Recent content by joed123

Since its the photo thread, and I haven't posted since mine were 4" tall, may as well show off some burrs on my one first-year williamette thats at least 15' by now (try to ignore the japanese beetle destruction on the leaves behind them)...

wow, beautiful plants (and really nice photos! sorry to threadjack, but you using a DSLR or something there? the lighting is fantastic)

Here's a first-year Willamette, 2.5 weeks since sprouting, outside the Philly area: And here's a first-year Cascade, 2 weeks since sprouting:

heh...my apologies...i thought you were expressing preference for Northern Brewer, the store, not the hop. Thats what I get for reading too quickly!:drunk:

northern brewer actually places orders through Freshops, and charges you $1.50 extra for the "convenience"

Freshops. Fast customer service and my 5/6 of my hop rhizomes are growing beautifully! (one was moldy and has no signs of growth, so they're replacing it to boot)

glad to hear you're seeing more shoots pop through! I'll continue the off-topic, 'small world' topic just by saying I dated a girl for years who lived across from the Manoa Shopping Center (on Lincoln, in that little development just off Eagle). So we both know each area rather well...kind of...

sorry to crosspost, but i'm excited...here's the first photo I could find of one of my 3 willamettes growing here in Chester County...5" and flying! (2 cascades are showing zero growth even after digging down to the rhizome, but Freshops are being awesome and replacing them!)

first year willamette...about 5", after 2 weeks in the ground in southeastern PA weather...i'm pumped!!!:ban:

My 6 Freshops-supplied rhizomes are behaving as follows: after 3 weeks in the ground in the Philadelphia climate (date to plant was april 14th, but there have been a couple light frosts since then), all 3 willamette "sticks" (weak-looking rhizomes) are all sprouted w/1" growth, and only 1 of the...

1) True, but plenty of people are seeing growth prior so there's no harm in being anxious now. 2) That's not even a sentence. But what I think you mean is that you won't get a yield for a 1st-year plant; again, a pretty strong overstatement, but true if you tone it down a bit. 3) Can't...

The root stays viable throughout the winter and sprouts up along with all the other things coming alive in the spring...when you harvest the hops, you cut the vine near the base and drag it to a separate location to pluck the hops off; even if you don't cut it, the vine will die and regrow the...

Sorry to be "general" with my advice, but I've read at several sites that hops naturally grow between the 30th and 50th parallels, which Boston lies within. So really, I'd say any type would grow in a New England summer, especially the british/german varieties that I've heard are susceptible to...

Since these things grow so fast, got any updated pics we could see? :) And thanks for the tips about multiple bines/photosynthesis to support root growth/all that interesting stuff. Trying to learn as much as I can before these babies need botanical TLC.

I've got some friends in the area who've had theirs in the fridge for 3 weeks and will be planting this week...the fact you've already got them in should provide some comfort in knowing they should be well along by year's end; I'm sure by June we'll all be laughing at how eager we're looking for...