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Soil moisture for the big box is hovering right around 40 (+ and - 5) on the blumat digital. Growth is ongoing but I'm not noting any "spurts". The biggest growth spurt was with teamaker as the pot experienced a bit of a drought. I'd say if you're growing hops in pots and feel stalled - let...

Good info. For first year hops, do you think the rhizome has enough stored energy to grow 4'-8' bines without any nutrients from the soil? Or is this for an older plant? The rhizomes I started with this year are only pinky finger size. Can't imagine they'd get above 3-4 inches without a boost.

Typically you will want a nitrogen heavy fertilizer until the hops begin to bud up. Once you notice the beginnings of the fruiting stage you should switch to a fertilizer with a higher focus on phosphorous and possibly even carbohydrates (molasses / fruit sugars). Nitrogen is very water...

Thanks! Ok - so the hydro reservoir /pumps and plugs are all set up. I am using the Tropf Blumat system. Each plug has a ceramic carrot that pulls on an internal membrane as the carrot dries. The moisture set point can be programmed for each pot. Pretty cool! After twiddling with it for...

Hi Jabba, thanks for the feedback. I'm positive that I'll over-engineer these things to a late start - but it's all part of the learning process. Personally, I'm looking forward to the roots setting in nicely so that I can start watering hydroponically. Right now I still need the wet + dry...

Well - I had some left over rock fiber lying around and decided to act sooner than later. I fashioned a small open bottom pot using the rock fiber sheet and some cyanoacrylate I removed the most compromised golden hop plant. Not looking good... There's almost no new root growth. The...

After work today I noted many new shoots coming up out of the Teamaker / Fabric pot setup. This plant is currently significantly more vigorous than any of the others and is the only to have dried out. I am almost completely convinced that the hops definitely prefer a strong wet/dry cycle after...

Hi Passed, thanks for the feedback. I'm not using soil for this grow, but may encounter some of the same problems. The medium is coconut fiber, it's innert / not biologically available to the roots - just a place for them to sit. The fabric pot will not become root bound - and will serve as my...

We've had a couple days of sun - but the hop plants are still miniscule. Cascade still showing yellow yellowing around the edge of the leaf. Still using a very light nutrient solution. Not a very well controlled experiment with flowers in the pot. Because of the fabric pot - teamaker...

Looking good to me - I'm in MA and mine haven't grown much more. What's your watering plan? Must get pretty dry out there.

Where are you located? How many hours of sun do the plants get? That's some crazy growth.

After the darkest may since 1885 we've finally got a sunny day! Additionally, the kelp foliar spray and correction to the PH seems to have turned the plants around. The leaves are no longer drooping and the color has turned to a darker green. Growth has not taken off yet, but I'm hoping...

I live in the city and have literally zero dirt of my own. I'm on the 5th floor of an apartment complex ;). Mostly, I want to use this as an opportunity to learn more about hydroponics. I have not read any reports of hops being grown in inert coconut fiber and am interested in how they'll get...

Got a PH pen today and noticed that there is a problem with my RO water filter. My output was 20ppm but had a PH of 4... what? I tested all sorts of water sources, calibrated the pen, made a new batch of RO - 4.0. Good god... Well I made a new batch (2G) of hydroponic solution and balanced...

Once you trim the terminal bud the hop will stop growing in length and will focus energy on the axial growth from what I've read. I'd guess that it has a negative impact on yield only because no commercial growers seem to do this.

Cascade seems to be super easy from my reading - very prolific in the north-east. If you have wet weather and are afraid of mildew then there are some strains like "newport" which are bred specifically for disease resistance.

Hi Fuzze - I think it depends on how you'll water and fertilize the plants and how well the soil drains. If the soil does not drain well and you will be watering infrequently - more soil is better. If you will be watering and fertilizing frequently (multiple times a day through irrigation)...

Golden Hops close up (pre-shipment growth) (left) Golden Hops new growth (left) Golden hops #2 (right) Newport - new growth Cascade - new growth

Thanks, I'm in Cambridge, MA - just outside of Boston. Our windowbox is faring better, it's possible the hops are still recovering from their time with USPS. The whole sunny side of the deck Golden hops is struggling a bit as well - this spot may be too shady even for this less than sun...

Not much growth - the cascade has fared the best of the four varieties. It's been cold and rainy and the coconut coir hasn't had a chance to dry out further than 40mBar of pressure measured by the tensiometer. I'm hoping it will dry to 120-140 for a day or so to kick off some root development...