BankerJohn
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I live near Crystal River and am interested in growing hops. Any idea if they will grow in the climate about 60 miles North of Tampa on the Gulf of Mexico?
I grew some Cascade last year. I am not sure if mine survived the fall and winter. I have not seen any signs of life yet this year. Maybe I'll go dig around tonight.
I am not that far from you, about an hour north.
My avatar is a picture of a Cascade from last year.
I just got my Centennial and Nugget in the mail today. I order based on disease resistance. Hopefully they do well- I'm an hour or so south of you both
Hops do best between 34° and 50° latitude. Two things that may cause hop plants to struggle nearer to the equator.
1) The number of hours of sunlight during the summer months is less.
2) The lack of extended freezing temperatures in the winter.
This doesn't mean that you can't grow hops, just that the conditions are not ideal.
beerkrump said:Soil temperature triggers when the plant will go into dormancy in the fall and when it will awaken in the spring.
I didn't say hops would not grow. But, hops evolved to thrive in temperate zones and will not do as well in subtropical climates.
Planted cascade and centennial about 4 weeks ago (maybe 3) in pots, they are both 4 feet high already. My HOA will probably nix my 10 foot tall lattice work.
I'm in southeast florida. Don't know how the flowers will turn out.
BankerJohn said:so I have rhizomes that are now about an inch tall. We'll see how well they grow over time.
Now if I can just keep the darn squirrels from nibbling on the rhizone shoots.
The hops are almost 18" now.
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