HALIFAXHOPS
Senior Member
Just curious what percentage of the rhizomes purchased grow?
A Magnum popped up today.
Well, it looks like near 90% overall. I planted 5, 4 sprouted. Easy math.
too bad you messed it up, that's 80%
I started 3 weeks ago in pots indoors (in a window). I take them outside on sunny days, and I am 12 for 12. Glacier is the slowest to pop, and only have 1 shoot a piece (a second one just popped today!).
Columbus, Nugget and Chinook are my 3 most vigorous, in that order.
My Cascades appeared to be my smallest and weakest rhizomes to start with (not happy about that). I didn't have much hope for them, because I literally did not see even one beginning of a shoot when I started them. However, they're winning the award for greatest comeback, they have like 3 shoots a piece now and are gaining FAST on the others.
Magnum has just been going steady, about 3-4 shoots a piece, but clearly not at vigorous as the others, but not as slow as my Glacier.
Also, you should start your sentence with a capitol, especially when attempting to correct someone.
My Goldings, Magnum and one cascade are up now. Still nothing from my Willamette or tettaneg. Do you still thing there's a chance of them coming up or should I get some more ASAP? they've been in the ground 3 weeks now.
They're much more resilient than I thought. I planted 2 rhizomes each of cascade, glacier, and goldings about a month ago. After 2 weeks, I was wondering why I hadn't seen any growth at all. I also noticed the soil kept looking messed with. Unable to leave **** alone, I dug up the cascade to check for growth only to find that a neighbors cat had been using the spot for a litter box. I found lots of cat nuggets mixed in with the soil. I also found that the rhizomes ended up getting pushed about 6" under ground and seemed to be starting to rot. All of the others had been messed with as well, but they were still near the surface. I gave up after 3 weeks figuring they were getting too much water and cat feces. Now 5 of the 6 plants have shoots. I'm guessing that last one will end up growing in another week or so.