bmarley5780
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Centennial on bottom. Nugget top....
Pic take last weekend....Them centennials are slow growin for me...!?
Pic take last weekend....Them centennials are slow growin for me...!?
Man, I wish I could just skip to next year and start at year 2 for my hops. Mine need to grow so they can cover up my pool pump and filter.
The 12 ft high trellis looks like a little overkill for these small things at the bottom.
I had an 18' that was too short, then a 24' was too.
Both of my plants are now 10' tall. These are 4th year and both will reach the top of this pole by June.
Here are my first years. Hoping for enough between them to aroma hop a beer this year!
Hey guys, just a head up to PERMANENTLY label your plants. I used the printed tags that came with the rhizomes and they faded and bled until they were barely legible.
Hope that doesn't turn into a lightning rod.
Hope that doesn't turn into a lightning rod.
Or you could just remember what you planted where?????
How's THIS for a lightning rod?
Nice! Front yard action. I saw those pics. and thought that looked like a Michigan Subdivision and sure enough you are in michigan.
What do your neighbors think about this?
I bet the township might have something to say about this. They seem to think parkways are their property.
Where I lived growing up, in suburban Chicago, they'd have brain trama over this. They took care of all the trees along the street if it resided in the parkway.
Hopefully they don't remove your work of art!
I planted them 2-4" above ground and covered them with bark mulch. The ground settled flat and now they are where they are...
This is what I did. Dug a 18" wide hole 12" deep. Dropped in one 40# bag of compost/manure and then topped it with one bag of black dirt. Did a karate chop on the top of the mound to make a slit. Dropped the rhizome horizontal into the slit. Covered it up maybe with 2" max with dirt. Then covered the mound with bark mulch and water regularly for the first year. Eventually the mound settles flat.
Both of my plants are now 10' tall. These are 4th year and both will reach the top of this pole by June.
How's THIS for a lightning rod?
First time planter here. Bought a 5 year Cascade plant, snagged a few rhyzomesque-thingies from the root system and grew 3 other plants out of them. they rope-bases are about 18in from each other, and it's facing the south side. the other 3 plants we're letting get a good start in the greenhouse before we put them there, but we'll do the same thing on all sides. also the three ropes are tied to one slipknot at the top, which is connected to an eyehook at about chest level so the whole thing's movable (thanks again t-bag!)
questions? comments? critiques?
Hi--is that pole free-standing at the top or did you attach to your siding somehow? (thinking of doing the same thing after I get new siding in the next couple weeks but winds can get pretty good here and don't want it slapping against my house)
it's about 2 1/2' in ground, 13 1/2' above groundhow high is the post?
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