[snip] If it is relevant, I am in central Michigan (near Lansing), and the varieties are Nugget, Saaz, Mt. Hood, and Cascade. My inseam is 32. [end snip] ...
Randy, welcome to the group! Here is a link to an article from Organic Gardening magazine about ladybugs. They're AMAZING when it comes to aphid control, but...
We are about to begin the hops adventure. Planting 60 rhizomes (all cascade) in 6 rows of 10 plants. Hopeing to expand in the future if Mother Nature allows)....
Hi Randy you should also join in at hopcones we are a northwest washington group. The plan is this later this year at harvest time we will get together...
... protected in the winter? If you plant them in the ground must they be dug up in the Fall? I live in Colorado, we do get snow but not the cold that some...
I planted mine in containers because I plan to sell my house this year and I want to take them with me. Otherwise I would have started them in the ground, for...
I haven't done it yet, but I'm considering a container. Have planed several in the ground already. Reason for the container, if I do it (and I have one rhizome...
Hello All, My name is Tim and I am new to the group. I have been homebrewing for almost 3 years and have mentioned to my wife I would like to grow my own hops...
I don't think I have seen these on a list of bugs to worry about but I am seeing little green hopping/flying bugs on my hops. I recognize them but do not know...
I just looked at pics of Hop aphids and they are definitely not those. Another interesting side note is that I am noticing spiders starting to hang out on the...
Sounds like leafhoppers. Sort of little pale green trapezoidal(?) shaped bugs that "hop" around. Don't know what they do to hop plants, but I have seen them...
I would also like to grow Chinooks, Northern Brewer, Cascade to name a few. Soon I will post some pics of my plants. They have been getting around 8 hours of...
I have searched on here and not seen any mention of this... Can anyone tell me a negative to using the trub from my batches as fertilizer? I have done it once...
I started growing hops last year, and I live fairly far South (Southeast Alabama). I got one plant of Cascade from friends, and bought 4 additional plants from...
... What size pots? I want to make sure that I'll be comparing apples to apples and not oranges. My plants are all in the ground with unrestricted room for...
Good morning everyone. My name is Tim and I also am a new member. During the Hop shortage that made my Beer go up $2.00 a Six Pack, I bought some Hop seeds....
Hello, I plant in containers because I live in a condo and don't have garden space. This is my first year growing hops in containers, but have many successful...
I've also noted a few small spiders hanging around (to big for a spider mite).. I've been using the thumb and index finger method of extermination... :}Also,...
... Welcome to our group, Tim. ... I wouldn't want more than a single plant in a container, and I would imagine that the container should to be, at a minimum,...
... I just read a post which indicated that a 5 gallon container is sufficient, and that is actually less than one cubic foot. However, hops develope massive...
Tim wrote: snip ... I have heard that hops can be very invasive in a vegetable garden, although all that probably means is that you might have bines sprouting ...
So, I search leafhoppers and apparently they do suck on plants and can cause some problems. The worst issue is transmitting diseases. I am not sure if having...
... Eventually. And unless you want them to be all the same, you probably will thin out all but those you will be planting, assuming that you got a lot of them...
When in doubt, compost it. Once Mother Nature has broken it down, it's in a much better place to actually act as fertilizer. As any sort of organic material...
Just so you know, hops technically grow "bines" (with a "B") because vines have tendrils, bines do not. You'll notice your hops never send out tendrils to...
... Great advice for next year. If you want to build your coil this year, you can mix your soil with some peat moss, a little sand perhaps if you have drainage...
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