I live in Pompano...just North a couple of miles of Sunrise and am very encouraged about this. I just ordered 5 Rhizomes and plan to plant these....thanks fo rthe post
Glad to hear you are inspired, let me know which varieties produce cones. As Ive mentioned in the thread my cascades have grown like gangbusters but the nuggets did squat.
Morning sun and you should be gold, especially with cascades, they grow like weeds.
dunno if it's different for a nice warm place like FL, but i've read that it is best to leave the bines in place after harvesting. once they've done flowering (and we've picked the cones), the plants get ready for winter by storing up energy in the roots. the bines will eventually die back, and can be cleaned up once they're mostly wilted. if you chop down the entire plant at harvest, it won't have time to transfer energy from flowering to root storage.When you pick them it seems best to chop them down and pick the hops after you have chopped the bines, and a line would make that super easy. Untangling the hops off the trellis is not a huge pain, but not cake either. I just don't have a way to tie the lines to the roof, and I didn't think my HOA would like long bines up the side of the building (in a condo)
Got my hops, in the ground this weekend
Sounds good, wish you both the best.
My transplant cascade is sprouting, and the established one is 6 inches already.
Good on you. Pretty much everyone I have talked to hasn't had any luck growing hops in the panhandle and central Florida.
I'm in Tampa and planted just about a week ago. Checked them today and seen this. First time growing hops.
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CourtHouseBrewing said:Planted mine March 25th in Orlando and still nothing.
Do I need to keep them wetter?
More mulch?
Can I uncover them to check on them?
I would let them be, of you are watering them regularly and lightly. Mulch is always good but don't dig, it may do more harm than anything
Yes I water with the garden every other day.
I have coffee grinds on them and they are in a mound about 2 to 3 inches deep.
(Coral Springs, FL) I received my rhizomes and planted (2) Cascades & (2) Centennial on April 7th. On April 12th, the first Centennial appeared and yesterday, the 14th, the first Cascade appeared. So far, so good.
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