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  • From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Hops into action
  • Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:30:35 EDT


> I did a bit of research and it looks like the trellis and the harvest,
> as you said, are the challenges. Beautiful plant. I can see it
> providing summer shade for various veggies.

It's excellent for that. The main hops patch came about when I enclosed one
of the strawberry patches with a 5' field fence. At the corners, instead of
putting in a 6' post, I put in a 16' post and planted hops in each corner. It
partially shades the strawberries which imporves them. The hops is six
inches
tall now, it will be 10' tall by mid may. </HTML>




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