> What kind of soil are you using?

Just what mother earth put there. Sandy soil, drains pretty easy. I
should probably have done more fertilizing. Sweet pictures of your
hops BTW. Mine grew to the top of my garage -just didn't seem too
healthy. 12 hop flowers on the Willammette for example.
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> I use about 80% rich leaf compost and about 20% peat moss. I water just
> about everyday and fertilize with plant food at least once a week. For their
> second year, they started early and really took off. I harvested in late
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