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[wide eyed and legless]

The Debco Tomato plant food has a high potassium content.

 

[goatus]

Yeah that's what i remember hearing - if you give it heaps of nitrogen in the flowering stage, it will give you kickass leaf and root growth, but will expend most of its energy on that and your flower crop will suffer. Probably best to keep giving them nitrogen on first years to maximise the root system for year 2, but otherwise, I think potash was suggested. Maybe something like this? No idea on the usage rates for hops though.

Must Note: I'm in no way a gardening expert, much closer to gardening incompetent. Can anybody that isn't as incompetent tell me if the potassium is better in the soil or sprayed onto the leaves for this purpose? Will it get to the flowers either way?

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Potash would be fine once you see the buds forming, just a small hand full every fortnight around the base and water in.
Get some seaweed extract to add the minerals all sweet.

 

[Matplat]

Once cones start forming, will the plant generally stop growing in height/vegetation? My cluster has formed cones and it looks like the growing tips have gone a bit woody like they ain't go in no further... But it's January and I was expecting a lot more height!

 

[Mardoo]

Maybe they're Dwarf Cluster h34r:

 

[Belgrave Brewer]

An interesting read on best times to nitrogen/potash feed.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2050-0416.1936.tb05683.x/pdf

 

[perko8]

First year super alpha has started going nuts! Went away for a week and put the top bit of bamboo on "just in case". Good thing I did! Was only about 4' tall or so and now about 11'.

First year cascade in the background has some catching up to do.

Pretty happy with this growth given the climate up here in Dalby certainly isn't ideal. Will have to see if they end up producing anything. Good fun growing the bines anyway

 

[osprey brewday]

Noticed these on my cascade today do these turn into the hops. First time grower unsure of the cycle can some one explain
Thanks

 

[Camo6]

Noticed these on my cascade today do these turn into the hops. First time grower unsure of the cycle can some one explain
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Not now! But yeah, they're burrs and will turn into hop cones after a few weeks.

 

[BottloBill]

Getting pretty close for harvest #1 off the HersbruckerB)

 

[Rocker1986]

Noticed these on my cascade today do these turn into the hops. First time grower unsure of the cycle can some one explain
Thanks

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Yep they're burrs. My Hallertau has quite a number of them on it in various stages of development.

This is one that was a burr like those probably about 1.5 - 2 weeks ago.

 

[scooterism]

An interesting read on best times to nitrogen/potash feed.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2050-0416.1936.tb05683.x/pdf

That is a very interesting read indeed..

Just to think a few years later shit went pear shaped in that part of the world..

 

[scooterism]

*Edit, wrong thread..

 

[malt and barley blues]

The Debco Tomato plant food has a high potassium content.

Another good one is Searles Flourish Fruit Booster.

 

[Belgrave Brewer]

Time to stop fertilising and increase watering?
https://onspecialtycrops.wordpress.com/2014/06/23/hop-update-fertility-and-irrigation-june-23-2014/

 

[HBHB]

HOP GROWERS IN SYDNEY:

Had a call from a young lady in Sydney today trying to get access to some hop flowers to do a photo shoot.

If you can let her have access to some of your hops, please give Steph from Momentum Worldwide a quick text / call with details on 0424160617.

Thanks,
Martin

 

[BottloBill]

The start of a very long processB)

 

[perko8]

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First year super alpha beginning to get some burrs forming I think

 

[perko8]

Some of my first-year bines are today reaching the top of the trellis/ropes I have set up - about 12 foot tall.
Should I be looking to make something taller, or is it reasonable to just leave it at this point in time, as they are starting to make burrs as per pic in post above?
From what I have read height growth and cone production are competing for nutrients etc anyway.

 

[kunfaced]

Those are my POR and this last one is a Cascade cutting I started in a beer bottle of water. I didn't expect it to grow the way it has, but it ties the tomato plant to the fence so I'll just let it do its thing.