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Category: In The Field: Pests & Disease

#110: Hops in the year BC

Gregg
Gregg
In The Field: Operations, In The Field: Pests & Disease, In The Field: Plants | April 5, 2021

BC is, of course, Before Crop.  What do you need to do before you even think about planting?  Envelopes of dirt, out of service telephone poles and the irrigation/shower tradeoff lead the discussion.

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#107: Year One

Gregg
Gregg
In The Field: Operations, In The Field: Pests & Disease, In The Field: Plants | March 15, 2021

It’s your first year of hop production.  What makes this year different from other years?  Where should your expectations be set?

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#105: Go Back and Answer A Bunch of Questions That We Forgot To Answer

Gregg
Gregg
In The Field: Operations, In The Field: Pests & Disease, In The Field: Plants | March 1, 2021

We were going to simply call it “mail bag” but this title is more appropriate.  A mixed bag of stuff that we’ve been asked over the last {covers mouth and mumbles} months.  Rapid-fire hop chemistry, burnback, mathematical theories, carotenoid degradation and more.

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#102: Aussie Viruses

Gregg
Gregg
Hop & Beer Market, In The Field: Pests & Disease | February 8, 2021February 7, 2021

G’day Mates!  This week we take a break from our North America-centric focus and get into it with our Australia growers.  Don’t be a yabbo, we’ll give you the John Dory on the market down under and hopefully not make a dog’s breakfast of the whole thing.

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#95: More Stuff You Don’t Know You Need

Gregg
Gregg
In The Field: Operations, In The Field: Pests & Disease, In The Field: Plants, Off The Bine: Drying & Processing | December 28, 2020

A gaggle of walkie-talkies, whether your potassium is pregnant and other measurements you’ve never heard of. This is Part 2 of our lists of things you need to run your hopyard.  You can see our recommended items on a shared Amazon list at https://tinyurl.com/HopnologyShoppingList.

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#80: When Things Go Sideways

Gregg
Gregg
In The Field: Operations, In The Field: Pests & Disease, In The Field: Plants, Sales & Marketing | September 14, 2020

This is one of our “list” episodes where we go back and forth with a whole bunch of “uh-oh” moments.  While you can’t always make lemonade out of lemons, you don’t necessarily have to give up either.

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#68: Nutrients Part 2

Gregg
Gregg
In The Field: Pests & Disease, In The Field: Plants, Sciency Science | June 22, 2020November 2, 2020

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#67: Nutrients Part 1

Gregg
Gregg
In The Field: Pests & Disease, In The Field: Plants, Sciency Science | June 15, 2020November 2, 2020

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#64: Mythbusters!

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Gregg
In The Field: Operations, In The Field: Pests & Disease, In The Field: Plants, Rants | May 25, 2020November 2, 2020

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#61: Fungicides!

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Gregg
In The Field: Pests & Disease, Sciency Science | May 4, 2020November 2, 2020

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