scorchingice
Well-Known Member
I am starting my hops garden this year and have already ordered the following hop rhizomes from Freshops.
2 Centennial
2 Cascade
2 Magnum
2 Chinook
2 Kent Goldings
2 Northern Brewer
2 Willamette
2 Fuggles
The hops are already ordered and being shipped out. If I jumped the gun and some of these are bad choices for first year growers I will have to deal with that as I go along. The reason behind rushing is that rhizomes are a limited time sale.
The setup I am going to use for growing the hops is as follows:
(4) 16' x 4" x 4" Posts stuck 3' in the ground using concrete.
Each pole will have 4 lengths of Coir Yarn running from the top of each post to the ground below.
(Basically 4 plants can be planted at each pole)
Here is what the estimated pole will look like.
One string is hidden from view But the plants will need to be planted at the base of each string.
My main question is; of the types of rhizomes I ordered, which should be planted where? Which types would do better growing on the same pole together?
I was thinking put the following sets together:
2 Centennial + 2 Cascade
2 Magnum + 2 Chinook
2 Kent Goldings + 2 Northern Brewer
2 Willamette + 2 Fuggles
My reasoning behind this was which plants share the most common attributes of the others. (Like willamette is a hybrid of fuggle) Then I went with closest Alpha Acid rating. Was this a good plan or could someone give me a better design planting plan.
Also When planting these should I put them in a cross planting method (1 fuggle across from the other or should I plant the 2 fuggles right next to each other?
Also when storing the rhizomes until the weather is right for planting, How should they be stored?
Thank you for your time.
Brian
2 Centennial
2 Cascade
2 Magnum
2 Chinook
2 Kent Goldings
2 Northern Brewer
2 Willamette
2 Fuggles
The hops are already ordered and being shipped out. If I jumped the gun and some of these are bad choices for first year growers I will have to deal with that as I go along. The reason behind rushing is that rhizomes are a limited time sale.
The setup I am going to use for growing the hops is as follows:
(4) 16' x 4" x 4" Posts stuck 3' in the ground using concrete.
Each pole will have 4 lengths of Coir Yarn running from the top of each post to the ground below.
(Basically 4 plants can be planted at each pole)
Here is what the estimated pole will look like.
One string is hidden from view But the plants will need to be planted at the base of each string.
My main question is; of the types of rhizomes I ordered, which should be planted where? Which types would do better growing on the same pole together?
I was thinking put the following sets together:
2 Centennial + 2 Cascade
2 Magnum + 2 Chinook
2 Kent Goldings + 2 Northern Brewer
2 Willamette + 2 Fuggles
My reasoning behind this was which plants share the most common attributes of the others. (Like willamette is a hybrid of fuggle) Then I went with closest Alpha Acid rating. Was this a good plan or could someone give me a better design planting plan.
Also When planting these should I put them in a cross planting method (1 fuggle across from the other or should I plant the 2 fuggles right next to each other?
Also when storing the rhizomes until the weather is right for planting, How should they be stored?
Thank you for your time.
Brian