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The bigger the pot the better and these half barrels will be very heavy. Get them in place before you fill them. When you move just root prune and take the root ball for ease of transplant. Look for heat tolerant varieties like Chinook centennial cascade and nugget. Good luck, happy growing!

Items that have been very helpful to me that I thought I would share. Precision pruners, honestly a must-have for me Tinner’s snips 12” fits gloved hands, makes quick work of wire fencing Plastic plant clips that grip twine and keep growth where you want it to go Small hand sprayer, handy...

Really in love with these plants. I enjoy the frequent inspecting of a plant that I’ve never seen in real life. During cone formation you can see the relation to cannabis. The white pistils form on the burrs similar to young buds. As they mature to familiar cone shape the white pistils are...

In my experience, It’s easier to over-water, over-fertilize, or let them roast in the sun in pots. The ground can be somewhat forgiving and protective. Also hops have massive root systems giving lesser growth potential in pots and requiring root pruning. I also believe that the rhizome health is...

Resurrecting this one in hopes any other folks in CT are on the look out this year for wild hops. The locations of the found hops in the thread were never disclosed for reasons I understand. Private msg or put it out there if you have information on where to look. I’m sure those of us looking...

Japanese beetles and planthoppers are livin the life eating, pooping, and having sex all over my plants. Other than that things are doing pretty good in their first year cones are filling in👍

@Abejazon glad your getting some cones on the first year too! Companion plants like marigolds have been seemingly beneficial. It is good to get the low bushier varieties of any plants you put around the base to prevent crowding young shoots like the cascade and hallertauer. To promote airflow at...

It helps to clean up the bottom couple feet now that they have reached that height. Usually mildew develops in this area where it’s damp and less airflow. It might be powdery mildew but usually it’s more splotchy and well powdery this looks in the leaf, not on the surface. Sucks it’s moving up...

@Kaz15 I hope they turn out and make it thru the rest of the season. One change I would’ve done is use the 1/4” stuff for the angled lines up to the roof. I may have to wrap n tie em up with it if they stretch any more from these unexpected cones 😬

@jimyoung thanks! It was a fun experience. I would recommend getting a book. They are bice don’t have any recommendations but I did however read this thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/making-traditional-sake-the-difference-between-it-and-rice-wine.373347/ as well as this YouTube vid...

Transplanting in July will be interesting. I’m not experienced with transplanting hops but with other plants, and hops are tough plants. There is a couple ways i would go about doing it considering by then there will be significant growth. Option 1 would be to Let it grow to it’s fullest then...

So a few things I’ve learned so far... The damage that a single Japanese beetle or oriental beetle can do Is pretty devastating. I’m out there daily tending and doing my best to crush any I find. I Fortunately I can reach all areas of my plants pretty easily with the 8ft ladder. Using neem...

@501irishred the nugget is doing just fine horizontally as long as I train it along every couple days

nice shots kaz! Yeah i notice the nugget has super long arms at the bottom half and then after the Horizontal turn it takes at about 8ft they are much shorter, like inches. I did trim all the bottom couple feet off. By the looks of your photos they really fill in a space! I think I might work...

Need some help with side arms. They are now 3ft long on my nugget plant! I’m worried I need to support them with addition twine. Is this needed? Train the extra long ones partially into the main bine? Should I be worried or can the plant support these long arms on its own in a storm or when it’s...

@bernardsmith totally agree. I was only suggesting if this is his first fermentation to go a quicker and much simpler route of using concentrate. I suggested sugar only because I like to make it a bit stronger and dry. I shouldve kept my preferences aside lol if I could press my own juice I...

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A great way to get started is with frozen apple juice concentrate from the grocery store. By a one gallon glass jug, an airlock, a small siphon, 3-4 12oz cans of apple juice concentrate, thaw, dump in, add 4-8 ounces of white or brown sugar, maple syrup, or honey, add pectic enzyme, add yeast...

@redarmy990 pop those suckers in the ground next year when you get the ibex system up!