OctopusInk

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This is my Northern Brewer planted about a month ago. As you can sort of see I threw some spent grain on top for mulch.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=22970&cat=all&ppuser=28399

I created this "A" frame and fastened some twine to the top. Does anyone else have a setup like this? How long until they need to start wrapping around the twine? Hope this works, thanks for your input.

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BrewDoc_Md

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Are the sticks attached to the wall somehow (can't see the apex in the photo)? If not, I'd be afraid they'd be blown over in a strong wind, especially once the hops grow tall enough that the leaves act like s thousand little ship's sails. The buckets have drainage holes on the bottoms, right? You don't want it swampy in there. Otherwise, looks good.

They say to start wrapping the bines around the twine when they are about a foot long. But I noticed this morning that one of my Goldings sprouts started wrapping and spiraling itself around the twine overnight. Since climbing and spiraling is in their nature, I bet if you provide the trellis and twine, they'll do the rest when they're good and ready.

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Aleforge

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Start wrapping them around the twine as soon as they are big enough to fall over. And that setup looks great, they may not go nuts the first year so just keep that in mind if they don't progress as quickly as your hoping!

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OctopusInk

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I am worried about the wind, but I rent so I can't attach the frame to the wall. If it falls I will just have to put it back up. There are drainage holes in the pots, but I am worried that the roots will grow out of them and into the ground. When I move, I hope whoever has this place next likes hops.

Hophazard

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You could add a third leg to make it into a tripod - you could set it up so that the binds only grow up the two legs that currently exist, but it would definitely give you some stability.

Aleforge

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Is there a way to hook a heavy tire to the apex and run it up around the guttering or some other nook?

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anderj

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I think that you will need an intermediate piece of twine or something running to the poles from the pots. In my experience a first year plant is not capable of pushing a bine up more than a foot without falling over.
If you have some place further up where you could attach something I would just go with that over the loose poles. They will fall down without a doubt and that could cause some serious stress to the newly developing crown. I could even sever the bines all together.