I spent the afternoon building a raised garden box in order to grow hops along a clothes line system. The box ended up with two separate compartments with each one being 2 feet by 3 feet and about 1 foot deep. I decided to split the raised box into 2 separate sections so I could possibly plant two different types of hops and now I have a couple of questions.
1. Should I use 1 or 2 rhizomes in each 2x3 ft section?
2. If I can grow a second type of hop what would people recommend to use for here in eastern Iowa? I ordered 2 cascade rhizomes before coming up with the idea of this split raised garden box so I would like to hear other ideas of what could be another good hop to grow. The hops will just be used for aroma additions and I was thinking of using Centennial for the second hop provided the answer to question 1 is I can have two rhizomes in this 2x3 ft space.
Thanks
1. Should I use 1 or 2 rhizomes in each 2x3 ft section?
2. If I can grow a second type of hop what would people recommend to use for here in eastern Iowa? I ordered 2 cascade rhizomes before coming up with the idea of this split raised garden box so I would like to hear other ideas of what could be another good hop to grow. The hops will just be used for aroma additions and I was thinking of using Centennial for the second hop provided the answer to question 1 is I can have two rhizomes in this 2x3 ft space.
Thanks