TheLastColdBeer Posted July 4, 2013 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Posted July 4, 2013 Friends talked about starting a hop garden & I said, that's enough. Time to start doing it. Here's a pic of our little babies climbing their temporary twines. Four Cascade vines have taken off from rhizomes sent from New Mexico. Logan 1 Awards
little_old_man Posted July 4, 2013 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted July 4, 2013 Doing a little home brewing are we? My nephew starting growing his own hops a couple years ago and entered two of his IPA's at a local tasting contest a few months ago. He came in third place, beating out over 20 local micro breweries and was very proud of his work. I'm not really into IPA's, but his brew was very good. Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted July 4, 2013 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Author Posted July 4, 2013 Home brewing possibly, mostly trying to see how much of a pain these things are. I'm willing to devote a quarter to half acre as a nursery. Use home as a base for rhizome production & transplant to an off-site field. We have a few microbreweries close, and it would be nice to offer hop cones on a production basis. Awards
TBB Posted July 5, 2013 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 290 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 20511 Content Per Day: 3.66 Reputation: 22519 Achievement Points: 148075 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 395 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Posted July 5, 2013 Space could be shared with some first class weed. TheLastColdBeer 1 Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted July 5, 2013 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Author Posted July 5, 2013 Somebody asked, "Why smart?". I was told you had to train the vines to climb. Huh? OK, I hung a nylon rope down and placed the runner of the vine on it. Nothing, so I wrapped the runner slightly around the rope. Next morning the runner had wrapped itself around six inches of the rope and was climbing like mad. D'oh, that's cute. Did the same thing with the rest, and they're all headed for the sky. As far as a business venture, I'm extremely leery of advice given on agricultural matters. When I hear "all you have to do", I get a little gun-shy. My wife & I love visiting the wineries in our area, and every single proprietor has told us, if they knew how much work was involved, they never would have started. Same thing here. We'll try this, and I'm sure we'll encounter the pitfalls shortly. Awards
Logan Posted July 6, 2013 Member ID: 582 Group: ++ COD2 Admin Followers: 20 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 361 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 389 Achievement Points: 3272 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 1, 2020 Birthday: 11/22/1956 Posted July 6, 2013 Good luck Beers Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted August 14, 2013 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Author Posted August 14, 2013 Hops can grow in Illinois. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy! Blackbart 1 Awards
little_old_man Posted August 14, 2013 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted August 14, 2013 Hops can grow in Illinois. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy! Too bad good beer can't be made there. Blackbart 1 Awards
Xalandra Posted August 20, 2013 Member ID: 458 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 127 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 825 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 346 Achievement Points: 7976 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 13 Birthday: 04/20/1989 Device: Android Posted August 20, 2013 Hops >.< When you want them, they will grow and do fine.. If you wanne get rid of them, WHOLE other story. Even after 10 years of removing these plants they come back! Tres resistance! TheLastColdBeer 1 Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted August 20, 2013 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Author Posted August 20, 2013 Yes, I've heard that also. Any remaining roots have a fierce will to live. Xalandra 1 Awards
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