Cascade must be a really versatile variety of hops. I've read of people planting it in so many locations. Here, where I can look at the Cascade Mountains on any non-cloudy day, they seem like a local variety, lol. Do you eat the hop shoots in the spring?
I have started with 3 Chinook rhizomes about 3 years ago. Tough vine and it's always great to see them emerge as one of the first things I notice breaking ground in Denver. I usually put 3 to 5" of leaves over them in the winter to help keep them from drying out/freezing too solidly.
Cascade must be a really versatile variety of hops. I've read of people planting it in so many locations. Here, where I can look at the Cascade Mountains on any non-cloudy day, they seem like a local variety, lol. Do you eat the hop shoots in the spring?
I have started with 3 Chinook rhizomes about 3 years ago. Tough vine and it's always great to see them emerge as one of the first things I notice breaking ground in Denver. I usually put 3 to 5" of leaves over them in the winter to help keep them from drying out/freezing too solidly.
Thanks for sharing. I may mulch mine for the winter too!