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You can certainly grow hops in FL! I have Cascade, Willamette, Chinook, and Nugget all growing. We've already gotten the first Harvest from the Chinook, and Hops are starting to grow on Willamette and Nugget. The Cascade are growing a little slower, but are at least 2-3 feet tall. The days are...

Thanks for the response! I wasn't sure if a second batch of hops would growth from an existing bine after the first batch, or if they required new growth. Is there anything different I should do with trimming the plant down even to promote new growth and new hops? Or should I just let it do it's...

I live in FL btw

I planted 6 Cascade rhyzomes and only had 2 break ground. Even those 2 are quite a bit smaller than all of my other varieties and not growing near as fast. I bought my rhyzomes this year from freshops.com

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First off, I am new to the forum, and started growing hops for the first time this season. I have been brewing for 4 years or so. All of my plants are first years planted this season from rhyzomes. I have about 13 or 14 Hop plants growing, and with the early growing season in FL I have already...