Hop height of various varieties...help please

[kilohertz]

Hi gang,

My rhizomes are due to arrive and I will be planting this weekend and need to know which of my varieties will have the shortest bines. I have 20, 18' poles in 4 rows 100' long, but there are a few telephone lines traversing the hop yard and I want to put the shortest varieties under them, to mitigate any opportunity for them to "reach out and touch someone". :cross:

Here is what I have

Cascade
Centennial
Chinook
Golding
Mt. Hood
Nugget
Sterling
Willamette

Look forward to some experienced growers guidance.

Cheers

 

[nagmay]

I have all but goldings in my yard.

Cascade, chinook, and nugget tend to be very vigorous. The chinook has jumped to a nearby tree and will grow 30' into it.

Hood and sterling (in my experience) are less agressive. However, they still reach the top of my 17' trellis without issue.

 

[TheCADJockey]

My nugget plant grew 5-6 feet horizontally down a fence and then straight to the top of a 25 foot pole.

 

[kilohertz]

Thanks guys,

All plants are in, 300' of drip line installed...just need to put in the emitters. Dirty day in the yard...now to watch for them to sprout.

Cheers