Mature Hops Cones

On August 30 most of my Hops' flowers had turned into cones. Sticky and fragrant "cones" develop from little tufty, "buds" of white hairs. Such a distinctive "skunky" or musky-cheese-and-beer aroma when you squeeze a cone and crush it !

I am amazed by how "greened up" this year's growth has been; I have been propagating this Hop's root stock for over eight years ! It has never looked so Green ! compare the background green to the colour of a leaf in the foreground !

I moved to this house two years ago bringing a piece of the Hops' root stock with me. Last year I did not apply the Advanced Nutrients products I used this year; I just watered.

Although it's an "uncontrolled experiment" I am attributing the overwhelming "greening up" of my "Golden " hops to the potency of the foliar feeding I gave it for six weeks using Grow-Micro-Bloom with fulvic acid, and regular use of B52 and the seaweed extracts in Colossal Bud Blast.