November 30, 2008
Home grown Hops for Homebrewed beer?
I bought myself some hop rhizomes from my local homebrew store and I’m getting ready to plant them. My question is the trellis that I need to build – how tall do I really need to go? I’ve read that commercial growers let the vines go 25+ feet. I can’t realistically do that in my back yard. My idea of going the Lowes and getting a 16 ft 4X4 (w/ 2 feet in the ground) has been scratch since I’ve read about the dangers of using pressure treated wood in the garden. Anyone have a suggestion for a free standing system that my wife will not think is an eye sore? Or is the amount of exposure to the pressure treated wood not a real issue?
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the real issue is with CCA.. copper chromium arsenate.. most wood is not treated with CCA any longer..
Check with the yard and see if the wood is CCA treated and if it’s not, it’s not so much an issue.
Now, as far as the eyesore goes.. can’t help you there.. you’re on your own.