2009 Hop garden picture thread.

[Hop Hack]

Thanks for the compliments guys. I really appreciate it. I am fortunate to work for a lumberyard so I can get pretty decent prices. Thia was somethinfg I just kinda thought up and threw together over a week or so. I didn't want to do the 18'-20' tall structures, so I have the plants on the right go up about 7' then train them across which is about 8'-9'. The plants on the left get to 8' then i scab a board and twine on the top so they get to about 12' then they are on their own. Like I said, this is their second year and it will be interesting. Thanks again.
Ed

 

[flylock_jac]

My very first hops plant. Planted one cascade and one centennial last Monday.
This is the Centennial with her first leaves.

 

[IXVolt]

Here's a pic of my Trellis I put up last weekend. My Hallertau was about 16 inches long and despirately looking for something to climb, so I put my other projects aside and threw this together. I put two bolts in it, so I can hinge it down or remove it during the winter. I believe the top is about 13 to 14 feet tall.

 

[Whut]

Here's a pic of my Trellis I put up last weekend. My Hallertau was about 16 inches long and despirately looking for something to climb, so I put my other projects aside and threw this together. I put two bolts in it, so I can hinge it down or remove it during the winter. I believe the top is about 13 to 14 feet tall.

I like it and the light bulb just went off in my head on what to do next year when mine are 2nd years.

 

[Milhouse]

Here's a shot two weeks ago in my backyard. My son and I build the birdhouse and placed it on top of a 10' conduit pole. Then I fished some twine through an eye at the top. This will make it easy to lower the vine when its time to harvest. I thought the birdhouse was a good way of adding purpose instead of just having a large ugly pole. Today my hops are aboout seven feet tall.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I hope you got good sized pole diameter. I had a 1" pole get bent really easy in the wind. If you where able to fill it with sand it would really make less susceptible to bending in a strong breeze.

Here's a shot two weeks ago in my backyard. My son and I build the birdhouse and placed it on top of a 10' conduit pole. Then I fished some twine through an eye at the top. This will make it easy to lower the vine when its time to harvest. I thought the birdhouse was a good way of adding purpose instead of just having a large ugly pole. Today my hops are aboout seven feet tall.

 

[HomerT]

Well, here are some pics of my garden this year.

First up is my 1st year Goldings:

1st Year Cascade:

1st Year Centennial:

1st Year Hallertau:

To be continued....

 

[HomerT]

My 2nd Year Hallertau:

2nd Year Hallertau: Monster Leaves!:rockin:

My Trellis System:

They are 7ft x1"x1" Cedar Posts burried 1ft down, with two 1ft stabilizers flush with the ground. I have stings run from the stabilizer feet to an eye-bot at the top and then run across the garden to the house eves. My hope is to have almost a canopy over the walkway by harvest time.

Some detail:

The whole garden:

-Todd

 

[adamjab19]

I don't what it is about Michigan subdivisions but they are so recognizable....

My centennial is up to about 3 feet. Only the one bine got going which is all I wanted. There are two little 2" ones though. I can see how these are first year compared to some of the 2+ year plants on here.

 

[fred_zepp]

My hop yard 80 feet between poles.

i also have an 80' span that i need to build a trellis for...how big are the poles and cables that you used? i have two rows... but thinking that a cross on the top will be enough to support both rows with one set of poles. what say you? thanks in advance.

 

[lehr]

i also have an 80' span that i need to build a trellis for...how big are the poles and cables that you used? i have two rows... but thinking that a cross on the top will be enough to support both rows with one set of poles. what say you? thanks in advance.

The poles are 22 feet long I have about 4.5 feet in the ground and the cable is 3/16 stainless steel...I think a cross on the top will be fine if you make it from a 4x4.

Pat

 

[HenryHill]

i also have an 80' span that i need to build a trellis for...how big are the poles and cables that you used? i have two rows... but thinking that a cross on the top will be enough to support both rows with one set of poles. what say you? thanks in advance.

I don't see that a cross piece is needed. I went with 2 poles 21' tall, 4' in the ground (hit silly sand, could go no deeper), and used 1/4" galvanized cable, for a ridge of 50'. I, too, have 2 rows, 6' apart.

The cable is strong enough to support a double row of any length, making the crosspieces unnecessary. Actually, if you cross-piece the tops of each pole, you still have to construct some sort of ridge cable between posts, so the second cable and crosspieces are redundant, more expensive, and gain you nothing. Your approach would suffice to carry 4 rows, though.

