I tried my hand at growing this year, I live in Arizona, so it was a
very interesting experiment. I did manage to get a vine about 2 feet
high before the sun cooked and baked that poor little guy. I'm hoping
it will come up again next season, but I'll be ready this time, I'll
be armed with shade screens, drip system automatic watering and
hopefully have some good luck. It can be done, I have a friend that
has had some very good results. Now, if we could genetically cross a
cactus and a hop plant?,,,, hmmmm.... lol

-barley



On 9 Sep 2004 07:15:26 -0700, [email]danielbenson@hotmail.com[/email] (Dan Benson)
wrote:
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>Anybody tried growing hops? After 17 years of brewing I finally tried
>my hand at it last year. The vines came up again this year (year # 2,
>- I wasn't expecting any flowers the first year), but the crop was
>minimal. The vines are growing like fury, but the leaves on the vines
>where yellowed/splotchy. Tried some anti fungal powder just to make
>sure that wasn't the problem, but that didn't help. Must be a nutrient
>deficiency. Anybody have some tips on growing these? I have Fuggles
>and Hallertaur (since I seem to use them quite a bit). I know Fuggles
>is a low producer.....[/color]

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