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[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

Anyone with similar latitude/weather have an opinion on this? Farmer's Almanac says last frost should be around mid-May (for what that's worth).

[CarlosM]

Anyone with similar latitude/weather have an opinion on this? Farmer's Almanac says last frost should be around mid-May (for what that's worth).

damn... that sucks...id say plant them as soon as possible but after the last frost.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

damn... that sucks...id say plant them as soon as possible but after the last frost.

It's one of those things - you never really know. Last week we had frost almost every morning but this weekend it's going to be in the 80s

[CarlosM]

dude, I would just go for it. Whats there to lose? Maybe plant one of the rhizomes now and one after the first frost so that way if it survives you got one that will be a little bit ahead.

[strangebrewer]

My hops are a couple years old now but they have been buried under snow 4 times now since coming up this year. I have 2 one year old Magnum bines that wintered over in 15 gallon planters above ground.I consider them to be a fairly cold resistant plant so I say plant em!

[HVB]

I would get them in the ground and if they are predicting a frost you can cover them.Mike

[Deerslyr]

If these are first year rhizomes, you aren't going to get much of anything other than a really cool looking plant. My first rhizome that I planted only garnered less than a quarter ounce of hops in the first year... yeah, you heard me right, less than a quarter of an ounce.But... that same plant is coming back like a monster this year and I have some high expectations. It's already up to my armpit. Why do I tell you this? Well, I say plant them *after* the threat of frost because this year all you are interested in is establishing a good root system. You will see the benefits next year. FWIW, I planted 4 more rhizomes a week ago and the shoots that were coming out of them while stored in the fridge are already green and growing. I don't expect anything from them this year, but am looking forward to my 2010 harvest.Anyone else have a different experience with first year hops?

[ColdAssHonky]

If these are first year rhizomes, you aren't going to get much of anything other than a really cool looking plant. My first rhizome that I planted only garnered less than a quarter ounce of hops in the first year... yeah, you heard me right, less than a quarter of an ounce.But... that same plant is coming back like a monster this year and I have some high expectations. It's already up to my armpit. Why do I tell you this? Well, I say plant them *after* the threat of frost because this year all you are interested in is establishing a good root system. You will see the benefits next year. FWIW, I planted 4 more rhizomes a week ago and the shoots that were coming out of them while stored in the fridge are already green and growing. I don't expect anything from them this year, but am looking forward to my 2010 harvest.Anyone else have a different experience with first year hops?

My first year Cascade, planted in a bucket, yielded almost 2oz last summer and has really taken off so far. It's about 8ft right now.

Edited by MyBeerPants, 24 April 2009 - 09:34 AM.

[CarlosM]

my hops are barely sproutsand some damn squirrels ate the best shoots.Ill have something this year, last year they grew about 20ft for first years

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

My first year Cascade, planted in a bucket, yielded almost 2oz last summer and has really taken off so far. It's about 8ft right now.

I have 2 cascades - if I could get 4oz out of the two plants this first year I'd consider that a success