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They've all added an inch or two since last week and the second year hops (middle row) seem to be pressing through their nutrient blues pretty well. Santiam is now a day or two away from forcing me to train it up the twine. Its been adding at least an inch a day, stellar growth for how early in...

Nagmay - very interesting link! So a naturally stressed Magnum produced pollen and from what I gather, a rather low instance of hermaphroditism in the resulting plants. I'm assuming that the Magnum x Cascade is about the standard bell curve of genetic traits between mom and dad. Anything...

Thank you PapaBearJay for the very informative response! I appreciate you taking the time to educate a rookie hop grower. :mug: I was completely unaware of the fact that the use of STS in hops was patented. I was not advocating anything illegal or considering it, but I had heard of its use...

I am looking for a bit of clarification on hop breeding - whats the difference (and pros / cons) between diploids / triploids / tetraploids other than the fact that tris have three sets of chromosomes and tetras have four? Here's the extent of my limited knowledge: all "landrace" hops are...

I decided there are going to be too many pictures between the 10 types of hops I have growing. So for ease of viewing: The Santiam hops (1st year) are the real winner here - ultra vigorous! It was a cluster of buds last week and is now bigger than my Cascade which is a second year plant. The...

Temps in the mid 80s are bringing the garden to life. Horizon Cascade

Hi all, I've been lurking on this forum for a long time. Figured it was time to start contributing. This will be my second year growing hops in containers. Last year I grew Cascade, Columbus and Newport hops in 10 gallon containers on my deck. Like you'd expect, I'm now full bore addicted to...

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