Ddubduder said:Great Lakes Hops is a great place to start. I just got three plants from them and all three were very healthy and happy. After four days in the ground on already seeing growth.
mannye said:Well heck. If you can do it in Key West, then Miami Beach should be no different! I like the idea of trying out a combination of Chinook and Cascades in my ale recipe.
BlakeL said:I just planted the Columbus crown I ordered as well as the free Hallertau crown she threw in. I'll post some pictures later.
So now we have Hallerau and Columbus in Orlando, Cascade in Key West and Centennial, Willamette, Galena, Magnum and Fuggles growing around Tampa. Between all of us we should be able to figure out what grows in Florida. I'm sure I've missed some, we should try and compile a list of who is growing what to documents our experiences with different types.
BrokenArmBrewing said:I like where this is going!
So now we have Hallerau and Columbus in Orlando, Cascade in Key West and Centennial, Willamette, Galena, Magnum and Fuggles growing around Tampa. Between all of us we should be able to figure out what grows in Florida. I'm sure I've missed some, we should try and compile a list of who is growing what to documents our experiences with different types.
aiptasia said:+2
I have Chinook coming from Great Lakes this week, and a buddy of mine in our LHBC has already had three seasons of Cascades under his belt. I'm going to risk a late frost up here in Jax and plant them as soon as they arrive.
I put mind in these, http://www.lowes.com/pd_192858-36572-HDR-506695_0__?productId=3605706 for that specific reason. This way I have them in something large enough for them to grow, but I could still bring them in if need be.
BrokenArmBrewing said:not to tell you what to do by any means...I had planted my first year crowns in twenty gallon pots. One each pot. When I planted them just a few weeks, I inverted the bucket to find that the roots of the magnum plant that grew like crazy, were at the bottom of the pot and deflecting. It didn't seem like it harmed or stunted the plant. Just an observation.
I realized that would happen after I had planted them. I think horizontally they will be fine but vertically I'm a little worried. I read on one of the forums to drill large holes at the bottom to help give the roots somewhere to go versus clogging all the smaller holes and creating a drainage problem. The planters had a solid bottom when I bought them so I drilled probably 20 holes about a 1/4 in in diameter, I now wish I did the same with a 1in bit. Can't change it now. I have seen a few pictures from people up north who have buried this size planter to put their hops in and they have grown fine. I have a feeling that the plants will survive confined, but would prefer to spread out, but I dot have any hard facts to proved that, just a guess right now.
BlakeL said:I planted the Columbus on Sunday and it's already sprouting tiny leaves. I think I covered up the Hallertau a little too much so I think i'll pull it up a bit so I can see the top of the crown where the little sprouts had started.
Ddubduder said:I started this thread so we don't hijack the key west thread with the all florida talk. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f92/florida-hops-experiment-385584/
KeyWestBrewing said:I don't mind lol. If you didn't know though there is a thread for growing hops in south FL that's a few years old.
Ddubduder said:I did see the south FL thread, I also the north FL thread, the barely used what's good to grow in FL thread and one started by me earlier can I buy locally in FL thread. The problem is we are such a huge state that it's easy to see Key West and think, it doesn't pertain to us so we all start several different threads but growing in sun and sand is the same no matter where in FL we are. There might be a 8-10 degree swing in temp from Key West to Jville but it's still a tropicalish climate. I'm just hoping to centralize the discussion so we don't have to look at several threads, at least that's what my thought was.
Ddubduder said:Now with the thread started I just need to convince the wife to let me get a couple turtles so I can produce nuclear turtle water so my experiment isn't a failure, lol.
BlakeL said:I'll post it here too. Please excuse the instagram filter my wife added.
KeyWestBrewing said:Nice!!!!! Start clipping back the small ones, the ones you want to keep will come out faster and much bigger.
KeyWestBrewing said:Solid thinking
Brewmech said:All of mine have stalled out at about 3 feet tall. I had some powdery mildew, some bugs, the spires broke off. They are just starting to come back. I have drip irrigation for them now and some neem oil spray. I'm gonna get these things to grow dammit.
Brewmech said:What do you use as a nitrogen source?
Brewmech said:All of mine have stalled out at about 3 feet tall. I had some powdery mildew, some bugs, the spires broke off. They are just starting to come back. I have drip irrigation for them now and some neem oil spray. I'm gonna get these things to grow dammit.
=You could also make your own trellis, I found this on YouTube.
http://youtu.be/zwWvO7loI5g
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