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First off, it appears that patience has had it's vitrtues in my case. While doing my daily inspection of the hop yard for pests and general yard management I noticed that both of my slow to start rhisomes are appearing to arrive.
It may be too soon to say for sure but it looks like my Cascade and my Sterling are finally, after what 2 months in the ground, deciding to sprout. A couple more days will confirm that I do in fact have hop sprouts and not some sort of agricultural fake.
There is the announcement, wOOt!
And here is the question, a 2 part.
- I have 3 of 13 plants that have vigorous growth and air temps have been steady in the 80's now for a couple weeks (between rains). 2 are approx. 7-8 foot tall (sorry, no pics yet) and the last is about 4 foot. The rest are barely pushing 1 foot or less.
Would the addition of a high N fertilizer help to wake the stragglers up and encourage growth?
- It appears our neighborhood rabbits have found my hop yard. In the last day or two I have found their signature holes in my hop yard. They have yet to dig up any rhisomes but I fear it's only a matter of time.
Are Rabbits fond of Hop Rhisomes for food? And what has been used successfully to control them?
It may be too soon to say for sure but it looks like my Cascade and my Sterling are finally, after what 2 months in the ground, deciding to sprout. A couple more days will confirm that I do in fact have hop sprouts and not some sort of agricultural fake.
There is the announcement, wOOt!
And here is the question, a 2 part.
- I have 3 of 13 plants that have vigorous growth and air temps have been steady in the 80's now for a couple weeks (between rains). 2 are approx. 7-8 foot tall (sorry, no pics yet) and the last is about 4 foot. The rest are barely pushing 1 foot or less.
Would the addition of a high N fertilizer help to wake the stragglers up and encourage growth?
- It appears our neighborhood rabbits have found my hop yard. In the last day or two I have found their signature holes in my hop yard. They have yet to dig up any rhisomes but I fear it's only a matter of time.
Are Rabbits fond of Hop Rhisomes for food? And what has been used successfully to control them?