I just planted mine with the eyes up about an inch under the soil. I just used a potting mix soil that's heavy in mulch content. I was going to wait till it was about a foot tall to add fertilizer so I wont burn them.
Great; I'm jealous that others have seen the sprout already.
Thanks for the coffee tip I thought I read to do that.
Our soil here in Florida is mostly sand that we try to beef up with homemade compost.
So I think the roots dry enough in-between waterings. Should I feed with Miracle Grow?
@ rgarry: If you have any rough twine that would work better, the bines don't have any tendrils so their rough stem has to have something to grab and fishing line is pretty smooth.
@earthy Dankness: Thanks for the fertilizer suggestion. I read a while back that getting some "pro biotics" into your soil would be a long term strategy into controlling pests and aiding plant health but I didn't remember where I had or what the suggestion to use was. Where can you find Plant-tone?
How deep did you plant?
My instructions on the rhizomes I received said to plant them one-inch below the soil. I planted them about 2-inches after reading differently elsewhere, indicating up to 4-inches. One of the Centennials is already close to a foot tall...the other one is a couple of inches and looking good. The Cascades are moving very slowly; one is very small, but has several shoots showing, the second hasn't even broken ground yet...
Keep waiting and it will probably break the surface. Make sure; it gets enough water/sun, that you didnt pack the soil down too hard and its loose enough so the plant doesnt have to fight it, and that you have good drainage.
I think more beer is still offering some rhizomes.
Hum... Still no signs and the 25th will be 1 month.
Should I see something by now?
Could they have died?
I guess I will just keep waiting and hoping.
CourtHouseBrewing said:Yep, Watering every other day.
Good drainage, the soil is compost and sandy.
Morning sun afternoon shade.
Day time temp is around 80oF this time of year.
So I wait.
Thanks.
Last year I had this happen. They are probably dead. There is good news though! Don't buy a rhizome... Seriously! You can get a half year start by getting a crown from Great Lakes Hops that already has growth on it for almost the same price as a rhizome.
Check it out:
1 of their 33 varieties- http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cascade-Bee...057?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0f5d5b19
It looks like you've done your research and have well drained soil; but check the soil to make sure its not wet, I almost lost a magnum crown that I got from G.L.H. because the roots had too much water. It's in rehab now in my office where it is dry and warm!
I think the Cascade just broke ground after a couple of days of rain, so maybe they are not getting enough water.
shataway said:I am near West Palm Beach. I planted cascades and centennial almost two weeks ago. I planted the rhizomes nearly 4 inches deep. My cascades is like Gallaghers and the centennials are about half that.
My two cascades rhizomes have abot 16 inches of growth each. One of my centennials never came up and the other only made about two inches before stalling. Yesterday came home and found it broken off. O for 2 on centennials. RIP
whis121surfing said:I got this.
So I cant seem to find a thread describing whats going on.....I grew my hops up a trellis and now have been training it on my lattice fence(about the last 5 ft of bines). All the leaves on the trellis are fine and all the new growth looks good, its even flowering on all 4 bines. Now I cant seem to figure out why some of my leaves(about 2ft from new growth) are starting to get really dark, crinkled under, and papery feeling. Also on the new growth the leaves are light green with dark green around the edges. Anyone have any advice?
shataway said:My two cascades rhizomes have abot 16 inches of growth each. One of my centennials never came up and the other only made about two inches before stalling. Yesterday came home and found it broken off. O for 2 on centennials. RIP
Week 6 update
One cascade has a single bine about 53 inches. The other has three bines with about 84 inches of total growth. The lower leaves are darker in the main veins a light green on the remainder of the leaf. The upper leaves have a nice healthy green color.
Bines starting to flood with these. If its going this early in the season think there is a chance of getting 2 yields this season?
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