I started growing hops last year. Before I actually really got deep into brewing...partly cause I like growing veggies etc, and since I was a kid was always told I had a green thumb. Never believed em til I grew an orchid.
So I read in a brewing magazine a way to do it in tubs. I found at home depot the cheapest 19 gals for about $4-$6. Also take not I got a little bit of a slow start because I didnt plant til 4/03. You can order from freshops.com early in march. Because of this I had a limited selection. I chose Centennial, Chinook, Cascade, Mt Hood, Nugget, and Galena(later added willamete)
04/03/2009
Thats a larks head on a pvc at the bottom where I drilled holes.
I then picked up potting soil, I went with the coir infused miracle grow moisture control, I wouldnt choose this again...I would go with the norm miracle grow.
My father works/worked with aluminum angle for a curtan wall(skyrise construction) company so I have lots of experience with that so I threw something together for a at the time (temp?) trellis.
I would say about 1 bag per tub. Also .... drip system will save your sanity and will allow your vines to get their water not only when they need it, how much they need, and every morning. I wouldnt leave it up to my memory or availability to do this. Drip systems arnt hard to put together and their not terribly expensive if your serious about this kind of venture.
Freshops.com has lots of help on your rhizomes so check it out but basically put your roots in the fridge when they come(faster shipping helps based on your distance from them) One of my roots after a week or two had some white fuzzy spots on them and they recommended me to use a bleach solution brush it on the spots then rinse it and put it back in the soil. The reason for the spots was possibly humidity in transit. So also flip som manure and good blood and bone meal in your soil mixed toward the bottom and top. Ive heard 16-16-16 slow release pellets if your that lazy or I watered with mix in fertilizer food solution every 1-2 weeks.
The following are after a month, they vary because certain ones got sun almost all of the day. Some 3/4 of the day. Also remember to clip the first couple shoots that come up, give way for stronger ones. also allow about 2 vines per twine(rope). I have 2 rhizomes of the same kind in each tub because I ran 2 trellis twines. The twin is made of coconut husk fibers. when you plant them plant with the "knots" up or if you have shoots plant with those up. Also I placed wood chip mulch on the soil to keep the moisture from drying out with surface sun.
05/03/2009
cascade
centennial
chinook
willamette 2 weeks(planted later)
galena
mt hood
So I read in a brewing magazine a way to do it in tubs. I found at home depot the cheapest 19 gals for about $4-$6. Also take not I got a little bit of a slow start because I didnt plant til 4/03. You can order from freshops.com early in march. Because of this I had a limited selection. I chose Centennial, Chinook, Cascade, Mt Hood, Nugget, and Galena(later added willamete)
04/03/2009
Thats a larks head on a pvc at the bottom where I drilled holes.
I then picked up potting soil, I went with the coir infused miracle grow moisture control, I wouldnt choose this again...I would go with the norm miracle grow.
My father works/worked with aluminum angle for a curtan wall(skyrise construction) company so I have lots of experience with that so I threw something together for a at the time (temp?) trellis.
I would say about 1 bag per tub. Also .... drip system will save your sanity and will allow your vines to get their water not only when they need it, how much they need, and every morning. I wouldnt leave it up to my memory or availability to do this. Drip systems arnt hard to put together and their not terribly expensive if your serious about this kind of venture.
Freshops.com has lots of help on your rhizomes so check it out but basically put your roots in the fridge when they come(faster shipping helps based on your distance from them) One of my roots after a week or two had some white fuzzy spots on them and they recommended me to use a bleach solution brush it on the spots then rinse it and put it back in the soil. The reason for the spots was possibly humidity in transit. So also flip som manure and good blood and bone meal in your soil mixed toward the bottom and top. Ive heard 16-16-16 slow release pellets if your that lazy or I watered with mix in fertilizer food solution every 1-2 weeks.
The following are after a month, they vary because certain ones got sun almost all of the day. Some 3/4 of the day. Also remember to clip the first couple shoots that come up, give way for stronger ones. also allow about 2 vines per twine(rope). I have 2 rhizomes of the same kind in each tub because I ran 2 trellis twines. The twin is made of coconut husk fibers. when you plant them plant with the "knots" up or if you have shoots plant with those up. Also I placed wood chip mulch on the soil to keep the moisture from drying out with surface sun.
05/03/2009
cascade
centennial
chinook
willamette 2 weeks(planted later)
galena
mt hood