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when to plants hops?
corkybstewart:
--- Quote from: ccfoo242 on March 18, 2012, 04:06:59 pm ---I have a dumb question...they say to wrap the hops clockwise around the twine, would that be clockwise from the top looking down or the bottom looking up?
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They'll let you know-they will coil by themselves so if you try to make them go the wrong way it won't work.
ccfoo242:
Ok, cool. I have one that's tall enough to start up the twine.
richardt:
Hops follow the sun's course across the sky while ascending, so they have a "clockwise" growth pattern when viewed from above (i.e., "bird's eye view", or "eye in the sky" view). Chirality is "left handed" growth (i.e., point the thumb of your left-hand upward and the natural curve of your fingers will indicate the twining pattern of the hop bine).
csu007:
--- Quote from: pinnah on March 18, 2012, 03:16:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: csu007 on March 18, 2012, 12:21:14 pm --- My question is what method would see the best growth.
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Planting in the ground, not a pot, will give the best growth.
I suggest using the stump as support. Native hops in the Gunnison Basin grow up rock escarpments.
Don't worry too much about what the pros do, since you are at home and just want to grow a few pounds for home use.
You could try attaching a little metal pig panel upright to the stump,
to give a rigid grid to grow on. 10 feet high plenty.
Hard to go wrong, if you irrigate. 8)
Good luck.
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I would like to plant in the ground, but i don't own the house and i also want make sure the plant does well first. I appreciate all the suggestions form everyone. I think i will see if the stump works well enough by itself with any additional trellis support
tschmidlin:
--- Quote from: csu007 on March 18, 2012, 10:18:14 pm ---I would like to plant in the ground, but i don't own the house and i also want make sure the plant does well first. I appreciate all the suggestions form everyone. I think i will see if the stump works well enough by itself with any additional trellis support
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It will work a lot better if you tie some twine to the top of the stump for the hops. The stump is probably too big around for the hops to want to climb around behind it, but i haven't tried it.
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