Recent content by gabejavitt

wow thanks for the great first hand info. With the raised beds do you know what they did to the soil underneath? Also why aren't you growing hops, with all that rich soil it seems like a waste...

okay i'll take a look, and after two years you now grow hops in your soil? or are you still following the guidelines there

i thought about that afterwards, but wouldn't the water get locked at the clay level and the raised bed would become waterlogged? I've been reading around online and a lot of people are saying to just add as much organic matter over time, and it will unlock the soil. also a lot of people say...

hi all, I started this year 2 hop plants cascade and chinook with the cascade in our heavy clay soil and chinook in a pot, needless to say the cascade barely broke ground and was dead looking by the end of june while the chinook did great and produced some cones. So I dug out the cascade and...

hey, I just finished my first year hops grow in jerusalem. Got 14g of chinook dry, which isn't really enough for a brew, but next year should give loads more. Also will be getting cascade. Make sure to get something that likes the Israeli heat. I started mine from rhizomes though. Seeds are...

you shouldn't put the fridge on its side, but since you already have, you should let it stand upright for at least 12 hours before turning it on. fyi. looking good though. also how are you going to have the door seal to the collar, you either need a magnetic cover for the wood, or a latch...

nope office mini fridge with compressor. pretty small, holds a keg and co2 tank but that's it

using an infrared thermometer, seems pretty accurate, how would i know if it were low on coolant though??

hello all, I've been a long time reader on the forum, and I need your help. I got a mini fridge a while ago off of craiglist for a good deal, but it only gets down to low fifties. I've already put a pc fan in to circulate air over the freezer plate to get it colder which made about a 5...

Hey, I read on the forum already about people expanding their mini fridges because they were too small, so I decided to do that too. I got everything set up, but the door now won't stay closed all the way. Is the problem that I didn't use a magnetic strip, or do I have to make sure the fridge...

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hey first year hop grower here and I'm having some problems with my cascade hops. The bottom of the plant's leaves are browing and dying, while the tops have lots of holes in them. I got a picture of some bug on them, but don't know if he's eating the plant. Also I think a whitefly flew out when...

wow these things sure grow fast. Do they slow down as they use up the stored nutrients in the rhizome or by then they'll have enough leaves? Chinook getting off to a slower start than cascade, so far 3 bines: Cascade huge growth, 8 bines I think: Willamette also slower, but...

honestly I don't know how well the hops will do here. We don't really have much of a winter and from what I understand hops need cold freezing hours to hibernate and prepare for the next growth.

about 5 feet between each