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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ;)
I planted some in 2021 in a not great arbor. After years of struggling we just figured it had died or didn't have enough sun. We got a wooden arbor last year and the hops found it grew like 6 ft with one vine.
This year we have like 15 vines from it going up the entire 8 ft and taking over the entire arbor. I think we will get our first nugget this year. So be patient with your non sprouted one
That’s good to hear, it’s funny I’ve got some plants that I left for dead (hostas) and they came back this year after tidying up the mulch last year. They weren’t shaded though, so I believe they got cooked.
It’s sprouted, you can see it on the back lattice, probably just buried it deeper, but who knows. I doubt these will be tall enough, next year I can build something more permanent, mainly throwing stuff at the soil and seeing what works and I can handle haha.
That's the way to do it. Plants are hardier than they look and can survive a lot. Hostas are invincible and will hold on for a long time. If you can get a perennial to survive the first year it's usually good to go. It's the 3rd year things really take off
This is the way to beer trees
I was kind of surprised how fast it grew this year
You should have waited 2 more days, and then posted lol
Geeking aside, super cool! Congratulations and good job!!
I thought about it, but I would probably have forgotten haha.
Lol!! Yeah, I 100% would have forgotten in your stead
Show me in two years when they're swallowing your house.