Hey folks,
I'm brand new to the forum and new to growing hops, not new to brewing however.
Little background info that may or may not be usefull?
I live in upstate/Central New york and we normally get tons of snow with fairly mild temp's. (20-40F). Past Two winters we have had almost NO snow and extremely mild temperatures.
I usually water them with plain water daily just after the sun drops or early morning before it gets up. I also water with plant food maybe 2X weekly.
Plants are in well drained sandy/loam soil with good fertility according to the meter with a ph of 6.5 in there.
I planted Two varieties: Fuggles and Cascade.
1st season some very small flowers/buds formed and the bines took off fairly well and vigorous.
2nd season (current) bines took right off like crazy and grew like crazy until about Mid June at which time they slowed way down.
All else seemed fine.
Currently (July 2nd) they have started to flower.
I heard somewhere this is caused by nutrient deficiency of some sort? Or is this possibly caused because they are so young and not fully developed? Root system.
OR would a mild Winters cause this? They also started really taking off out of the ground very early than I expected like May 1st.
Thanks.
I'm brand new to the forum and new to growing hops, not new to brewing however.
Little background info that may or may not be usefull?
I live in upstate/Central New york and we normally get tons of snow with fairly mild temp's. (20-40F). Past Two winters we have had almost NO snow and extremely mild temperatures.
I usually water them with plain water daily just after the sun drops or early morning before it gets up. I also water with plant food maybe 2X weekly.
Plants are in well drained sandy/loam soil with good fertility according to the meter with a ph of 6.5 in there.
I planted Two varieties: Fuggles and Cascade.
1st season some very small flowers/buds formed and the bines took off fairly well and vigorous.
2nd season (current) bines took right off like crazy and grew like crazy until about Mid June at which time they slowed way down.
All else seemed fine.
Currently (July 2nd) they have started to flower.
I heard somewhere this is caused by nutrient deficiency of some sort? Or is this possibly caused because they are so young and not fully developed? Root system.
OR would a mild Winters cause this? They also started really taking off out of the ground very early than I expected like May 1st.
Thanks.