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I posted before about using spent hops in my potatoe buckets, I also used them elsewhere. The results were;
1. Potatoes in buckets. Good crop did not see any difference with previous years using all compost. I just mixed up the hops with riddled council compost or bought compost or manure - whatever was available at the time.
2. I used spent hops in the bottom of my pepper & tomato pots to save on compost. Used Morrison’s flower pots with 6 inches in bottoms. No problems.
3. Also used as a mulch on top of tomato pots. No problems.
4. Used hops to fill large rectangular plastic troughs for carrots. Hops with 1.5 inches of compost on top. That was the length of the carrots. Failure.
5. Celery 2 inches of compost/manure on top of hops. No problems.
6. Onions same as for celery. No problems.
7. Beetroot same as celery & onions. No problems.
There was some hops spread over my beds of cauliflower and Calabrese, but not enough to judge.
One problem is that getting the hops fresh they dry out and the tomato plants sink! Not a problem with potatoes as they continue to grow, just add more. Have started to store for next year so giving them a good bit of time to dry out.
1. Potatoes in buckets. Good crop did not see any difference with previous years using all compost. I just mixed up the hops with riddled council compost or bought compost or manure - whatever was available at the time.
2. I used spent hops in the bottom of my pepper & tomato pots to save on compost. Used Morrison’s flower pots with 6 inches in bottoms. No problems.
3. Also used as a mulch on top of tomato pots. No problems.
4. Used hops to fill large rectangular plastic troughs for carrots. Hops with 1.5 inches of compost on top. That was the length of the carrots. Failure.
5. Celery 2 inches of compost/manure on top of hops. No problems.
6. Onions same as for celery. No problems.
7. Beetroot same as celery & onions. No problems.
There was some hops spread over my beds of cauliflower and Calabrese, but not enough to judge.
One problem is that getting the hops fresh they dry out and the tomato plants sink! Not a problem with potatoes as they continue to grow, just add more. Have started to store for next year so giving them a good bit of time to dry out.
