I begin with the proposition that eating is an agricultural Act
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Other priorities on the farm and some wet weather meant that we didn’t get to the training and pruning of the hops until later than we wanted. The two week delay provided the hops ample time to grow, some plants with bines already over six feet!
Over a couple days we were able to train all of the bines onto the twine, weed around the crowns again and prune back all of the unwanted shoots. Our interns this year learnt all about Hoppers’ Rash, the long bines clinging to any bare skin – long sleeves are a must if you don’t want itchy skin for a day or so afterwards.
Found a great supplier of hop twine for this year. Millenniumsoils Coir, based in St. Catharines, Ontario, sells biodegradable coir fibre, pre-cut to any length you want. Great service, delivered a few days after ordering in four very large boxes!
We experimented with a number of anchors bent out of wire, however we couldn’t get any of them to stay in the soil when force was exerted on them. So we tied the twine again to the bottom wire that is in place for the irrigation. This works well, however we will need to wait until the bines are a little longer before tying them onto the twine.
A Brewers Gold cone
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