While walking along the Puyallup River in McMillan Washington, I found some hops growing wild. I do believe these are survivors of the great 1892 hops blight this might be summer Ezra Meekers original hops.
Hop plant should not be planted under ground 's level, this will avoid water pools and molds at the base of the plant. This one needs also to be cleaned from parassites erbs.
so you don't recommend more than 3 vines pre string? but can we put more? also, when the other hops grow after the first vines, do we train and add them to the first 3 vines? silly question, but I'm new to this ....
Miracle Grow has been shown to be toxic to humans in various ways and as such is not legal in some countries. It's also produced by Monstanto which has done more to degrade the quality of the food supply than perhaps any other company ever. They are actively suing entire states that have passed legislation to simply label foods containing GMO's. There are many non toxic nitrogen fertilizer sources you can use, such as basic fish emulsion. And they are bette for your soil and crops, ultimately, never mind your health.
I Wonder if i can use Stainless steel wire permanently attached to the upper guy wire/cable then attached to a base wire anchor instead of string? I'm thinking of making removable hooks to go on top with a loop in it to reach up with a long pole extension to unhook it at harvest time. Lay the line down on a long cart and strip the vine off then rehang the line out of the way. Anybody got any thoughts on this? Other than the vine not having the natural texture of the string to cling to i think it would work.
Did you ever make the removable clips? Or find something that works? I need a clip like you describe...I stung ours with the lift when I put up the aircraft cable, and I was planning on making clips like you describe (we had the same thought....my idea was to bend some "clips" out of galvanized wire...sort of like a Y with the top two parts bending back down a ways. One side is a hook for using an arborist hook...the other side would be crimped tighter to the stem to help pinch onto the cable trellis....then a loop on the lower part to tie the coir twine to. I think this will work, but I'm wondering if there are better options out there.
The plant needs fibers for the hairs on the bine to adhere to via friction. Also for large scale operations, it’s way faster to use the top cutter with a wagon to harvest. Not a bad idea though bud!
should I fertilize my bines throughout the whole season or only at the beginning? I also have wheats growing near my bines but some of the wheats I permit as long as they don't grow too high. I do that do prevent soil from drying up too quick and against rain flushing soil away.
Miracle Grow!!! are you serious man…i don't even want to go there. I'm just disappointed… since I'm taking the time to watch this and all your episodes please take a min and educate yourself on other fertility methods.,. I'm and organic farmer and this is hard to watch...
You're an organic farmer, oddly not everyone else is. If you're looking to learn organic hop farming methods go to left field hops co. They'll teach you plenty, and you can keep your negative comments to your self.
Question on this video. If I understand this correctly, these stringers are driving their tires across each hop row, running each row over, is that correct? They are not driving the lift along the rows, in the aisles, but rather, they are driving perpendicular to the rows, is this correct?
Hi, Do you recommended training the side shoots that start developing in the upper half of the plant or just leaving them? My plants are about 12 feet tall right now and the side shoots are getting crazy. Thanks.
