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    Moving, Please help

    I have a well established hops crown in the back yard. My wife and I are moving and I would like to take some of it with us. I will be in Limbo this winter, what do you recommend I do? Can I dig a Rhizome and keep it refrigerated, maybe put it in a pot? I will most likely take 5 or 10...
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    Harvest duration

    It appears as if my Hops are ready to harvest now. some cones are starting to show slight signs of browning. I have limited time between now and next week. what kind of window do you have to Harvest them?
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    Preserving Hops Clusters

    Is there a way to Take a cluster of cones and a section of the Bine and preserve it to use as Ornamental Decoration? I would love to hang a cluster behind the bar but still have them look like they were just pickedn and not all dried out. :mug:
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    How Long

    I just started getting cones on my plant yesterday. I need to go out of town the next week for work and was curious how long are they usually on the plant before harvest. I am freaking out right now that I will miss the entire harvest. are the cones usually on the plant for a while?
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    Trimming Roots

    My hops plant is a monster. Its spreading all over, How do I go about trimming the roots? Do I do it in the fall or spring?
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    First mead Recommendationa

    OK, Tomorrow night after work I plan on making my first Mead ever. I have the ingredients for a gallon of the popular JOAM but also wanted advice on another Gallon to try. Here is what I have on hand, 3 lbs of honey 2 1/2 quarts of Mulberry picked and frozen yeast nutrient and...
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    Wild Hops

    I found an area along a river that seems to have hundreds of these Bines growing. I have not found any that have escaped to trees but know this area was prominent for growing hops 100+ years ago. Do these look like Hops to you? I will keep going back periodically to see if they cone out but...
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    Spurs

    So this is the first year Nurturing a wild Hops vine in my backyard. Its a beast! Previous years I have fought it before knowing what it was, last year a vine escaped into a tree and had a whole bunch of cones. I have been seeing all these photos of people with hops Cones already and I do...
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    Hops Viruses

    How do I tell if My Hops are infected with a Virus? The ends of the branches on the lower half of the Plants are dying and breaking Off. This is a wild plant I have decided to embrace in my yard. It has already grown way larger than I ever anticipated. I would estimate at 26-27 feet...
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