Recent content by VonRunkel

I do enjoy the southern growl. Nice place, great beer. The harvest this year is a whopping 0oz. Maybe next year.

First year in sc... My NY wild hops took off like a champ. 30+feet, side arms... No cones. The sterling, liberty, cascade, Willamette, and Chinook.... Not so much. The cascade and Chinook died before they sprouted, Willamette is about 4 ft high. Liberty is maybe 10 feet tall, sterling died...

On second thought, more than curious.

Just curious.... How much shipped to 29650? Those are some beautiful plants.

I'm from Whidbey! My parents still are in Coupeville. I have been trying to get them to grow hops for years now. As far as what variety, pretty much any hop should be fine. The PNW is a great place for hops. I know the C hops do well, but really you should be fine with any variety...

I just moved to Greer and I am looking into home brew clubs. A couple of guys I work with are getting into brewing, so that gives me hope. Any clubs out there I can join? I am also trying to grow some wild hops I found in upstate NY with help from guys on this thread...

Thanks for all the help. I will look into it more and get back to you guys with the results.

My parents have a little farm in WA and I'm trying to get them to grow hops to sell to local brewers/homebrewers. But they have a bunch of pigs and are looking into cattle and have heard that hops are dangerous to livestock. I know dogs can't have them, but what about pigs and cows...

From everything I have read/been told, you can just plant them and they will winter just fine.

Thanks! I partially did some of these things intuitively. I planted most of them in a pot and put a couple in the fridge (clean), but the ones in the fridge don't have little nubbins for growth. So I will carefully dig up the potted ones and then put them in the fridge after a nice cleaning. If...

I came across some wild female plants, and since I won't be living in the same state next spring I puked some rhizomes. .. But my question, and I'm asking here rather than some other thread because I really respect the opinions of you guys/gals, is can I just plant them on a pot and leave them...

Oh, I know. But I want them both... I will have my cake and eat it too.

I agree completely, and I have been searching for wildlings for a few years. I found one, but it didn't transplant all that well. Currently waiting on some new cuttings to root... But I think the grown from seed avenue is way cooler than 'I found this little guy struggling for life out on the...

ELT1 (SS,CIV) from the USS Jacksonville (ssn699) I wish we had a boat beer. I heard of other boats getting a barrel of JD or something along those lines... But the lady J was always concerned with promoting a non intoxicated sailor image.. Honestly, I think farming it out to a local brewer...

I was basing my growing on all the other plants and flowers I have grown where germination is pretty high so I was only planting a few... and I wasn't doing a cold stratification... so essentially I was going about it all wrong. So that's fun. I do plan on following the steps you guys have...