We're into our second year with the hops grow and we're excited to bear witness to the formation of our first flowers and cones! Our 'Cascade' vines were the first to get going this year. They have a prime spot in the front flower bed and they climb up our tall porch posts.
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| Cascade hops |
After last year's derecho-pocalypse storm, we lost many of the 'Nugget' babies that we planned to plant in the new trellised hops bed. Not to worry though, these plants are just begging to propagate themselves, so I overwintered several cuttings indoors and planted them out this spring.
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| Nugget hops |
We also planted two new varieties from rhizomes this year -- 'Magnum' and 'Perle'. We're hoping to do a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone for a forthcoming brew and these are critical ingredients.
I have a serious plant crush on these hops vines. They're beautiful in every way!
See? Told ya so.
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