Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:19 pm
				
				This will be my first time planting hops.  I've got 6 rhizomes each of Cascade and Willamette.  
My first thought was to up an 18 foot 4x4 and run 6 lines off of the top in teepee form, planting two rhizomes at the end of each line, but I'm concerned that I won't be able to get to the top of the thing to pick them, so my new plan is to put in 4 10' 4x4's in a sort of square pattern.  Then connect the tops of all the poles with lines, and plant three rhizomes in each of four locations.  I think it'll look better in the yard (kinda like a grape orchard), and it'll be easier to get to the hops.
				-- Steve
Kegged: "Old Nimrod" American Barleywine
Kegged: Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Amber