Hops - Compost

For the last year or so I've been composting. I found the design for a wooden box in a "This Old House" magazine and thought it would be a good idea to start doing it with all our scrap fruits, veggies, coffee grounds and egg shells. I also put all my spent grains and used to put in my yeast before I began harvesting it.

So this morning I went out and put a few shovels full of the compost (which was nice and dark after months of decomposition) on the hops and a bunch of other plants in the yard. I'm excited to see what it does for all the plants over the next few weeks. I was debating doing another batch of the epsom salt and blood meal cocktail but figured let me see how this works before adding more nutrients.

Its been so hot here in Southwest Ohio and I've watered the hops every other day. The seems to really enjoy the heat.

Hops - Maybe I was wrong about the burrs

My last post mentioned that I thought I had burrs. The more and more I look at them I'm starting to think that maybe I was wrong. What I thought was burrs just continues to grow leaves and filling out the bines. The Mt. Hood which had the "burrs" continues to grow and fill out with no signs of a flower. Of course I'll continue to watch it, but I probably jumped the gun for burr production. :(