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#1 SchwanzBrewer

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Posted 22 April 2014 - 08:06 AM

Last year I ordered some crowns and planted them. None of them survived the winter. I don't know whether it was bugs or not, but I did a lot of things wrong I think.

 

So I got a rhizome of cascade and planted it a few days ago. It's already pushed through the soil. I think I'll just stick to this one plant and try and baby it along. 

 

Anyone else growing?

 

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#2 BarelyBrews

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Posted 22 April 2014 - 08:13 AM

Mine sprouted through the ground a couple of days ago.  Cascade(s) my oldest plant and always the best producer. I also have a mt.hood plant.



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Posted 22 April 2014 - 08:27 AM

My 14 year old Cascade was up 5-6 feet and climbing all over the bines from last year that were still there.  I went out the other day and pulled out everything but one or two bines of the new growth.



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Posted 22 April 2014 - 09:10 AM

Any tips on fertilizing? We have pretty much just sand to grow in. I added some soil last year to help, but I might have burned my plants due to over fertilization.



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Posted 22 April 2014 - 09:26 AM

Any tips on fertilizing? We have pretty much just sand to grow in. I added some soil last year to help, but I might have burned my plants due to over fertilization.

 

I put compost in the hole when I planted them and maybe once a year I give them some fish fertilizer.  But I'm not dealing with sand.



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Posted 22 April 2014 - 09:31 AM

My 14 year old Cascade was up 5-6 feet and climbing all over the bines from last year that were still there.

This is where I'm at as well. Except mine are about 6 years old. I haven't made it out there to trim them yet.



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Posted 22 April 2014 - 10:44 AM

This is where I'm at as well. Except mine are about 6 years old. I haven't made it out there to trim them yet.

 

I just went out and ripped out handfuls of shoots.



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Posted 22 April 2014 - 12:58 PM

Are you ding that so that the plant focuses its energy on growing the two or three main bines?



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Posted 22 April 2014 - 01:04 PM

Are you ding that so that the plant focuses its energy on growing the two or three main bines?

 

Kinda.  Mainly becasue there were dozens and dozens of 5-6 ft. tall bines.  I get so many hops I don't worry about pruning to maximize yield, so I pretty much ignore most of the conventional hop growing advice.  It's taken from commercial practices, which I don't care about.  But like any plant, pruning will increase the amount and vigor of the remaining growth.  I do it more to keep the plant from taking over the surrounding countryside, though.



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Posted 22 April 2014 - 01:07 PM

I'm probably the only one doing this.  Mine's getting deep sixed.



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Posted 22 April 2014 - 01:08 PM

I'm probably the only one doing this.  Mine's getting deep sixed.

 

I planted a Nugget many years ago and decided I hated it.  Took me nearly 10 years to kill the ####er.



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Posted 22 April 2014 - 01:12 PM

I planted a Nugget many years ago and decided I hated it.  Took me nearly 10 years to kill the ####er.

 

Yeah, this was a Centennial that didn't like KC very well.  I harvested some last year and it just wasn't very good.  Aroma and taste were nothing like you would expect.  We'll see who wins this year.

 

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Posted 22 April 2014 - 01:13 PM

Before pruning...

 

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After pruning....

 

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Posted 23 April 2014 - 02:49 PM

most of mine are on the trellis and over 5 feet tall now. I have a couple runts this year though that are not even a foot tall yet though. I have a total of 15 plants.

 

Since mine are established, I give a good handful of the cheap 'vigoro' generic fertilizer every now and then. I did the first throw a few weeks ago, and may do another fertilizer application soon. I would be much more careful of burning young roots on fresh plantings though.



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Posted 27 April 2014 - 10:00 AM

Well I'll be damned. I just weeded the hop garden.  The teamaker, willamette, and columbus all survived. I think they got weed eated when my FIL came over to build a fence gate. I cleared the weeds and the crowns were all in tact. The Magnum looks like it's semi alive, but might need some TLC. I have two cascade crowns and I planted 1 rhizome. I may need to move the rhizome and plant it out back. 



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Posted 27 April 2014 - 10:49 AM

my Nugget and Glacier are about 4 feet tall, the Sterling, about 2



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Posted 28 April 2014 - 07:11 AM

my Nugget and Glacier are about 4 feet tall, the Sterling, about 2

 

mic - I didn't know you could get glacie rhizomesr.  how did you acquire it?



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Posted 28 April 2014 - 01:00 PM

The Magnum looks like it's semi alive, but might need some TLC. I have two cascade crowns and I planted 1 rhizome. I may need to move the rhizome and plant it out back. 

Try low-nitrogen fertilizer for the Magnum.  Less opportunity for root burn, which can be an issue if it's fargile, and it may help with setting cones later on.



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Posted 28 April 2014 - 05:24 PM

Throw a little ironite on those hopsPosted Image



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Posted 28 April 2014 - 05:59 PM

mic - I didn't know you could get glacie rhizomesr.  how did you acquire it?

got it at my LHBS in I wanna say 2006 ish




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