brewmadness
Well-Known Member
So I decided to get some rhizomes in the ground this year. This is what I did.
Tilled up and strip of ground and removed the big rocks. My soil is mostly a layer of sandy gravel on top with some clay about a foot or so down. I tilled in some topsoil and composted manure (the stuff you can buy in bags at Menards) to give it something more. I then dug a hole filled it back in with Miracle Grow garden soil, place the rhizome and covered it with an inch or two of dirt. I planted 2 centennial, 2 Columbus and a nugget. Once they all broke ground I put a few inches of mulch over the entire bed and around the plants. I have been watering them probably every other day when it is dry, but haven't watered this week since we got quite a bit of rain the first and middle of the week. I put my trellis up yesterday, but none of the bines are quite ready to grab the strings and start climbing. My question is - what should I do now? Just water? Should I put any other fertilizer or is the miracle gro stuff good enough. I have some vegetable food in a bag but its listed at like 18-10-10. That seems pretty high in nitrogen?
Open to suggestions, let me have them.
Tilled up and strip of ground and removed the big rocks. My soil is mostly a layer of sandy gravel on top with some clay about a foot or so down. I tilled in some topsoil and composted manure (the stuff you can buy in bags at Menards) to give it something more. I then dug a hole filled it back in with Miracle Grow garden soil, place the rhizome and covered it with an inch or two of dirt. I planted 2 centennial, 2 Columbus and a nugget. Once they all broke ground I put a few inches of mulch over the entire bed and around the plants. I have been watering them probably every other day when it is dry, but haven't watered this week since we got quite a bit of rain the first and middle of the week. I put my trellis up yesterday, but none of the bines are quite ready to grab the strings and start climbing. My question is - what should I do now? Just water? Should I put any other fertilizer or is the miracle gro stuff good enough. I have some vegetable food in a bag but its listed at like 18-10-10. That seems pretty high in nitrogen?
Open to suggestions, let me have them.