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i'm in chicago, and have 4 plants in huge pots on our 4th floor rooftop. 2nd year, 3 of the plants are up to about 3-4 ft now. 1 is nowhere to be seen... As 2nd year plants, they are perhaps a foot or 2 shy of where they ended last year, except for perhaps the cascade. (FWIW, i got 1 oz of...

bottling mine today: 13,590+5 = 13,595

you guys with ladybug experience: i have some aphids (maybe an average of 1 on every 4th leaf or so), so decided to get a pack of ladybugs before the problem got worse. 2 days later, when i water the plants after work, there are only like 3 or 4 of the supposed 1500 ladybugs still around...

thanks guys. so the question is, do i let them live, if it's only those 2 bugs? and i wonder how the hell they found my plants. It's urban Chicago on a roof-top of a 5 floor building.

I've got 2 largish insects that are continuously on my Cascade plant, and I'm unsure if they are friend or foe. I definitely have aphids, and have just released a bag of ladybugs on the 4 plants this evening to hopefully combat the problem. (see the other photos in my flickr set for the...

rarjr, i'm in Chicago as well, and have 4 plants in 24" pots. their growth has also come to a standstill over the last 2 weeks. I'm going to attribute it to the fact that it has rained every 2nd day with little or no hot sun. Nights do get well below 60 as well. About 3 weeks ago...

as i've mentioned in other posts, i'm growing hops in containers on our rooftop deck here in Chicago. We're not that high up, it's only equivalent to the 5th floor or so, but it is the highest building in a couple blocks in each direction. i hope to build a post about 6 feet high for them to...

i've got a cascade, a fuggles, and 2 small goldings (i only ordered 1) in containers on my rooftop deck here in chicago. I found some 20" pots at Home Depot for $10 a piece, and planted them yesterday. I've read through the BYO article and the forums here, and it seems like it should work...

nice. small world. my dad taught at Milford for years in Q'town.

looks nice. you've got an awesome yard too...definitely looks like eastern PA where I grew up. love to go back. (just hopefully the flyers come back and close this one out and keep the Rags out of the playoffs)

Talloak, that sounds like a decent plan actually. What did you use to build the planters? just normal treated lumber? i'd love to see plans for something like that. might mean i start the rhizomes in some 16" pots i have, and go to planters. but of course, anything needs to be...

How big a planter would you build then? Per plant, or just a big one for all of them?

MeetsCriteria, what are you planning to use to allow the hops to grow up? My rhizomes are on the way to me here in Chicago, and i'll be growing them in containers on our roof deck. (Hopefully planting this weekend, if the cold weather moves on) We've got a 10'-12' deck up there, with a...

i don't think it'd hurt to have a larger secondary. I was actually thinking about getting a 2nd 6.5gal carboy to add to my 5gal and 6.5gal, rather than the smaller one...just for flexibility moving forward. I think every batch is different, and someone more experienced than myself would give...

well, if you stick to the 1-2-3 rule of thumb, you'd need 2 secondary's to be able to brew each week. if you can brew each week, then that's impressive. i just wouldn't be able to find the time, so I'm perfectly happy with a single secondary and being able to brew bi-weekly. I'd imagine once...

I ordered the same kit (minus the burner and wort chiller) from NB a few months back and have been extremely happy. As you mentioned, the only thing I wish I had was a 2nd secondary so I could brew every 2nd week. If you order it up front, you might get the cheap shipping, whereas shipping...

Best of luck to all of you struggling right now. I was laid off in December...the last in my group to go...and it ended up being the best thing to happen to me. I found a better job that I really enjoy a few weeks later, and spent that first paycheck on my starter kit. The only words of...

I'd 2nd the wine thief, i've found mine pretty awesome for daily gravity readings when fermentation is winding down. i just keep a bucket of starsan around and toss it back in when needed. If you are in Chicago, we only really have Brew-n-Grow, which I can't really recommend. I've been...

so after a couple of days steady at 1.012, i racked to secondary today. the color is still really light for a supposed stout, and i still can't puzzle out what might have gone wrong. Here are some pictures of my test sample moved to a glass, which came out a bit dark...although it's...