based on a user comment on FB it does indeed appear that they are shipping, but i wouldn't be ordering them yet (unless i lived in florida or hawaii, maybe). you want to plant them as soon as you receive them, and it's too early to plant. so hold off until your frost date has past. there is no advantage to ordering them now.
sweetcell said:unless i live in florida or hawaii, maybe).
did GLH suggest storing them in the fridge? that's what you want to do with rhizomes, i wasn't aware that's what you should do with crowns too.
First time grower here. I'm interested in hearing of other's experience growing on chain link. I started a centennial this spring a few feet from a chain link fence, which is also a few feet from a post. I am wondering if chain link is really bad to remove old growth from. As the crown grows, does it spread shoots orstays where initially started? I want to run ropes on pulleys up the singular post and train it away from the fence, or should I let it grow over the chain link?
Also, once the bine dies back, if not removed, what happens the next spring?
I only planted mine on Thursday and I already have a bine that's 2-3 inches long and little buds shooting up all over the place. I have a feeling once they wake up out of hibernation, they explode. Not sure how well they would do inside for two months, they might get too big for you. But there is really no harm in trying
sweetcell said:trim back the plant. you can snip most, or even all, of the bines. they will grow back.
trim back the plant. you can snip most, or even all, of the bines. they will grow back.
snip all the way down. is your rhizome in soil, in a pot? if yes, snip a centimeter or so above the soil.
if your rhizome isn't planted yet, i'm wondering if you can snip it and put it in the fridge. that would get it to go dormant again, but i don't know if it's a good idea to hit the snooze button on a rhizome that has just woken up. probably the best thing to do is to put it in a large pot with soil and manage that as best you can until you can transplant it outside. bines can be re-wrapped/re-trained around your stings/trellis/etc once you get the plant outside.
Anybody have a pic of what a hop sprout looks like? :S
To me, they kind of look like a miniature asparagus tip and can range in color from a very pale green to purple.
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