theonetrueruss
Senior Member
So I am planning to start growing some hops next season. I'm starting to figure out what I need and how I'm going to set things up. there are a few things that I need some advice on:
1) Is the red mud of GA a reasonable growing medium or do I need to put down some good black soil for them to grow in? I figure I'll start them in a bucket with good potting soil then transplant into the ground.
2) What is the best time to get them in the ground in NW GA? I am in Woodstock GA.
3) Any particular varieties of hops that grow best in GA?
4) The hop leaves look a little like the leaves of some other plants that are very illegal. My wife is a little paranoid that our neighborhood nazis will have the cops knocking on our door. Is this an unfounded fear? She is imagining the cops showing up and busting down the door with a no knock warrant, taking the kids and getting into a shootout with me. (yes if someone kicks my door down and bursts into my home I plan to defend) I am thinking I'll put a sign that labels them as hops. Any experience someone in GA has had with this might help set her mind at ease. (I'm not really worried.. just need to settle her fears)
1) Is the red mud of GA a reasonable growing medium or do I need to put down some good black soil for them to grow in? I figure I'll start them in a bucket with good potting soil then transplant into the ground.
2) What is the best time to get them in the ground in NW GA? I am in Woodstock GA.
3) Any particular varieties of hops that grow best in GA?
4) The hop leaves look a little like the leaves of some other plants that are very illegal. My wife is a little paranoid that our neighborhood nazis will have the cops knocking on our door. Is this an unfounded fear? She is imagining the cops showing up and busting down the door with a no knock warrant, taking the kids and getting into a shootout with me. (yes if someone kicks my door down and bursts into my home I plan to defend) I am thinking I'll put a sign that labels them as hops. Any experience someone in GA has had with this might help set her mind at ease. (I'm not really worried.. just need to settle her fears)