Finally can start a thread

[1fast636]

Well thanks to Halifaxhops I am the proud owner of cascade centennial chinook Columbus and willament rhizomes and will keep the tread updated. There chilling in the beer fridge till tomorrow or Thursday

 

[day_trippr]

Ummmm....They don't appear to be labeled?

Cheers!

 

[HALIFAXHOPS]

They have plant stakes on them, makes it a lot easier for me to keep track of and the customer to identify the next year. I have gotten a ton of e-mails with the question can you identify the rhizomes you sold me last year? Since I did that no more questions.

 

[1fast636]

Yea if you look very carefully you can see in on the left side in the middle of the rhizomes the end Of the post with a C showing. Hoping to plant tonight will keep it all updated

 

[1fast636]

Got the beds all but ready still need to make my 2x2 boxes but can do that after, just need to make mixture of my compost, top soil, natural soil should be planted tomorrow. dark showed up alil quicker then I thought


While enjoying this

 

[beaston]

I bought some rhizomes from him as well and almost all of them are sprouting! exciting stuff haha

 

[1fast636]

Well got all the beds done and rhizomes in the four in back

Willamette centennial Columbus and chinook


Gettin the wood to build my boxes tomorrow tht will go around them to try an keep them contained

Will get a pic of the cascade when I get the trellis up over there in a few

 

[1fast636]

I bought some rhizomes from him as well and almost all of them are sprouting! exciting stuff haha

Lol half the rhizomes were already sprouting bines gave them a nice soak and will let the sun do it's work tomorrow, will do a light watering tomorrow am

 

[1fast636]

So three out of the five already put some one up for me the cascade was already three inches when i planted the rhizome ( that was massive)

 

[1fast636]

While out with dog checked on the two not showing life and sure enough under the mulch layer they got some shouts coming up already can't wait

 

[1fast636]

Made my boxes this evening with the help I the little man, they are 2foot by 2foot and will get buried 7 to 8 inches down to help contain the crowns

 

[HALIFAXHOPS]

They are not treated right? Looks great!

 

[1fast636]

No treatment on them just free wood my buddy had laying around his house, figured when they deteriorate I'll build new ones lol I'm cheap so free is me

 

[1fast636]

Finished my boxes up today turned out better then expected will bury them down this week let me know what you think, next up chicken wire, and eye hooks to string my lines the willament is about 8 inches high now

 

[HALIFAXHOPS]

Really nice work. One question why so short?

 

[kh54s10]

Really nice work. One question why so short?

My thought too, most installations I see posted are in the 20ft tall range. The bines will get that long.

 

[WayFrae]

I think he is going to have them climb up the short trellis and then string some lines up to his deck.

 

[1fast636]

Yep will do an x on the pots the. String to the deck which will make growth length 16-20ft depending on how I can get it strung on the boxes if I can get 2 x's (which I think with the amount of eye hooks I got I think I can) I'll get 18 feet of growth, to the deck straight was 12 going x's gives me 2 extra feet on each cross of the x . Stringing in a few days so pics to follow


Update all are growing nicely, topped them with some grass clippings to help with the yellowing they were startin to show, got fertelizer today so they will be getting some food tomorrow getting blood meal and bone meal within the week too

 

[1fast636]

And I would of thrown in some 20' 4x4s or 8x8 and sunk them 4 feet down but the wife is letting me grow them in the back yard so figured I will make it look classy in a sense lol, I have a plan on how to get them to go straight up in the future but we will see for now I'm happy with this set up. Lol

 

[HALIFAXHOPS]

B. Definitely a plan. If you need some 1/4 by 3" eyes I have a ton of them.

 

[1fast636]

Here is my idea for the future

 

[1fast636]

Took some quick pics while walkin the dogs
Will

Cent

Columbus

Chinook

Cascade

 

[1fast636]

Haven't updated this I'm slacking lol

The dog took out my willamette bine that was growing while chasing a bunny away, but it survived and is coming back now. Centennial is my best grower about 15 bines or so all going strong reached top of my boxes and now climbing to the deck. Columbus lost the tip of a bine and shot out about 10 other bines of the original bine and is growing strong now. Chinook is slow moving but growing fine so just leaving her alone. Cascade is growing but no pics and not going crazy just growing slow like chinook.

Willament back alive


Centennial


Columbus


Chinook

 

[1fast636]

As you can see I'm playin around with different line set ups I think I'm going to send them all straight next year but we shall see

 

[1fast636]

Centennial is throwing out burrs I'm pretty excited, horrible photo tho