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I'm curious what experience others have had sourcing and growing nontraditional hops. As I spend Augusts away from work in Switzerland working on a PhD, I've grown incredibly fond of Kronenbourg 1664, which interestingly relies upon the Alsace Strisselspalt as its sole hops. Recently I've...

Questions on variety experimentation

Yea thats a really good issue to bring up. I've read repeatedly that they repel aphids but considering they may attract something else, and we have a japanese ladybird (aphid eating, biting ladybug looking creature) population that is rather intimidating, they can go elsewhere. Appreciate all...

Thanks. Marigolds are going up by the house near the garage and won't be a companion plant.

Any recommendations on where to place marigolds? We've got a 72' long trellis 16' with three poles set: \.....|...../ The mounds are 6' apart. Would we want to box the mounds (e.g. place 4 plants outside the mount on all sides, perhaps 24" away from the center)? Thanks... new hops...