Fertilizer for growing?

[wshearer9]

Hi, I'm William and I am very new to Hop Growing. First of all I was wondering what kind of fertilizer I should use. I bought a 12-12-12 and I haven't used it yet, but I will if it will work. I'm scared of burning them so if someone could respond and recommend a certain fertilizer or say if that one is fine please do.

 

[thaymond]

I use a vigoro vegetable 10-10-10 once weekly. I mix a half cap in 2 gallons of water in a watering can and water each of my 4 plants. Last week was the first double shot, where they got a sprinkle of blood meal and a shot of the vigoro. If you have rhizomes, it's probably best to stick to the weekly or biweekly plan. Too much can be a bad thing.

Make sure it's a vegetable fertilizer. You are eventually going to consume them in one way shape or form, so you will want something that is vegetable related. Tomato fertilizer is good, I used that my first year.

I also till in some blood meal and top the soil with a mushroom compost/manure/topsoil/sphagnum mix. It has some NPK inherent in there to promote growth.

When it's warm out and they have water, the bines can grow over a foot in a day. It's been unseasonably cool as of late, and I'm waiting for the hot stuff to really Kickstart my growth. I chopped it all down in late April to eliminate my bulls, and have between 6-10 feet of growth on all my plants. Once the thick of hot summer hits, I'm watering with about 2-3 gallons per plant in the mornings.

 

[Ole_Smoky]

What's your guys watering schedule like?

 

[wshearer9]

Depends how much rain we get but about every other day

 

[Ole_Smoky]

Oh really. Maybe I should cut mine back a bit? I currently water every evening, but we don't get any rain for weeks at a time.

 

[wshearer9]

But remember I'm new to this, I have no idea what I'm doing haha

 

[PapaBearJay]

I use a vigoro vegetable 10-10-10 once weekly. I mix a half cap in 2 gallons of water in a watering can and water each of my 4 plants. Last week was the first double shot, where they got a sprinkle of blood meal and a shot of the vigoro. If you have rhizomes, it's probably best to stick to the weekly or biweekly plan. Too much can be a bad thing.

Make sure it's a vegetable fertilizer. You are eventually going to consume them in one way shape or form, so you will want something that is vegetable related. Tomato fertilizer is good, I used that my first year.

I also till in some blood meal and top the soil with a mushroom compost/manure/topsoil/sphagnum mix. It has some NPK inherent in there to promote growth.

When it's warm out and they have water, the bines can grow over a foot in a day. It's been unseasonably cool as of late, and I'm waiting for the hot stuff to really Kickstart my growth. I chopped it all down in late April to eliminate my bulls, and have between 6-10 feet of growth on all my plants. Once the thick of hot summer hits, I'm watering with about 2-3 gallons per plant in the mornings.

I give mine a dose of slow-release fertilizer at the beginning of the season (about 3/4 of the needed amount throughout the season) and then supplement the rest during rapid growth and flowering. I've watered twice during the past month, otherwise rain has done everything else for me.