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Agreed. I was given a big root ball of Golding, got it home and split it into 6 plants and a few rhizomes and planted in pots temporarily. 2 weeks later finally got around to planting in the ground and a couple of the small root chunks had mold on them, I was over watering and the soil was very...

I planted 60 plants this weekend and installed all the drip lines and emitters, got the drip system programmed then sat down for a beers last night, satisfied with the almost complete project. I will post some more pics with the winches mounted in a new thread. Still trying to decide what to...

Thanks guys, All plants are in, 300' of drip line installed...just need to put in the emitters. Dirty day in the yard...now to watch for them to sprout. Cheers

Hi gang, My rhizomes are due to arrive and I will be planting this weekend and need to know which of my varieties will have the shortest bines. I have 20, 18' poles in 4 rows 100' long, but there are a few telephone lines traversing the hop yard and I want to put the shortest varieties under...

Checking in to see if there are any other Okanagan BC area growers that would like to swap rhizomes? Cheers

Yup, we had -3C here a few nights and no problems, 15-17C days. Hops are going great already. Everyone survived and is showing shoots. I spread around 20 yards of sandy soil yesterday with the Bobcat and tilled it in with the rotovator on the JD710. Ready for this years rhyzomes. I have a few...

Down to the dirt a few days ago (forced) and here is the result. Ya baby...let's go! All 30 plants survived and are sprouting little shoots. One of the new last year Chinooks has a huge root about 1.5" diameter. Amazing how fast these grow. Cheers

Well the shingles worked great. Down to the dirt a few days ago and looky here...shoots on all of the plants. Glad to see everyone survived the winter. Cheers

Well, I'm getting closer. We made a pilsner with only these hops and it turned out very nice. A bit grassy, no citrus or fruity. Still trying to figure it out but am getting closer. I'll keep you posted. Cheers

Down to the dirt on the ones I removed the snow from....the rest are about halfway....4" of snow to go...continued 15C here here with some precip in the forecast...should be down to dirt on the rest by the weekend, if not TIGER TORCH!!! :) Cheers

Here's my situation.... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f92/come-spring-helping-hops-along-bobcat-519481/ Cheers

Damn, ya know, I had a tiger torch sitting near the ice rink and was thinking about that the day before but had a complete brain fart and forgot about it. :drunk: See how the shingles do...may still flame them. :D Cheers

Hi guys, It's been warm and sunny for a week now and continuing on this week, with temps around 15C. Our valley is somewhat behind, and also gets much more snow so I decided to help the hops a little today. Fired up the Bobcat, removed about a foot of snow from the them and got out some old...

Cool, yes good guess, out past Round Lake. Let's keep in touch. Still a foot of snow on the ground. Went out today and the name stakes are showing about 3" now. :) Would gladly trade for some of mine. Cheers

Hi Mike, Well you are darn close...ham operator and worked for the railway..and live real close to an old rail line with old telegraph wire and such. Good pickin' :ban: The end poles aren't guyed but the ACSR goes down to the ground and is anchored to a fence post on one end, winch on the...

I think I put the new ones about 4" deep, with the shoot(s) pointing up. I used 1-1-1 mushroom manure, about a liter per rhizome mixed in with the natural dirt. I rototilled the whole row before I started so everything was nice and loose. The ones that I split up and moved I put deeper as they...

Hey gang, Once the blinkin snow goes, are there any Okanagan BC hops guys that would like to swap some rhizomes? Check out my posts to see my Hopzilla. I split it into 16 plants last spring and they all did well and am sure I will have some rhizomes for trade. Let me know what you have. Still...

I live about an hour away from Left Field. I met them last year for the first time, good people. I bought 16 rhizomes and all but one did really well. Planning on buying more and am just compiling my list. Wish the damn snow would go...still a foot on the ground. Cheers

Well, I forgot to update you last fall when harvest came around, but here is how we did. My son (12) and I dug 5 holes by hand and planted 20' long cedar poles next to the fence, sunk 3' deep. Then ran a length of ACSR #4 wire (Aluminum Conductor Steel Re-enforced) polyethylene coated wire...

That's great! All the shoots I put into water, just rotted into a mushy mess. I must be doing something wrong. After 2 weeks the water gets cloudy and the stocks just disintegrate. The last shoots I cut right back to the crown and they seem to be hanging in. I put them straight into the ground...