New 100 Rhizome hop farm

[basementbrewbrad]

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[Snowden]

Looks like they are off to a great start!

 

[PleasantValleyHops]

Looks like your going to Be in harvest mode early this year.


Pleasant Valley Hops Inc.
Carroll Brewing Company

 

[basementbrewbrad]

Yep it looks like it could be


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[Snowden]

Looking good!


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[basementbrewbrad]

The brewery that I will be supplying is opening up this weekend. 3 great guys own the place and they make great beer. Stop buy and check out their bar if you are in the stafford area; the grand opening is this Saturday. http://adventurebrewing.com


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[Sheldon]

The plants good sweet!

Sheldon

 

[1fast636]

You prolly mentioned it above but what fertilizer you using and other soil treatment?

 

[basementbrewbrad]

You prolly mentioned it above but what fertilizer you using and other soil treatment?

Bone meal and blood meal. We applied miracle grow a few times last year but have yet to do so this year. We added manure and threw lime out before the growing season started this year. Still have a couple of spots to mess with in order to improve drainage.

The soil in the area where the hop yard is really doesn't need to be improved. Up until about 40 years ago it was a hog lot and then from 1978-2013 my parents kept a compost pile in that area. Needless to say when we tilled everything up the soil in that location was rich and black. The lime is definitely a must in this virginia clay but we could probably get by with that alone.

I have also been feeding them every couple of weeks with a mixture of composted spent grains and manure.


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[1fast636]

Sweet thanks out soil is rich in lime but will have to find the two meals you talked about, all five of my rhizomes are showing life already from plantin on Friday so there liking something already lol all I did was mix compost, top soil, and natural soil together made my mounds then topped with mulch, thinking about after building my boxes and burying them around topping off with miracle grow.

 

[basementbrewbrad]

Sweet thanks out soil is rich in lime but will have to find the two meals you talked about, all five of my rhizomes are showing life already from plantin on Friday so there liking something already lol all I did was mix compost, top soil, and natural soil together made my mounds then topped with mulch, thinking about after building my boxes and burying them around topping off with miracle grow.

We used it a couple of times last year and they loved the miracle grow. They really are pretty hearty plants. As long as you keep them watered and give them a little bit of food they will do well.



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[basementbrewbrad]

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Male plant... It had to be killed today. We were not sure last year but it was for sure this year

Here is what they were looking like today



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[njenabnit]

I've looking at some of the older pics and noticed....are you spreading spent grain directly on the plants or are you composting it first? If directly, do you dry it at all first?

 

[basementbrewbrad]

I have done composted as well as fresh out of the mash tun... I only do that in the winter


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[Sheldon]

The plants look really good. Hope to get down there during harvest again.

Sheldon

 

[Snowden]

Looks like some vigorous growth!


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[njenabnit]

Those vines are THICK!

 

[basementbrewbrad]

Going for harvest number one on the Columbus plants today, will update with pics and totals


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[Snowden]

Awesome! Definitely curious on your total yield.


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the winner for the day!

Ended up with 6.6 wet lbs off of this mini early harvest of about 15 Columbus plants. These plants are throwing off new sidearms and have a lot of new cones on them as well. We just wanted to harvest some of the higher up cones that were drying out and had been on the plants a while before they turned completely brown


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Pics are if the Columbus drying in the basement, of the cascade plants loaded with cones, and another shot of the whole yard


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[Snowden]

Awesome! Looks like quite the hall!

How long did it take to harvest all of that?

 

[basementbrewbrad]

Took 2 people 3.5 hrs to pick through 24 plants


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