1st Year Hops Garden and Trellis in Georgia

A while back I started the wheels turning on my hops garden. This weekend I finally got the trellis finished and the twine up. I planted Cascade, Centennial and Chinook on Easter. 7 Days after planting the Cascade and Centennial poked through the ground. Chinook followed a day or two later. Cascade is currently about 2.5 ft, Centennial about 2 ft and Chinook is lagging at about 1.5 ft. Just recently I had a few small flies hanging around and a few aphids as well. I sprayed them with dish soap and water solution and it seems to be working so far.

Eventually I think I will need to add guy lines but I will deal with that later. I used 4x4x16' PT SYP and buried them about 3.5-4ft deep. Main line is currently two old dog run lines I had laying around. I picked up a turnbuckle to connect the lines. I used 1/2" x 6" Eye bolts and pre-drilled the hole with 7/16" bit. I bought a boat cleat that I will be attaching to the right post soon to tie off my main line. With this setup I will be able to either let the whole main line down for harvesting, detach the twine which is connected with a caribiner or just use the ladder.

Very nice, similar to my setup. Not all of my plants are doing as well though... I have 3 that I started in pots waiting to be planted once they get bigger and another 2 in the ground. The ones planted in the pots are doing quite well: very healthy and growing nicely. However, the two in-ground came up looking a bit yellow and one has some necrotic patches on the edge of the leaves. I doubt it's a nutrient dificiency this early, possibly root rot from the wet weather we've been having? I'm still working on pin-pointing the issue. I don't want to douse them with fertilizer when they're so small (~1") and not knowing it's a nurtient deficency...
Good luck! Awesome setup!

Nice setup. Gotta figure out something similar...soon!!!

Thanks guys!! The weather here in GA has been really great lately for all of our plants. Mid 80's with a storm about 2 days a week. This has made for pretty good growing conditions without too much work. Our "soil" here is pretty much straight clay so before planting I tilled up about 6-12" deep and mixed in some garden soil and compost which seems to have helped. Ill post updates throughout the season!!

Impressive hop yard. I went with 10' 4X4's set 30" in soil. top wire just over 7'. Most people think it's pole beans from a distance. Anyway, just harvested my Chinook hops today. They were slow this year, and some were lost over winter. Close to 5 gal. bucket drying now. Columbus/Zeus type started out great this spring, but seem to have slowed in the heat. Irrigation would help I'm sure. good luck with your plants.