Last year I planted 4 rhizomes, one of each; Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, and Willamette.
I wasn't expecting much from any of them, but the 3 Cs all grew well and produced lots of cones (when all dried out, it came to only a few ozs total, but that is still several hundreds of cones - hoping for greater things next year).
But the Willamette produced nothing. It was healthy, but only grew to about 10 feet (the smallest of the 4 plants), and produced zero flowers.
From reading, it seems Willamette may not like the weather here in Southern Ohio (hot and high humidity). Am I wasting my time trying to grow it? Would I be better off pulling it out and replacing it with something like Columbus.
I don't have too much space available for hops as most off my yard is in shade from tress, so I can't just plant another one in a different spot and see how this one does.
Wanting to figure out what to do before rhizomes go on sale next year. If Willamette is just a slow starter and needs longer to get established, then I'll let it grow and see what happens.
I wasn't expecting much from any of them, but the 3 Cs all grew well and produced lots of cones (when all dried out, it came to only a few ozs total, but that is still several hundreds of cones - hoping for greater things next year).
But the Willamette produced nothing. It was healthy, but only grew to about 10 feet (the smallest of the 4 plants), and produced zero flowers.
From reading, it seems Willamette may not like the weather here in Southern Ohio (hot and high humidity). Am I wasting my time trying to grow it? Would I be better off pulling it out and replacing it with something like Columbus.
I don't have too much space available for hops as most off my yard is in shade from tress, so I can't just plant another one in a different spot and see how this one does.
Wanting to figure out what to do before rhizomes go on sale next year. If Willamette is just a slow starter and needs longer to get established, then I'll let it grow and see what happens.