shafferpilot
Well-Known Member
So I know I'm gonna get 15 different recomendations, but here it goes. I'd like to grow one hop vine.... but not specifically because of the shortage (I'm pretty well stocked up.) but because I can't seem to get a vine to grow on the little fence next to my front door. The fence is a wood privacy fence 5 feet long and 7 feet tall. Stuff doesn't like to grow there because the gravel bedding for the porch and sidewalk extends under the flower bed leaving only 6 inches or so of topsoil. The extreme drainage in the summertime kills every vine I've put in there over the last 3 years. I've heard that hops has no issue with growing long horizontal roots to find water, so I'm guessing a hop plant will be able to survive there. This spot has southern exposure with shade in the late evening during the summer. There is an ugly bush nearby that the idiots from my condo association put in, but I'm going to cut that thing down as soon as I get something that can survive on the fence. Lastly, I prefer the spicier hop taste to the citrusy one. Wadda ya guys/gals think?