An update on the progress of our three hop plants. Despite me clumsily butchering the roots of the WGV and Fuggles in order to take some quite simple plantable samples for my dear old bruv, all is going very well indeed. The WGV and Fuggles will be used in as many batches of Dark Garden as I can muster in the Autumn. The Bramling Cross is a rather more reserved old stick, and if we get any cones at all for use in aroma additions I’ll be very happy.
Here are some photos from lunchtime today:
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- The Bramling Cross seems to be a later hop than most. It isn’t in the best spot in the garden and seems to flourish rather late in the season
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- The Fuggles are already as high as the fence, and would be thicker if I hadn’t cut a main bine and part of the root out
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- The Goldings have already gone crazy. I should probably cut out a few bines but they seem to be enjoying themselves, so I’m just going to let them run this year
The Boxshed Brewery 
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