Stop in for a cup of coffee

[dukeboy440]

@zkx14 the hops came in yesterday! Thanks! Now I gotta find a spot for them haha

 

[zkx14]

@zkx14 the hops came in yesterday! Thanks! Now I gotta find a spot for them haha

Cool. I left some in big sections. You can either cut them up for more plants or... I believe, If you plant them bigger you should get mature plants quicker. Hoppy did them in about 6" pieces.

 

[dukeboy440]

Cool. I left some in big sections. You can either cut them up for more plants or... I believe, If you plant them bigger you should get mature plants quicker. Hoppy did them in about 6" pieces.

Thanks! I’ll try and get them in the ground today.

 

[zkx14]

@zkx14 the hops came in yesterday! Thanks! Now I gotta find a spot for them haha

And yeh, you need to get them in dirt sooner than later. IIRC..They won't grow quite as quick the first year. But once they get going they grow FAST. So be ready to get strings up.

 

[Mopar Tim]

Yep,

Well - that's a deep subject...

For such a shallow mind.....

 

[Mattax]

So be ready to get strings up.

 

[zkx14]

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Certainly don't nead anything like that the first year. Takes about 3 years for 'mature' plants producing fully. But you need to train them up on something. I had 14 plants climbing strings to one post at about 8 ft. The plan was to put up 4 taller posts this year, but I just don't see myself harvesting,drying etc. I think Hoppy has 20ft 4x4s burried about 4ft in the ground. I still have half the plants and will probably run them up one side. Does make a cool ornamental...

 

[zkx14]

Certainly don't nead anything like that the first year. Takes about 3 years for 'mature' plants producing fully. But you need to train them up on something. I had 14 plants climbing strings to one post at about 8 ft. The plan was to put up 4 taller posts this year, but I just don't see myself harvesting,drying etc. I think Hoppy has 20ft 4x4s burried about 4ft in the ground. I still have half the plants and will probably run them up one side. Does make a cool ornamental...

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Here’s what they were climbing on. I used old pieces of baler twine

 

[dukeboy440]

I think I’m gonna try to plant them in a way I can use them as kind of a privacy break/fence. Or maybe as an archway to the garden. Hmm

 

[zkx14]

I think I’m gonna try to plant them in a way I can use them as kind of a privacy break/fence. Or maybe as an archway to the garden. Hmm

They will die off in winter, but leave a 'woody' vine. Yes Karl, I said woody. lol

 

[Unconventional]

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Somewhere an OSHA inspector is in cardiac arrest from seeing those photos

 

[Unconventional]

It's Superbee Saturday!

Good morning.

 

[Mopar Tim]

So quick question for the mind trust, AKA coffee guys, Why does the V6 use a timing chain tensioner and the V8 does not?
Is it because the lobes on the cam are further apart and puts more pressure in the chain?

 

[zkx14]

They will die off in winter, but leave a 'woody' vine. Yes Karl, I said woody. lol

I have removed the vines each year. Normally for hop production. You start over each year. Cutting all but 3 climbers per plant on a string. I don’t know if they can regrow next year from an existing vine.

 

[Unconventional]

So quick question for the mind trust, AKA coffee guys, Why does the V6 use a timing chain tensioner and the V8 does not?
Is it because the lobes on the cam are further apart and puts more pressure in the chain?

I was thinkin' the lobe separation would lead to less pressure on the camshaft from the valve train leading to a more free wheeling of the cam.

 

[Unconventional]

Dang NWS says 80° here on Friday next.

 

[Mopar Tim]

I was thinkin' the lobe separation would lead to less pressure on the camshaft from the valve train leading to a more free wheeling of the cam.

If you look at a V8 cam shaft, there is always valves open, so it is like there is one continuous lobe, like a round lobe. LOL. so the pressure is constant on the chain, Not so much with a V6. Like a closing valve is pushing on the cam to open the next....

 

[Unconventional]

If you look at a V8 cam shaft, there is always valves open, so it is like there is one continuous lobe, like a round lobe. LOL. so the pressure is constant on the chain, Not so much with a V6. Like a closing valve is pushing on the cam to open the next....

Would be fun to look inside the old Cesco and Crower Chebbie Midget engines to see what they did to mitigate that issue. SBC weren't built to be chopped in half .

 

[Mattax]

Somewhere an OSHA inspector is in cardiac arrest from seeing those photos

It's OK. That's in England. Outide of their jusidiction!
LOL

 

[Unconventional]

^^^^

 

[Mattax]

Reminds me of

 

[Unconventional]

Reminds me of
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3 on a match is BAD LUCK!

 

[Mopar Tim]

3 on a match is BAD LUCK!

Only for the third...

 

[Mattax]

Its satirical and sarcastic
Nobody is supposed to light anything.
That red cross didn't provide any additional level of safety
The job is just as dangerous as being a regular dogface
sigh

 

[MOPARMITCH]

On a Lighter Note....