New here, have some questions!
I have this 1 plant. Technically this is the 4th year. Someone gifted it to me and I planted it in a garden and didn't really know what I was doing. It barely grew at all. Then I sold the house and wanted to take it with me, so I dug it up and put it in a container, where it has been since. It did better the second year, but still didn't know what I was doing. Grew what I could up and down and around a small tomato trellis. The third year I did the same, still letting every vine that sprouted climb around the trellis. In these three years, it has not gotten a single hop cone. I'm really hoping that's due to my failure to grow it properly and not being a variety or gender that doesn't produce cones...
This year it seems to have sprouted stronger than ever. I just pruned probably 20 of the smallest vines (never pruned it before this year), and there are still around 15 left. From what I read, I think I should take it back even further to get more energy into fewer, stronger vines, but I don't want to overdo the pruning if I'm wrong. I've got a real adjustable rope trellis for it to climb this time, so hoping to grow a few long strong vines and actually produce some hops this time.
As I mentioned, this was gifted to me. Can anyone tell what variety and/or gender this is? If I understand correctly, I dont want a male plant, I assume because it doesn't produce cones. I really hope that's not what I have, or like an ornamental variety or something that doesn't produce cones (if such a thing exists).
So can anyone advise me how many vines I should keep?
Is anyone able to confirm based on the pictures weekday the variety and/or gender this plant is? (Don't know how easy that is...)
Thank you!
I have this 1 plant. Technically this is the 4th year. Someone gifted it to me and I planted it in a garden and didn't really know what I was doing. It barely grew at all. Then I sold the house and wanted to take it with me, so I dug it up and put it in a container, where it has been since. It did better the second year, but still didn't know what I was doing. Grew what I could up and down and around a small tomato trellis. The third year I did the same, still letting every vine that sprouted climb around the trellis. In these three years, it has not gotten a single hop cone. I'm really hoping that's due to my failure to grow it properly and not being a variety or gender that doesn't produce cones...
This year it seems to have sprouted stronger than ever. I just pruned probably 20 of the smallest vines (never pruned it before this year), and there are still around 15 left. From what I read, I think I should take it back even further to get more energy into fewer, stronger vines, but I don't want to overdo the pruning if I'm wrong. I've got a real adjustable rope trellis for it to climb this time, so hoping to grow a few long strong vines and actually produce some hops this time.
As I mentioned, this was gifted to me. Can anyone tell what variety and/or gender this is? If I understand correctly, I dont want a male plant, I assume because it doesn't produce cones. I really hope that's not what I have, or like an ornamental variety or something that doesn't produce cones (if such a thing exists).
So can anyone advise me how many vines I should keep?
Is anyone able to confirm based on the pictures weekday the variety and/or gender this plant is? (Don't know how easy that is...)
Thank you!