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Date: 11 Sep 2006 13:06:48
From: MattMika
Subject: What to do with hops plants?
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I bought 3 hops rhizomes this spring with the intention of planting
them in my yard after I removed huge, overgrown lilacs. Well, I didnt
get around to cutting out the bushes so I now have 3 hops plants in
pots that Im not sure about how to handle.
Can I simply bring the plants indoors for the winter or do I need to
take the roots out of the soil and put in a cool place? Any suggestion
would be great, thanks.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the
tranquillity of servitude better than the
animating contest of freedom, depart from us in
peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms.
Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you.
May your chains rest lightly upon you and may
posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
- Samuel Adams
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Date: 11 Sep 2006 15:39:36
From: Wheat
Subject: Re: What to do with hops plants?
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I would probably just plunge the pots into the ground and so that the top of
the pot is about 2-3 inches below ground level, cover with dirt and mulch.
Dig them up when you are ready to properly plant them.
See here: www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/Hi-Res/hop-rhizomes.pdf
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"MattMika" <mattmika@hotmail.com > wrote in message
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>I bought 3 hops rhizomes this spring with the intention of planting
> them in my yard after I removed huge, overgrown lilacs. Well, I didnt
> get around to cutting out the bushes so I now have 3 hops plants in
> pots that Im not sure about how to handle.
>
> Can I simply bring the plants indoors for the winter or do I need to
> take the roots out of the soil and put in a cool place? Any suggestion
> would be great, thanks.
>
> "If you love wealth more than liberty, the
> tranquillity of servitude better than the
> animating contest of freedom, depart from us in
> peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms.
> Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you.
> May your chains rest lightly upon you and may
> posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
> - Samuel Adams
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 10:58:47
From: MattMika
Subject: Re: What to do with hops plants?
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:06:48 -0600, MattMika <mattmika@hotmail.com >
wrote:
>I bought 3 hops rhizomes this spring with the intention of planting
>them in my yard after I removed huge, overgrown lilacs. Well, I didnt
>get around to cutting out the bushes so I now have 3 hops plants in
>pots that Im not sure about how to handle.
>
>Can I simply bring the plants indoors for the winter or do I need to
>take the roots out of the soil and put in a cool place? Any suggestion
>would be great, thanks.
>
> "If you love wealth more than liberty, the
> tranquillity of servitude better than the
> animating contest of freedom, depart from us in
> peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms.
> Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you.
> May your chains rest lightly upon you and may
> posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
> - Samuel Adams
I live in Denver, CO and its quite possible for us to get some real
cold weeks during the winter where the ground can freeze, but I dont
know how deep it typically freezes when it does. Will 2-3 inches be
good or should I go deeper just to be safe?
Thanks
Matt Mika
"These animals evacuate ethyl alcohol from their bowels and carbon dioxide from their urinary organs. Thus, one can observe how a specially lighter fluid is exuded from the anus and rises vertically whereas a stream of carbon dioxide is ejected at very short intervals from enormously long genitales."
Justus Freiherr von Liebig - 1839
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 11:47:21
From: Wheat
Subject: Re: What to do with hops plants?
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You could go deeper but I don't think its necessary, if you cover with dirt
and mulch, the cold shouldn't harm the plants.
Like miker said, try to keep them from drying out by watering ocassionally.
Bill
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The Hawke Rides Again!
"MattMika" <mattmika@hotmail.com > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:06:48 -0600, MattMika <mattmika@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I bought 3 hops rhizomes this spring with the intention of planting
>>them in my yard after I removed huge, overgrown lilacs. Well, I didnt
>>get around to cutting out the bushes so I now have 3 hops plants in
>>pots that Im not sure about how to handle.
>>
>>Can I simply bring the plants indoors for the winter or do I need to
>>take the roots out of the soil and put in a cool place? Any suggestion
>>would be great, thanks.
>>
>> "If you love wealth more than liberty, the
>> tranquillity of servitude better than the
>> animating contest of freedom, depart from us in
>> peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms.
>> Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you.
>> May your chains rest lightly upon you and may
>> posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
>> - Samuel Adams
>
> I live in Denver, CO and its quite possible for us to get some real
> cold weeks during the winter where the ground can freeze, but I dont
> know how deep it typically freezes when it does. Will 2-3 inches be
> good or should I go deeper just to be safe?
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt Mika
>
> "These animals evacuate ethyl alcohol from their bowels and carbon dioxide
> from their urinary organs. Thus, one can observe how a specially lighter
> fluid is exuded from the anus and rises vertically whereas a stream of
> carbon dioxide is ejected at very short intervals from enormously long
> genitales."
>
> Justus Freiherr von Liebig - 1839
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Date: 12 Sep 2006 08:05:14
From: miker
Subject: Re: What to do with hops plants?
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Wheat wrote:
> I would probably just plunge the pots into the ground and so that the top of
> the pot is about 2-3 inches below ground level, cover with dirt and mulch.
>
> Dig them up when you are ready to properly plant them.
I agree, just remember to water them occasionally if its a real dry
winter because if they get too dry they may not make it.
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