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Offline Roger

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hop maintenance
« on: June 09, 2014, 08:32:41 PM »
So I decided to prune the hops today since they were over the roof. They say pruning the first few feet help the hop yield and helps against any crawling pests.
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Re: hop maintenance
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2014, 08:41:30 PM »
Wow
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Re: hop maintenance
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2014, 11:52:20 PM »
So you have a hop tepee and a hop house?

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Re: hop maintenance
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2014, 07:53:30 AM »
Im going to give this pruning a go
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Offline Roger

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Re: hop maintenance
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2014, 07:56:41 AM »
Quote from: blisster on June 09, 2014, 11:52:20 PM
So you have a hop tepee and a hop house?

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Yup! Makes me a hoppy man!
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Re: hop maintenance
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2014, 09:03:35 AM »
Man what are you feeding those? Looks like they eat small children and farm animals whole...
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Re: hop maintenance
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2014, 10:13:55 AM »
Quote from: brew on June 10, 2014, 09:03:35 AM
Man what are you feeding those? Looks like they eat small children and farm animals whole...
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All I do is fertilise with composted sheep shit every spring. They seem to like it.
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