Although at these lengths, you better anticipate guy wires and anchors at each end.

KISS.

 

[flyangler18]

5/20 Update:

 

[Whut]

Cascade

Horizon

1st year hops planted about 1 month ago. Cascade is definitely growing faster than the Horizon.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I suppose you guys with these post & cable set-ups won't be doing this on the 4th of July! Chasing a corny with two garden hoses.

Bummer - I have always like the fire fights on the 4th.

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[adamjab19]

Centennial

My one bine and then two of these little four inch guys.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Here my May-Pole as of today. Close to 20' of growth!!!

BTW - None you hopheads have a sense of humor!!

 

[lehr]

Here my May-Pole as of today. Close to 20' of growth!!!

BTW - None you hopheads have a sense of humor!!

I couldn't play your movie it's restricted at work so I guess I didn't get...I f it makes you feel better I'm laughing on the inside

 

[uglygoat]

how old are your hops schl?

soon as i charge my battery, i'll post up my plants...

 

[Schlenkerla]

I couldn't play your movie it's restricted at work so I guess I didn't get...I f it makes you feel better I'm laughing on the inside

Its just a 4th of July water fight. With the firemen knocking around a keg between two posts.

 

[Schlenkerla]

how old are your hops schl?

soon as i charge my battery, i'll post up my plants...

Mine are on the 4th year. First planting was 2006. Nugget on the left, Cascade on the right.

 

[fred_zepp]

I don't see that a cross piece is needed. I went with 2 poles 21' tall, 4' in the ground (hit silly sand, could go no deeper), and used 1/4" galvanized cable, for a ridge of 50'. I, too, have 2 rows, 6' apart.

The cable is strong enough to support a double row of any length, making the crosspieces unnecessary. Actually, if you cross-piece the tops of each pole, you still have to construct some sort of ridge cable between posts, so the second cable and crosspieces are redundant, more expensive, and gain you nothing. Your approach would suffice to carry 4 rows, though.

Although at these lengths, you better anticipate guy wires and anchors at each end.

KISS.

right...but what i didn't mention is that i have different varieties on rows directly opposite each other... i was concerned with "comingling" between different varieties once they made it up the strings a ways. if i had planned better, i would have planted the same varieties directly opposite each other in the rows. oh well, hindsight eh?

oh, and guy wires/anchors are a definite.

 

[uglygoat]

what sort 0f harvest do you get off the four year old bines schl?

edit: nugget is a tuff bastard, grows like a weed in my yard!

 

[Schlenkerla]

what sort 0f harvest do you get off the four year old bines schl?

edit: nugget is a tuff bastard, grows like a weed in my yard!

I got about 1lb 2 oz off the cascade and about 4-5oz off the nugget. My nugget had a bad disease last year.

This reminds me I need to spray now with baking soda and water along with some poop-tea. Both are good for systemic applications. (At the root or leaves)

 

[Dloucks]

Got a new camera on Wednesday night and was playing around in the hop yard today...thought I'd share......


Cent

Cent

Will

Will

Just for the heck of it.

 

[anderj]

Make sure that little SOB isn't farming aphids, I had that happen last year
-Ander

 

[Griz]

Picasa Web Albums - Griz - Hops 09

This was May 12th.
The 2 plants on the far side are Cascades,
the plants on the near side are Nuggets.

 

[Seabee John]

Make sure that little SOB isn't farming aphids, I had that happen last year
-Ander

please expand on this!!! I've got little (and I mean tiny) yellow bugs wrecking havoc right now.... I was planning on getting lady bugs if in fact they were aphids....

 

[Schlenkerla]

please expand on this!!! I've got little (and I mean tiny) yellow bugs wrecking havoc right now.... I was planning on getting lady bugs if in fact they were aphids....

Spray them with a compost/manure tea. Them bugs don't like eating $hit.

 

[MgMt_Home_Brew]

Me and my buddy just build our trellis on Memorial day. We will have four plants on each side spaced at least 5 feet apart. This will be our first attempt so I am pretty excited. We didn't get them in the ground that day so this coming weekend we will go back out and finish it up. These things should get a lot of sun throughout the day so we'll see how it all turns out!

We are also thinking of doing some suports on the 4x4s since we could only get 3 feet deep due to rocks (hense the large rock my foot is on).

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