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Nugget (on the left) meet Sunbeam (on the right)! Sunbeam has been destroyed 2 years in a row by insect and army worms. This is the most healthy growth I've ever seen from it! I may actually have some hop cones this year. I used to grow it on the back porch with partial sun but I think it will stay right where it is. To give you an idea, the posts are 7 feet tall and 6 feet apart except the one around the pine tree that has Sunbeam on the diagonal, they're 5 feet apart. You do the Pythagorean on that one.