cd2448
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I've set up my hop garden with a central pole arrangement and I'm going to train the bines up to the pole from hop hills 10-12ft spaced out around the base. My question is, being even more of a novice in the garden than I am in the brewhouse, what to use for the lines up to the top of the poles? I got some "training wire' from home depot yesterday but it's very still wire that can be bent into shape - I'm thinking that's not the ticket for this job - any thoughts? I also picked up some jute twine, that looks more like the right sort of thing, but is it substantial enough to support the bines when they get going, and, maybe next year, start bearing some flowers?
Thanks for any ideas!
I've set up my hop garden with a central pole arrangement and I'm going to train the bines up to the pole from hop hills 10-12ft spaced out around the base. My question is, being even more of a novice in the garden than I am in the brewhouse, what to use for the lines up to the top of the poles? I got some "training wire' from home depot yesterday but it's very still wire that can be bent into shape - I'm thinking that's not the ticket for this job - any thoughts? I also picked up some jute twine, that looks more like the right sort of thing, but is it substantial enough to support the bines when they get going, and, maybe next year, start bearing some flowers?
Thanks for any ideas!