emyers said:Hey, I live in Waldorf, if you need any help next season hit me up. Will work for hops or beer
What did you treat those poles bases with? Tar?
Ended up with some freaking wind!! Makes it a little hard for the ground guy
Next time get yourself some bailing twine it's like .005 per ft for 350lb
Lots of downside to that^ ...
Lots of downside to that^ and at roughly .009 per ft. Id rather have someone else cut 6000+ strings to length!The time it would take to cut and organize that more than pays for the premium of using the right stuff for the job. For a home grower I'd say that could work. But it wouldn't work for us
Thanks tho. Always think outside of the box. Find new ways all the time to do things it make things more efficient
If you can find a good deal on a large coil you can cut measured lengths fairly easily.
Find a place where you can put 2 spikes into a board(s) the distance apart that you want the strings, wrap the line around the spikes then cut at both end at the spikes, or once through all the lines at the midpoint between the spikes. Voila! precut strings.
PVH hosted an awesome open house! Lots of friendly people and a very impressive hopyard to boot. Thanks again!
This all looks awesome, really neat to follow, thanks for posting along the way. A couple of questions if you don't mind. And I hope the brew day went well!
I didn't catch exactly what string you're using? I tried sisal twine and am having many strings break.
Are you having any trouble keeping the grass from growing around the crowns? I have (a much smaller) setup like yours, with grass rows, and it's been a TON of weed whacking and hand weeding. Any secrets?
You mentioned access to a commercial picker, is that local? I'm way out in VA, but haven't heard of any commercial pickers anywhere except some experimental things in NE, and I assume NC has some setups now, but that's still a bit of a drive!
Keep up the good (and hard) work!!
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