Recent content by Everest

what fertilizer is everyone using? i try to give a variety, cow shit, miracle grow, seaweed juice

hey guys, this year ive noticed that a few of my main bines, have reached a good height of over 3-4m but dont have a any hops on them, none at all.. this could be a massive thing ive overlooked but are there different type of bines? these are throwing out a heap of laterals but no hops...?

dont do it the hard way.... just put some cuttings in water for a few weeks...when the roots are grown enough, plant them, ive had 100% success with them so far... i have to give them away ha goodluck

i found this is one of the only ways for me to grow my own hops, im not the best at cuttings and propagation etc... but you just stick these in water and wait... i left mine in for 2-3 weeks at least behind a window inside the house.. so it gets (less harsher) sun and cooler temps than outside...

hop cutting in water... easiest way to grow new plants...

so just a quick update a week later.... maybe the addition of lime helped out a bit... i havent paid too much attention to them this week but the bine on the right is over a month old and has been through mites and acid, the left bine (big and healthy) is a few days old... looking better

im growing them in pots so using bunnings potting mix...

yeah so the mites are gone..... but this probably was my problem right from the start...... now to get it back up to 7... funnily enough my 2yo cascades that are growing better had the same ph level.. so its a wonder at all they took off at all too, though they were late bloomers...

ah wow thanks for the replies... i got the Pyrethrum Spray as applied that today... but ill def look into that neem oil for the next round... cheers guys, all good advice there!

Hey guys I thought Id post up my recent hop story a little back ground first... i bought 2 cascade rhizomes last year and they grew well, one flowered real early and the other late.. an overall pretty good experiance so i ordered a pride of ringwood, goldings, red earth and chinook for this...

how many bines are you guys keeping per plant? i thought 4 was the go but everyone seems to be keeping all the bines?