The temperature has gotten pretty low here in Cleveland, OH, so I have had to get my hops covered up. Fortunately, I still have a good-sized sheet from last year that has already been committed to outside use.
I have to take back my paint drying comment from the last post. Since the weekend with the great sunlight and water from both rain and my watering bucket, the bines have been coming up much more rapidly. I noticed one of the bines bent a bit with the sheet on it. I made some adjustments to the sheet for the second night and hopefully will not have any more issues. The first picture is the right side, and the second is the left side. I am not calling this a competition, but here is the comparison as of the 28th of April, 2008:
As you can see, the left side isn’t growing as quickly, but this was also the rhizome you will see in older posts that didn’t have as many buds on it. I’m rooting for the underdog on this one, if only because it might even them out a little bit.
The Cold Snap Won’t Snap My Bines
The temperature has gotten pretty low here in Cleveland, OH, so I have had to get my hops covered up. Fortunately, I still have a good-sized sheet from last year that has already been committed to outside use.
I have to take back my paint drying comment from the last post. Since the weekend with the great sunlight and water from both rain and my watering bucket, the bines have been coming up much more rapidly. I noticed one of the bines bent a bit with the sheet on it. I made some adjustments to the sheet for the second night and hopefully will not have any more issues. The first picture is the right side, and the second is the left side. I am not calling this a competition, but here is the comparison as of the 28th of April, 2008:
As you can see, the left side isn’t growing as quickly, but this was also the rhizome you will see in older posts that didn’t have as many buds on it. I’m rooting for the underdog on this one, if only because it might even them out a little bit.