Texas Hop Garden - Page 16

**Soperbrew** · 07-28-2009, 02:59 PM

Has anyone picked their hops yet? I'm going to pick some Perle & possibly Cascade as well today. Some of the hops have browned on the vine from this year's extreme heat. I've been watering them like mad & all except Hallertau are doing well.

**mwhc22** · 07-30-2009, 09:00 AM

any kind of consensus on the amount of sunlight hops should have? i am living in SLC, UT as well. IN the summer it gets like 100+ and anything facing south and/or west gets blasted with sun without some type of partial cover. would it be ok to face them on a slightly west facing north side of a house? they would still get hit pretty good in the afternoon... but wouldn't bake from morning till night.

davis073005 · 10-24-2009, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ayrton

Really big ones.

Looks great, Ed!

everything looks great I just built a trellis 18' tall with guy wires to hold 140 plants of course I do plan to sell some but I have to say from my understanding hops need a min of 15 hours of day light to bloom and I am at 14.8 they bloom well here in IL but will they grow in texas? I think your to far south I had a crazy Idea to grow hops in northern mexico on my friends farm but he only gets 10 hours of light a day in peak summer the farther north the more hours of light you get

**bmwbrewer** · 02-25-2010, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by radtek

I was skeptical at first about growing in SA but I saw some fresh cones at the Todd's LHBS last fall that someone had brought in.

I believe there's a perfect spot in my backyard that gets full sun all-day-long. Only thing that worries me is the trend towards 100F temps and zero rain. It was hot hot hot last summer and even worse this year. I think we've crested 100F nearly everyday since mid-May.

With zero experience I'm thinking watering is the key around here. It'll be impossible to over-water them in this heat.

So when the rhizomes become available again next year it'll be Cascade and Chinook probably.

There will be questions...

Radtek, I'm wondering if you're still thinking of growing this season. I'm just outside of 410 on the northwest side and debating whether to construct something with full southern exposure in the backyard or doing a trellis up the east north east side of the house. With this past summer's heat the locals should have a good idea whether hops are San Antonio realistic or not.

quickerNu · 02-26-2010, 07:14 AM

In my experience- stick to Cascade!

**bmwbrewer** · 02-26-2010, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by quickerNu

In my experience- stick to Cascade!

I guess they grow better for you. What is your proportion of full Texas sun to shade?

I'm leaning toward morning sun and afternoon shade but that may not be adequate.

quickerNu · 03-11-2010, 10:46 PM

Mine get a little shade from the east, but are in full sun from 1030ish til sunset

BrownBomber · 03-16-2010, 12:57 AM

Has anyone tried just throwing a rope over a very high tree branch and just letting them climb that way?

quickerNu · 03-19-2010, 01:47 AM

I would figure under a tree branch would be a little too shady.

buzzkill · 03-19-2010, 03:12 AM

in the hot south, hops can use some shade. in fact,they may just enjoy some shade.