Picked these up from the nursery this morning. They told me that since I'm late in the season, I should grow them shaded for at least a year. I asked if it mattered if they stayed there their whole lives, and they said no, since this was a Southern Colorado/Northern New Mexican variety, they would probably thrive there. So, I put them in the shade of my Ash tree, next to my overgrown as fuck Honeysuckle. Threw some compost down on the top, and we'll see what happens. They're "Neomexicanus" hops, I guess they grow big cones and are sorta citrusy.DUDE! That would be awesome. It looks like there are some that are native to NM, which would be awesome. I could send you beer in return?
Very cool! I see you have Virginia Creeper(shit directly to the right of hops). It grows so well in a more moderate temp like here it's pretty much an invasive species. Looks like it's about the choke the honeysuckle out. DO the right thing man, next it will come for the hops.Picked these up from the nursery this morning. They told me that since I'm late in the season, I should grow them shaded for at least a year. I asked if it mattered if they stayed there their whole lives, and they said no, since this was a Southern Colorado/Northern New Mexican variety, they would probably thrive there. So, I put them in the shade of my Ash tree, next to my overgrown as fuck Honeysuckle. Threw some compost down on the top, and we'll see what happens. They're "Neomexicanus" hops, I guess they grow big cones and are sorta citrusy.
Nice shady spot:
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two wee bitty hops bines:
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I'll twine them up if they make it a week.
Yeah, it's been a minute since I checked the honeysuckle out for creeper invaders. There were a couple. but not anywhere close to choking that honeysuckle.Very cool! I see you have Virginia Creeper(shit directly to the right of hops). It grows so well in a more moderate temp like here it's pretty much an invasive species. Looks like it's about the choke the honeysuckle out. DO the right thing man, next it will come for the hops.
I was thinking more of the creeper that was 6-7' up in the air, on top of the honeysuckle. With its little olive/almond shaped honeysuckle leaves. Which probably shouldn't be so yellow yet. just sayin. Honeysuckle smells so good. . . . Virginia just smells creepy.Yeah, it's been a minute since I checked the honeysuckle out for creeper invaders. There were a couple. but not anywhere close to choking that honeysuckle.
Usually I mow the base of it and that takes care of all the shoots it and the creeper put out.
yep, there was a single shoot that had made its way up the trellis. S'gone now, though.I was thinking more of the creeper that was 6-7' up in the air, on top of the honeysuckle. With its little olive/almond shaped honeysuckle leaves. Which probably shouldn't be so yellow yet. just sayin. Honeysuckle smells so good. . . . Virginia just smells creepy.
They are insidious. I 've had them "suddenly" appear, careening from the top of a 30' pine.yep, there was a single shoot that had made its way up the trellis. S'gone now, though.
omg that's exciting!Picked these up from the nursery this morning. They told me that since I'm late in the season, I should grow them shaded for at least a year. I asked if it mattered if they stayed there their whole lives, and they said no, since this was a Southern Colorado/Northern New Mexican variety, they would probably thrive there. So, I put them in the shade of my Ash tree, next to my overgrown as fuck Honeysuckle. Threw some compost down on the top, and we'll see what happens. They're "Neomexicanus" hops, I guess they grow big cones and are sorta citrusy.
Nice shady spot:
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two wee bitty hops bines:
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I'll twine them up if they make it a week.
no, didn't said ground cherries are trellisable. the opposite - up in a raised bed, two rows planted super thick and leaning outward, that way you can just scoop 2/3 of the crop off the ground every morning *. I plant them 1 foot apart in 2 rows about 8-10" apart, staggered from the other row. Looks like a crazy bonsai leaning out the side of the bed. *I'd like to rig an sloped screen and a bucket, for super laziness.Gonna be a great eggplant year, and is always a great pepper year. I misunderstood how ground cherries grow... no way those are gonna be trellisable, its a giant bush.
No sign of cuke beetles on the ground cherries though @wetwillie. So far, a great year for bugs and disease. Some septoria leaf spot on the tomatoes, but it seems to burn itself out and not spread. Havent been spraying anything this year.
New fence is also great. Nothing messing with it, even without the electric strands.
True - I got sucked along in the excitement after being hailed. I've seen a lot of suggestions for them online, the most common is placing them a few feet apart - I've grown them several years, have seen no point in that. They don't seem to care about spacing, are fine leaning on each other.didnt say you did....
yeah, theyre definitely an experiment. The girls love grape/cherry tomatoes for hte snack factor, so i figure they might like these too.
i did cucamelons last year in a similar "lets try something new". Wasnt all that impressed.
Re: your tomatoes... yeah, im gonna be hitting that soon too unless i get my drip irrigation inline soon. Im still all green and about halfway to full size, but we're in a dry spell now, and about the time theyll start reddening up in a month or so the rains will come back and cause em to grow too fast and crack. im on the clock to get them consistent water in the next week or so.