My hops garden

VegasJ said:

Thread bumping here if OP is still around.

How did using the flag pole workout? Is that a telescoping pole?

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Not sure who you are asking, but it worked great for me and it was telescoping. Only issue I had was wind once the bines got huge. Bent the pole twice and I had to cut its length. Ended up adding guy lines this year and no issues after doing that. Here's my crop (10 gallons, drying so not sure of weight yet):

So that ended up as about 3 pounds of mixed hops (Columbus, Cascade, Centennial, Mt. Hood, Nugget, Sterling, Willamette). I was on travel and missed the first harvest, as some of the bines (Columbus, Nugget) could have been picked twice. Not bad, none the less. The hops also climbed up a couple of fences, so there was more production because of that. Need to fit in a harvest type ale soon...cheers!

Stonebrewer, great to see you have so much success! I'm planning on growing two or three varieties in Silver Spring come this spring.

murphyslaw: It really is hard to screw up with hops. As long as the varieties you pick do well at your latitude, you should be fine. I did not attend to mine at all this year and missed the initial picking and still got a nice crop to add to a beer or three. Japanese beetles were horrid this year, but the girls hung on and made lotsa cones! If you want some rhizomes to plant, let me know. I have an easy trick to make as many plants as I want...just let a few extra bines grow, when they get a few feet on them, dig back until you get a few inches of rootlets, cut the bine, plant it...instant hop plant! Cheers!