
Cascade 4-7% 6th and 7th
They are on a drip system with adjustable emitters so. The plan for next year is to build trays in between each of the boxes to lay a couple bines in for propagation.
I will be running the bines in a z pattern between the metal post for the fence. Hopefully it gives me enough separation, but I think that is a matter of paying attention to them, we will see, first attempt and i never just try to do it small, my first batch of beer was an all grain and have never looked back.
Let me know what you think or any concerns.
Thanks, Curtis
Magnum 12-14% 1st box
Northern Brewer 7-11% 2nd
Centennial 9-11% 3rd
Golding 4-7% 4th
Willamette 4-6% 5th
Cascade 4-7% 6th and 7th
They are on a drip system with adjustable emitters so. The plan for next year is to build trays in between each of the boxes to lay a couple bines in for propagation.
I will be running the bines in a z pattern between the metal post for the fence. Hopefully it gives me enough separation, but I think that is a matter of paying attention to them, we will see, first attempt and i never just try to do it small, my first batch of beer was an all grain and have never looked back.
Let me know what you think or any concerns.
Thanks, Curtis