May 9, 2015
No Hop Porn in 2015. Sad to say, but neither of my Centennial crowns survived the brutal winter this year. Taking a break this year from patio hop farming; will mostly be back next year with a few new rhizomes planted along the South facing retention wall.
July 3, 2014
June 23, 2014
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| Year two leaves are much bigger than last year’s. |
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| Where last year there was only a pair of cones budding underneath each | leaf, this year there are clusters! |
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| Well over 12 feet at this point, the main bine is halfway up the twine | toward the roofline |
June 15, 2014
June 13, 2014
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| Main bine has exceeded the top of the 8′ pole! |
June 1, 2014
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| Buds are beginning to form. Soon enough this little guy | will be a juicy, resiny hop cone. |
May 19, 2014
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| Enjoying a Dirt Wolf while pruning and installing tomato stake. |
May 10, 2014
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| Looks like only two survived. I’ll need to get something for them to climb. | They’ll spend year two as potted plants, but by year three I’ll need | to get them in the ground. |
May 1, 2014
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| May 1, 2014. Life persists! Found this little bine shooting | out of the soil in this forgotten pot! How exciting is this? | So far only one. There are four small crowns in this pot. | Hopefully they all survived the winter… |
July 24, 2013
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| July 24, 2013. I think these are ready. They pass the “squeeze/ krinkle” test. | I might pick them on my next brew day and do a wet hop pale ale. Hopefully I’ll | have at least an ounce, but I have no idea until I harvest. |
July 13, 2013
June 23, 2013
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| June 23, 2013. Today is an exciting day! Noticed roughly | twenty tiny hop cones budding! |
June 9, 2013
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| June 9, 2013. The structure is now 8′ tall. | So will be the tallest bine very shortly. |
May 26, 2013
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| May 26, 2013. The tallest bine now reaches over 18″, and the | other two main bines are almost as high. |
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| May 26, 2013. Today I added a few lines | of twine to accommodate some of the | others that are ready to climb. |
May 19, 2013
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| May 19, 2013. Spiraling their way to the sky! |
May 17, 2013
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| May 17, 2013. I now have eight bines in my little clay pot. | The three main bines measure over 3″ in height; one more inch | and I can begin training them around the stakes. | Should really begin to take off now! |
May 9, 2013
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| May 9, 2013. After five days nestled in the dirt, three little | sprouts peek timidly through the surface in search of sunlight. |
May 4, 2013
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| May 4, 2013. Four Centennial Rhizomes from B. Crosby | Hop Farms go into the soil. |
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| Container Garden on the patio. Tomatoes, zucchini, rosemary, | and strawberries. Hops are in the glazed pot in the corner | of the shot–nothing to see but dirt right now. |
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