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They look healthy, What varieties did you plant?

Happy to see you are still giving it a go! Soil diversity is my favorite way to go along with healthy balance of things to make it able to clump in your hand but fall apart into small pieces by the poke of a finger. Also, hops love mulch. Mulch them lightly now or after sprouts show. Mulch an...

Time for an update! only 2 weeks later and everything is gaining length and growing sidearms except the young chinooks. The 2 newly planted cascades in the center box are not showing much else than a small shoot with a few leaves. Fortunately I have 7 bines on the left and 3 on the right so I...

Hmm sounds legit to me. I might keep the straw though, just adjust your watering to less, more efficiency. Surprisingly, I’ve watered only a handful of times since planting early March due to rain and my shorter sun exposure(6hours). Im a hands on learner so I swear by the finger test. Hopefully...

I’m a first year grower too. I can’t help much other than ask what your soIl is composed of and how often you’re watering? My soil has good drainage from my sandy soil and airy outdoor potting mix with moderate retention from manure. I used a layer of mulch to help retain moisture longer and...

I’ve read and can now attest to: once a bine has a grip on the twine or coir, in my case vertical, they tend to growth length faster because of the support. I suppose it’s no longer spending energy waving around aimlessly and building stem/root strength and instead can focus on climbing. After...

My hops were dug up by both chipmunks and squirrels. Don’t use chicken wire. Its holes are too large and the munks can still get in. They actually chewed off young rhizome growth. I used a tighter woven galvanized fencing. Install it right the first time and low enough to tend to your babies. It...

I would definitely get my hands dirty and clean that mess up. It’s never too late and would only benefit the plants. They might take off after the competition is removed. A simple training set up on your fence would be to stick some wooden stakes in the ground by each crown with an eyelet...

Hey guys alright so I’ve filtered it and had it clear for a week or so in the fridge. I took a good sample today. It tastes sweet-tart and bright with a dry finish. I would say that my initial filtering was quite a task and I also think the final three weeks of fermentation was not long enough...

@CodeSection trapping would be better (more humane) than my plan of a 5 gallon bucket of water and a plank with some peanut butter! I was frustrated at the time lol Hoping that once I get fencing around the chinooks I’ll be okay. Next year I plan to have a vegetable garden, I might need a few of...

Update! I’m getting ready for an onslaught of pests, so far the worst of them are chipmunks. I had one void in my fencing I couldn’t find until I noticed scratches on the wood! Bastards dug around the nugget twice and in my unprotected chinook planter. The nugget lost some roots and a young...

What’s up guys from Bristol, been brewing for two years. 10 brews, all different styles, just bought a mill to start BIAB. Learned how to keg. Make lots of ciders. Interested in doing wines and meads. Made a few gallons of maple syrup on a cinderblock evaporator. Just learned how to make sake...

@LokiM4 im sorry to hear you had to cancel your order. Honestly I just got mine a week ago and they were in poor condition with all shoots slimy and rotted. The upside is these rhizomes are pretty hardy. The chinooks popped two shoots outta the ground yesterday. Nothing from the cascades yet...

I took on yet another hobby this year starting shiitake mushroom oak logs. If anyone is interested in the process I’d be happy to share. Has anyone tried one of these brews? What style was it? I’d love to use my homegrown in a batch. Thanks.

I just started my hop garden this year and I’ve seen that first year is the only year you train bull shoots, after that it’s a full prune late winter/early spring, then final prune when selecting best bines for training. How were the harvests for the past five years not cutting bull shoots? I’ve...

Sidearm already on a first year, I would be pumped if mine where lookin that! Those leaves are nice and big. How tall is it now?

Hell yeah thanks man! I’m inspecting them everyday 🧐 haha I’m getting pretty excited now that they are starting to take off. I picked cascades for this spot because of that! They are very interesting plants.

Thanks! This is proving to be a great learning experience. My Chinooks and extra cascade rhizomes came in yesterday. They were all suffering from rot on several shoots on each rhizome. I would imagine shipment of plant material for 7 days in relatively warm weather lately has been rough on them...

Did a little reading, so I could still dilute it n water it in.

I wish I bought some of these meals when I made my soil! Are they slow release mixed in soil components and can’t really be used after planting, correct? The soil I put together was really a mix of stuff I had on hand. I did 20% cow manure, 35% outdoor potting mix, 30% screened native soil, 5%...