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How long do hop sidearms typically get?

Nice setup - looks super clean, modern, and easy to disassemble if you move on.

Location: Massachusetts, USA It's a jungle out there. The fabric potted first year hops is far out in the lead. 12' of growth on the longest bine and 18-20" sidearms. No cone production yet, a good sign that she still has a lot of growing to do. Now all I need is a bigger deck. There is a bit...

Sure, why not. If you're a hobbyist making a multi-year investment in hop growing and there's at enough time for the hop plant to gather more energy + store it to the crown + rhizomes than it expends in sending up early shoots - DO IT! I think the plant would need at least a month or so of...

Typically - but I've got one with 3 leaves per node in a whorled pattern: The offshoots growing now (this was taken a few weeks ago) are typical opposite pattern.

Nice growth! Kharnynb - Does one of your hop plants have a "whorled" leaf arrangement as opposed to "opposite"? I have a golden hop plant currently showing whorled arrangement on the main stalk. Curious how common it is and whether it has any impact on growth or productivity.

Holding steady with the same routine - have only added KSiO or potassium silicate to the mix. The sunny side sprawl Zoomed in a bit - teamaker is a little wind battered but otherwise doing well Just dropped in some Kale + Cucumbers Strawberries - these took to hydro better than any other...

Golden hops (left) doing well - The right plant did not do well in the raised pot with super drainage / dry coco...so there goes that theory. I've replanted it and currently it only has one small shoot. The packet of seeds did very well in the coco... must have achieved nearly 100%...

https://drive.google.com/folderview?usp=sharing&ddrp=1&id=0B7aNkuU_q8iEREdBMkxWcFI2THM# The paper above has some great info on hop growth periods and fertilization. In Oregon (this study's location) plants that began showing vigorous growth on the 10th of June started petering out by early...

Ended up going with the RV water tank: I'll sand, apply a black finish (to block algae growth), and then a rock or faux wood/metal spray paint. Hop Update: Growing strong! All hops are now on the guide lines. The teamaker is about 4.5-5 feet now and has grown half way (horizontally) across...

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Looking good! Those are some fat leaves.

I'm in a similar boat and am also curious how much more growth I can expect. Following along to see what others say.

Thanks for the interest Voodoo - those sub irrigated containers you've set up look super efficient. Brilliant way to deal with the san diego climate. Journal - I doused all the containers today with full strength hydro liquid, brewed with bacteria and some fruit sugars I'll let them ride out...

Still running 0.75 EC base nutrients with added Ca/Mg for coco. Consuming roughly 5g per week for the whole deck (5 planters) Local garden center had a little sunbeam (golden hops) on sale. I'm feeling bummed about the state of the golden in the trough and wanted to try an even smaller air...

Holy smokes - looking good HopVol. It would be helpful to have the posters location or at least grow zone along with these awesome progress shots. I'm starting to feel bad about my 1st years over here in Massachusetts.

clippings will also take a while to break down and will limit the air exchange at the soil/air boundary. I think you'd be better off just buying a bag of cheap nitrogen rich fertilizer for quick application. If you want to apply once and forget it for a while just get the pelletized stuff...

Hi all, any pics out there showing what hops leaves look like in ideal / under / overwatering conditions? Any description of what the leaves should feel like and what they might feel like if the plant has too much or too little water? Thanks

Big believer in worm castings here, have seen them working on many crops / flowers grown in soil. With worm castings you'll want to pay explicit attention to the NPK ratio and use appropriately. Castings come in all sorts and the NPK will depend on the organics used to create the castings...

As another note - the 3G resevoir was filled on saturday. RO water was used. EC of the nutrient solution for this batch was .75 mS/cm (2.5ml/Gal A / B base nutrients). Ontop of the base nutrient I am also using a fulvic / amino acid / kelp supplement.