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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    Question for you guys, I started working on my irrigation last weekend and so far all I have done is ran 1/2 black drip line down each row suspended about a foot above my mounds. I already bought 4gph emitters, and have plenty of 1/4 dripline. Should I just use the 4gph emitters or go for...
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    Just ordered some of this organic paper with some neutral fertilizer built in. Im going to be using it to cover the mounds instead of traditional mulch. http://www.weedguardplus.com/products.php?cat=10
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    Here are some more pictures to check out.
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    Here are some more pics of some of the plants. The taller one is cascade. The rest of the pics are just to give a better idea of what the grow area looks like also our anchors.
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    In the first picture, Towards the back are cascades. (1ft -2.5ft) They were the first out of the ground and about 10/25 got straight mowed over by rats. As you can see they are coming back strong anyways. The ones that are considerably smaller and towards the back half of the truck are...
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    Growing hops in southern california

    In the first picture, Towards the back are cascades. (1ft -2.5ft) They were the first out of the ground and about 10/25 got straight mowed over by rats. As you can see they are coming back strong anyways. The ones that are considerably smaller and towards the back half of the truck are horizon...
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    Soo its been a while, and Im sure you could guess why. We have been so busy trying to get all this stuff done so we can get these plants out of pots and into the ground that I haven't had much time to get on here to discuss it. So last time I was on here I was asking about soil etc.. I ended up...
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    Hop twine

    I recommend the coconut coir braided stuff these guys sell. Plus its already cut in 20 foot lengths. http://www.freshops.com/merchandise/freshops-merchandise#accessories
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    @bandt Okay, thanks yeah ill figure it out. Hey guys question regarding soil... So far this is what I have done with the soil for where the plants are going to be going. We trenched a line across each row where the plants will be going and filled that trench with good rich soil. In my eyes...
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    @bandt That is a cheap alternative also for how many gallons it holds as well. How exactly did you hook it up to your drip line? Would you mind taking a picture? I have a cultivator that I plan on running through the whole area before I put the plants in the ground. I have grape vines in the...
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    Hops in Jamul, CA

    I live in alpine and am currently working on my setup as well. Good luck!
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    Okay, I will take some soil samples to my local nursery tommorow or maybe for penn state for that price not bad at all. Thanks
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    Growing hops in southern california

    Welcome everyone, especially those of you from California! I wanted to start this thread so that those of us in California can specifically keep track of how other peoples plants are doing close by. It is nice checking out the 2013 etc threads to see how everyones plants are doing all over the...
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    Sounds good I will just use a hand spreader for now. Its definately cheaper. What type of nutrients do you guys use exactly? Heres a update pic of one of the crowns.
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    Unfortunately it will be blowing across them
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    http://www.irrigationdirect.com/irrigation-products-and-supplies/drip-irrigation/ez-flo-fertilizer-injection-for-drip-irrigation/main-line-fertilizer-injection-for-drip-irrigation/ezflo-ez005-fx Going to be ordering one of these I think tommorow, unless anyone elses has a cheaper better...
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    @basementbrewbrad Its definately a journey, as I am sure you have learned already that you run into problems and either have to work around them or sometimes even do things completley differently. It is definately a experince for me, I havent done a lot of this stuff before being 23 years old Im...
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    What ate my hop shoots?

    Chicken wire is going to be youre best friend.
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    @wolverine Nice grow man everything looks really good. I hope my plants look that good. @Waorgany Thanks for the pdf. Lots of good info there!
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    First small hop farm. Help Please. Questions

    This is a picture of where my 100 crowns are for the next few weeks.
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