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4 out of the 5 bines are taking off, ones lagging a little behind the others. Planted 5 cascade hops rhyzomes around the middle of May.

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[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Lookin fab, just be patient with them, they won't give you many cones until the third year. My one Cascade survivor finally made it there.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s good to know, these may move in a few years and/or be split to make more as well. More of an experiment, I’ll get some other variety’s next year as well.

I want to get a concrete patio and pergola built that they can climb, but health issues and other more important stuff keep cropping up.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Careful, I've read that hop roots can go lateral and push up or break concrete in its way. They can live a long time and have plenty of ways to ruin a nice concrete pour. They become tough and gnarly, like tree roots.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

The patio will be raised quite a bit off the ground on the side they would going, so it’ll be a solid concrete wall it’ll have to grow through before that’s an issue.

It’s all been figured out to be able to use for trees if not other shade plants. Most issues come from too thin slabs, I can’t do that or it’ll be destroyed by the first winter anyways ;)

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