blaze379
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This is looking really nice. My wife and I are looking at property in east San Diego county. I'm gonna do the same thing when we find one.
Now is the time..... Property is cheap, alot of bank owned.
This is looking really nice. My wife and I are looking at property in east San Diego county. I'm gonna do the same thing when we find one.
Just fyi, I stopped by today trying to get some Hops and he is still getting things stocked so moved his grand opening to next tuesday. You can always stop in and BS with him though.I'm in La Mesa as well!
I'll have to go check out that new place in El Cajon. I usually go to HBM as they have a tasting room and a great selection of grains, hops, etc. I've gone to Homebrew4less but I wasn't impressed, he has open bags of grain on the floor. But it is nice that he has DME, hops and yeast and is open very late, everyday.
Now is the time..... Property is cheap, alot of bank owned.
Do you have an address for this place in El Cajon? That would be alot closer for me. Can they handle large grain orders and milling?
I'm starting a small scale hop farm this year in north county San Diego Ive grown 6 varieties with great success the last 2 years and making the jump to a larger scale this year with 400 plants and eventually 5000. I will offer 10 varieties: Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Columbus, Glacier, Hallertau, Horizon, Magnum, Nugget, Willamette. All will be sold as whole hops in vacuum sealed Mylar bags in 2 ounce and 1 pound size. Price will be $1.50/ounce and $18.00/pound. Just PM me for additional info, web site coming soon!
Steadfast Farms
There is not all that much info on growing hops in pots in
Socal.....
the only thing that could be a problem is that big black pot heating up, i dont know how the roots would like that.
gotta do what you gotta do! they will grow but as the root structure has little room stretch it will stress it out eventually, but probably year 2 or 3. your just not going to get the yield that you would if they were in the ground.
The ideal growing temp for hops is between 80 and 95 degrees, dont worry about burning thats ususlly caused by poor nutrients(just use miracle grow once every two weeks). the plants will do better in full sunlight. the only thing that could be a problem is that big black pot heating up, i dont know how the roots would like that.
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