Recent content by The_Greenist

Minneapolis, MN Cascade and Nugget Went with a trident style rope system this year. Definately could you some work....trying to max out yield 4 bines per rope/ 3 ropes per hill. Fertilizing with a organic probiotic mixture with added blood meal and potash. The ropes are nylon from the...

It's already the beginning of August and I'm worried I will not get any cones this year. I am at the 44th parallel (Minnesota) and this is what I got as of August 3rd this year. What does everybody think will these mature in time? Thanks

Is soil testing something that can be done easily without sending samples off to a lab? Is slow release fertilizer such as feather meal applied differently compared to a faster release like blood meal? Regular smaller fertilization sounds like a good idea, if I'm using organic fertilizer...

I decided just to fertilize the two plants that were not showing burrs, the stunted cascade and the nugget. It worked and they are now burring nicely. Two cascades are over 10ft and one has a burr on its very tip. Better then I expected for the first year.

I have first year hops as well and had the same questions as well. So all purpose fertilizer works well for hops but I believe the ideal NPK ratio is around a 5-1-5 which is hard to find in an fertilizer unless you mix it yourself. I take the commercial fertilizer guidelines per acre and...

So right now I have all first year plants. Three cascades and one nuggets. Two of my cascades have good burrs and nothing on my nugget. The one cascade with no burns got topped and is stunted. Do I add high phosphorus and potassium now to encourage cones this late in the year? Or do I add more...

I got some good growth on my first year cascade up here in MN. Does anyone have an opinion regarding the fertilizer requirements that are posted by piedmont hops? This year I'm using a simple 5-5-5 happy frog but next year I will be using ground poultry feathers for high N and langbeinite for...