Central Florida Hop Growing??? - Page 3

gunnyg · 03-16-2009, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by gunnyg

Got my rhizomes From ThymeGarden.Com....

Cascade, Centennial, Magnum, Hallertauer, Sterling, etc.
All in the ground now....
Two of them, in fact, poked up a coupla bines after only two days.

The two from last year--Chinook and Nuggett--still haven't sprouted as yet, however.

I have never ordered from other than Thyme Garden Herb Company organically grown herbs, herb seeds, plants, and hops. and I have no reason to order from anywhere else--the rhizomes I got are quite large and healthy, and TG handles your orders and inquiries top-notch!

I have seen many remarks regarding TG around the 'Net regarding its products and service--all good!

Will advise now and then as to progress of my hop plants.

Best
Dick Gaines
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**memphomaniac** · 04-02-2009, 04:34 PM

I live near Gainesville in Newberry. I ordered a few rhizomes (2 Cascades and 2 Kent Goldings) that I got in this week. I ordered them before I had done much reading, but I'm planting them for fun anyway.

I'm thinking about the Kent Goldings, though. Do you think there's any chance of those flowering at all down here? Was considering offering to trade them to someone more northern on the classifieds forum for some more Cascades or Cents or something, but I will probably just let them rip and see what happens.

Any experience or opinions?

kreausenator · 04-04-2009, 06:01 AM

I am in central Fl also. Between Orlando and Daytona. I finally got my rhizomes today and I am going to plant them tomorrow. What varieties are you growing?

jshnks · 04-04-2009, 07:42 AM

I'm in Titusville, east of orlando on the coast. My i planted my Willamette and Cascade maybe a week ago, the Willamette had 2 shoots within the first night of planting, which are now about a foot and a few inches, with some more shoots on the way. The Cascade started off slowly with only one shoot, I let it go for a few days, and i think on the third day, the shoot looked wilttered and poor, so i cut off that shoot and since then, it has produced about 5 shoots, one which has taken off, and is about 6 inches already within 3 or 4 days.

I will be planting a Nugget, MT. Hood, and a Chinook later today. i'll let you know how those work out as well. and i'll take some pictures of the current ones as well.

- Josh

FishinDave07 · 04-05-2009, 02:09 AM

I live just north of Miami. I tried Cascade and Willamette last season. Willamette grew 3 feet then got torn apart by bugs, Cascade on the other hand grew furiously. I harvested 2 ounces of dried hops. I already have 4 sprouts coming up from the monster of a crown.

It is possible

gunnyg · 04-15-2009, 03:21 PM

Update....

Has been just a bit less than a month now since I planted the last of my new rhizomes.

The Cascade and Magnum are about 4' now.

The Hallertauer, Sterling, Centennial, Hallertauer, are a bit less.

Chinook and Nugget planted last year sprouted about 2 weeks ago are still just inches in height, surprisingly as they both reached approx 15' last year.

I am using two 7' metal stakes--the kind you see at Lowe's etc. for stringing wire fences on farms--bolted together to make an 11 footer with about 18'' overlap for bolting together and about 2' in the ground.

Used 16 gauge wire at the top--also have two more 11 footers available should/when the middle sags once the weight of the bines get up there--I figure to use the two extra stakes to prop up the middle much like those old wood stakes were used to prop-up clotheslines in the old timey days--you guys may have seen that in the movies, I remember them myself.

The two stakes presently holding up the wire is presently 30-34' apart.

I'll figure the rest out as I go along.

Simplify! I go by the old KISS method--keep it simple stupid.

Just Plain Dick
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gunnyg · 04-15-2009, 03:25 PM

Update....

Has been just a bit less than a month now since I planted the last of my new rhizomes.

The Cascade and Magnum are about 4' now.

The Hallertauer, Sterling, Centennial, Hallertauer, are a bit less.

Chinook and Nugget planted last year sprouted about 2 weeks ago are still just inches in height, surprisingly as they both reached approx 15' last year.

I am using two 7' metal stakes--the kind you see at Lowe's etc. for stringing wire fences on farms--bolted together to make an 11 footer with about 18'' overlap for bolting together and about 2' in the ground.

Used 16 gauge wire at the top--also have two more 11 footers available should/when the middle sags once the weight of the bines get up there--I figure to use the two extra stakes to prop up the middle much like those old wood stakes were used to prop-up clotheslines in the old timey days--you guys may have seen that in the movies, I remember them myself.

The two stakes presently holding up the wire is presently 30-34' apart.

I'll figure the rest out as I go along.

Simplify! I go by the old KISS method--keep it simple stupid.

Just Plain Dick
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stormrider27 · 05-11-2009, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FishinDave07

I live just north of Miami. I tried Cascade and Willamette last season. Willamette grew 3 feet then got torn apart by bugs, Cascade on the other hand grew furiously. I harvested 2 ounces of dried hops. I already have 4 sprouts coming up from the monster of a crown.

It is possible

This is good news as I live right across the state from you on the west coast. I know I am too late for this years but will probably try next year with cascade.

Storm

**memphomaniac** · 07-20-2009, 02:34 AM

Any Florida hop growers harvesting anything yet? I have some small cones on my Cascade plant, but I am just kinda watching to see what they are going to do. I have two EKGs that are growing and climbing, but no buds on them. How about you?

gunnyg · 07-20-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by memphomaniac

Any Florida hop growers harvesting anything yet? I have some small cones on my Cascade plant, but I am just kinda watching to see what they are going to do. I have two EKGs that are growing and climbing, but no buds on them. How about you?

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All plants looking ok--hops present but not resdy yet--sidearms still developing...

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