ReverseApacheMaster
Well-Known Member
I am retooling my garden to try to give my hops more room to grow this year. As a result of a variety of factors my hops cannot grow vertically above about seven feet, give or take a few inches. At the point they must stop I plan on providing a lot of horizontal space. I'm concerned that I'm going to lose a lot of yield potential by stunting their vertical growth.
I've seen people here talk about being able to strip the leaves off the first few feet of the bine and circling the base with it and letting the bines grow up again so the plant thinks its taller than it is and starts producing cones at a lower height. Is this actually productive? Anybody actually do this? Any concerns that the bines might rot sitting on the ground?
Alternatively, I thought I read about a guy here who was growing along a fence where the hops only grew up 4-5 feet and then went horizontally for a long time and seemed to get a good harvest.
Should I be worried about any of this or is seven feet enough vertical space?
I've seen people here talk about being able to strip the leaves off the first few feet of the bine and circling the base with it and letting the bines grow up again so the plant thinks its taller than it is and starts producing cones at a lower height. Is this actually productive? Anybody actually do this? Any concerns that the bines might rot sitting on the ground?
Alternatively, I thought I read about a guy here who was growing along a fence where the hops only grew up 4-5 feet and then went horizontally for a long time and seemed to get a good harvest.
Should I be worried about any of this or is seven feet enough vertical space?