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Another good with a check for water is to dig down a few inches in the soil and see if you can ball up the ground with your hand. if you can't do that you need water

Drilling and setting the poles ... If you have access to a mini excavator it makes it a breeze... To drill and to set. All with a joystick

What time today was this picture taken? Looks like you have a lot of shade or blockage because of your framework. Hops need Sun tons of it

Poles are here...will be starting to look like a hop yard...now... Rainbow hops!

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Hello all... Hope everyone is having a great mothers day...!..... No on for the not soo good news... ... On the under side of the leaves theres a tinny yellow critter..with small eggs/ balls..clear or slight reflective .... I emailed my local extension office... any thoughts on the bug...

dude thats pretty sweet..thats some pretty heavy duty cross supports.. you could build a patio on the top of your yard! well its better to over engineer then under..........i would train your bines to go all over your support structure..that would be sick..

How big of an area are you going to start with?

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Few pics.. hops and chickens! Summer begins ..

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Hops will grow just about anywhere.. judt b/c they dont grow where you liv now.. doesn't mean then won't there in the future.. people have got away from growing just about everything unless for Hobby gardens. pick up some rhizomes or plants throw them in the yard and give it a whirl... Attached...

Peter hey thanks for the information .what's the closest airport that you're near. I may have to shoot out there for a long weekend... I do need more rhizomes this year coming in April and may.what better then fly back home with them...do you know of any local places to get them for a good...

Send me a pm .dont want to discuss any numbers on here here as its all bussiness from here on out ...

Just prep the soil..if its really rainy add lots of drainage....id start wkitha layer of pea gravel then up from there..

thanks for all your chimes in but id like to keep my thread related to my current projects, hops , brewing, growing barley and ideas relating.. seams like there are people that are just advertising for there own personal grower classes or something... ... no hard feelings just trying to...

If its your first time..start with a 1/4 acre for fun..see how you like it..grow a few different types...but its a ton of work...I think I will be moving into the growing/ brokering for the organic Malting barley...there's more money in malting barley then hops.. I will keep my 2 acres and...

Haa if you were really daring...find the farm growing them hops..go out inj the middle of the night for a late night scavenger hunt . or brib the mexicans working on the farms for rizomes..... I looked up that one place for info on there csb... I'm half way to putting together a 1 barrel...

beer turned out well..no real heat but a bit of the smokeyness..will up the dosage next time!