02 June 2009

hops - week 7

the experiment continues:
Mt. Hood - planted in ground May 2008
3 bines / 6'-8' in length
notes: slowed down but still growing strong.

Cascade - planted in outdoor container 12 April 2009
3+ bines / 3' - 4' in length
notes: growing like crazy.
had to add second rope to trelis
all 3 plants just started getting buds for side shoots, however the cascade is already getting bushy

Nugget - planted in indoor container 13 April 2009
1 bine / 6.5' in length
notes: growing like crazy now that it gets more direct sunlight.
the average new leaf size has at least doubled.

2 comments:

Andy Monaco said...

Looking Good! When do they produce the cones? (btw: the goldsworthy picture in your office looks great)

justin said...

thanks - on both accounts.

One of my coworkers read that they start producing cones mid summer. Apparently by july they stop growing long and start bushing out, which is where the cones grow from. Unfortunately I don't recall where they read that so who knows.