Recent content by Wesmando

Weird year indeed, i pruned bull shoots till the middle of June before i had to let them grow. Everything is irregular, some plants are 20 ft some are 12 ft with poke assing side arms forming

Im from Kentucky and my hops grow alright. Like someone mentioned, bugs and disease are a *****. You defiantly got to get a trellis up asap preferably 12-18 ft. If your gonna sell them, find your market and hope they will buy them whole cone. Fehr brothers out of NY is a good place to order...

I killed several crowns over trimming my second year. I talked to a sales rep and learned that hop crowns only have so many growth buds per year, x amount of bull shoots and y amount of bines. Apparently i cut everything back the first three sprouting. I literally didnt leave anything left...

Who has suggestions on where to get lab analysis on several varieties of hops?

Rhizomes tend to rot easily during wet spring season. I lost many due to this when i first started growing hops. I did finally get a mt hood to take. After 10 yrs the crown run every where. When i cut rhizomes i usually lose a large percentage. Buy a started plant from Great Lakes Hops...

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Herbicides are poison. Mulches work great, however have issues as well. One year, i used straw, not a weed but mice moved in and devoured crowns and bines. I been using black woven plastic mulch, but i have noticed burrow holes so i have to combat those guys. I also heard plastic mulches...

Here in Kentucky im having good luck, everything i planted has lived, mt hood, Chinook, northern brewer, comet, southern cross, nugget, and cascade. I didnt lose my neo 1 but it got off on a bad foot.

Hop Production, it is a complete guide, ive been told, for $75 i think it would be.

I am looking into pellet mill options. I am only processing an acre so i dont need a huge machine. I am wondering about outsourcing the job or buying a small cheap machine. I can only imagine the problems that could occur with a small cheap machine so i am curious to know if there are any...

I have noticed several of those old world/heirloom varieties GLH offered are not listed on their onliner catalog this year. I may have over looked them, but i didnt see them. I am also wandering about the copyrighted and trade marked plants for commercial production. Why grow a plant that...

I love my mount hood, i have a mother plant over 10 year old here in Kentucky.

Where did you score the ss screen? I am setting my oast up for commercial scale and want food grade materials. What kind of mesh/holes per sq inch or whatever they go by did you go with and do you like it?

So far i harvested 15 lb cascade, 2 lb chinook, around 7lb of nugget and a few ounces of northern brewer as well as comet

I need a maple syrup wine recipe, a very simple basic recipe.