hopdog09 said:
In addition to brewing and drinking, does any of my fellow michiganders also grow hops? love to hear from you to exchange notes
just picked up some rhizomes from Liberty St. Brewing. they were thinning out some hop plants. I'm new at this, so would like some info also!
[blockquote][b][url=/profile/hopdog09]hopdog09[/url] said:[/b]
In addition to brewing and drinking, does any of my fellow michiganders also grow hops? love to hear from you to exchange notes[/blockquote]
just picked up some rhizomes from Liberty St. Brewing. they were thinning out some hop plants. I'm new at this, so would like some info also!
The time is now to get them in the ground. Find a spot with lots of sun and a place for the hops to climb. A pole and string work good. once they start, train them up the string. They will spread like crazy once they start so regular pruning is a must. they also like water as they grow very fast and use alot of it. What rhizomes did you get?
The time is now to get them in the ground. Find a spot with lots of sun and a place for the hops to climb. A pole and string work good. once they start, train them up the string. They will spread like crazy once they start so regular pruning is a must. they also like water as they grow very fast and use alot of it. What rhizomes did you get?
not sure what kind I got, but they had Nugget, Cascade and Tettnanger. working on getting them planted! anybody want to help? would there be any drawbacks to growing them up some chickenwire?
not sure what kind I got, but they had Nugget, Cascade and Tettnanger. working on getting them planted! anybody want to help? would there be any drawbacks to growing them up some chickenwire?
chicken wire works great, only real drawback is getting the vines out of the wire at the end of the season. The time to ask for help is during haarvest, but Ive found that the possibility of beer being involed entices people to help. I grow Chinook, Sterling and MT. Hood. By far the best producer is my Chinook. Ive got two vines (chinook) at my place and four at my neighbors. The other varieties, I have two vines each.
chicken wire works great, only real drawback is getting the vines out of the wire at the end of the season. The time to ask for help is during haarvest, but Ive found that the possibility of beer being involed entices people to help. I grow Chinook, Sterling and MT. Hood. By far the best producer is my Chinook. Ive got two vines (chinook) at my place and four at my neighbors. The other varieties, I have two vines each.
