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  1. rudds67

    starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres

    i dont see why not...pack your snow boots... we have about 2 feet of snow on the way! Where are you located at?
  2. rudds67

    starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres

    Hey beer family..sorry for the lack of update..this year was a wild year...didn't think it would be as much work as I thought and wow...I was in for a wake up call... had soo many issues ..at least I went to school this summer at the school of hard nocks... way too much rain early season...
  3. rudds67

    Thai Basil Ale questions

    Ahh very nice..when I was in prouge. They had a black pepper basil beer...very good..
  4. rudds67

    starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres

    sorry for the lack of update... just bought a hagger 4 foot rototiller for our tractor and will bge putting the plants in the ground in the coming days.... had a run in with too high PH in the soil mix we used..used a lot of compost and it seemed its been the culprit in some of the plants taking...
  5. rudds67

    New Guy from PA

    ahh very nice... u have to start somewhere.... beer is one of easiest thing to make in the world..4 ingredients,,, very few steps and maybe a week or 2 worth of time...first thing first... get some starstan.... its a sanatizer and keeep it in a spray bottle,.makes your life a hell of a lot...
  6. rudds67

    starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres

    Ahh sounds interesting.. I do love Colorado... whats the price for it? Colorado is kinda a hike from NY tho...
  7. rudds67

    starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres

    oh wow..thats bold..i wouldnt of gone that far,,, but now i know..!
  8. rudds67

    starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres

    Anybody have any safe ideas to get rid of slugs and catopillers?
  9. rudds67

    Hail!

    Wow..my sister jsut told me about the golf ball size hail they just had....they tore up 100$ of fresh planted flowers in 5 mins.... goodluck! They will grow back.
  10. rudds67

    Caterpillars eating my hops

    Yup just kill them by hand the best organic way... I killed over 150 one night...slugs..catopillers.larve oh my..bot I hav sprinkled seven dust around the base of all of them now...
  11. rudds67

    malting own barley!?

    Hey thanks buddy..I saw that..very usefull..I think I will be poring a 15 by 4p pad in one of the areas in my barn for a new brewing setup but also for malting...to do the floor style..idk like to malt 200 lbs at a time....
  12. rudds67

    Liquid smoke

    Oh wow...yea good idea...I would do test batchs first...break down a 5 gallon carboy into 2 to 3 seperate secondarys and make sure u keep track on how much u add per...that stuff goes a long way...
  13. rudds67

    Show off your 2012 Hops garden!

    Wow those are looking pretty..mine have a long way to come
  14. rudds67

    starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres

    In the pics..yes I did loose some..well a lot maybe I'm still counting maybe a few 100? I'm moving them all over and transfered them on plasic sheeting.....I had a huge slug problem....I thought they were just a little untill I went out the other night at mid night ans killed over 200...that's...
  15. rudds67

    starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres

    Ahh. 16 feet sounds a lot easier then 18... hav u gone 18 feet? I guess 2 feet isn't much of a change..and yes the top 1/3 of the plant is yr most production... when things are up I will be rasing lambs in the hop fields...free mowing! Plus they will eat everything 4 feet and below the...
  16. rudds67

    starting a hop farm 2 acres to start..then double every year till i hit 32 acres

    I am running 330 cheater pots.. there about .67 gallons... i get 270 ish pots per yard of my potting soil blend i came up with.. hey right on . bud... ill have to check that out.. yes i will be expanding very fast as well.. I have extensive training in propagation techniques ( plus i...
  17. rudds67

    Anyone use hot pepper spray to rid hops of pests?

    bfgry86 how much do you mix of thje seven per gallon.. i need ot spray asap...i have 1700 plants and just got done killing 200 slugs this night...dam,, my hands are tired... the plants are still young so im goona have to go on tghe weak side for a bit... thanks..
  18. rudds67

    malting own barley!?

    So I know I'm jumping the gun in all this but I was at the bar yesterday when a goodfriend got me thinking...I have more or less an unlimited supply of barley for next to nothing.... my friends dad is a grain farmer that grows 1000 acres..and he told me he has 2 full grain bins of barly ...30...
  19. rudds67

    Corn Beer?

    I just got bac from south america and yes chicha is good!..I wounder if u turned it into a beer and carbbed it..?
  20. rudds67

    Chili Pepper Beer

    Great ideas....I'm brewing a wheat beer that has cloves and a little bit of nutmeg with vanilla ..and I added about a teaspoon or half. Of gost pepper.... this should inpart a smokyness not so much heat..only time will tell..
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