2009 Hop garden picture thread.

[gregclimbs]

1st year, SLC, UT so it is JUST now getting warm:

Willamette:

Golding:

Centennial (poor little guy):

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[scinerd3000]

Here are mine - almost all first year hops
from left to right

Willamette (yr 2), Williamette (yr 2), Cascade, EKG (yr 2), Zeus, Zeus, Cascade, Cascade

how big are those containers you have them in? i have mine in large pots but those look like 20+gal rubbermaid containers.

 

[Jonnio]

I think they are 16 gallon, but they are converted to earthboxes... I have another thread on here about how to build them if your interested.

how big are those containers you have them in? i have mine in large pots but those look like 20+gal rubbermaid containers.

 

[homebeerbrewer]

Here is my hop garden, I need to take more pics, so when the sun comes out - if it comes out - I will.

Picasa Web Albums - Rick - Hop Garden
Picasa Web Albums - Rick - Hop Garden
Picasa Web Albums - Rick - Hop Garden
Picasa Web Albums - Rick - Hop Garden
Picasa Web Albums - Rick - Hop Garden

I have five hop beds. From left to right: Cascade, Chinook, Hallertau, Nugget, and Saaz. Ok, I'm a little anal by planting them alphabetically.

 

[scinerd3000]

I think they are 16 gallon, but they are converted to earthboxes... I have another thread on here about how to build them if your interested.

consider me interested. Would you mind posting the address to the thread?

 

[Rick500]

Hey Jonnio, I think I'm using the same containers as your grey ones. Sterilite 18 gallon.

They're working out very nicely.

 

[Hopheader]

Yeah, I'm bummed---I went through all the trouble of indoor-potting some Cascades and then they got shocked/stunted outside in the ground---I should have just done (and now wish I did) some tubs outside and get them going on their own.

...next year.

 

[jagg]

2nd year hops

 

[jagg]

Another one

 

[jagg]

Cascades, Yum!

 

[Jonnio]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f92/anyone-do-earthbox-65389/

consider me interested. Would you mind posting the address to the thread?

 

[JustMrWill]

I am now getting concerned about my plants escaping. Everyday I am finding another runner that hit the side of the box I built around them. If they go 3-4 inches deeper they are gonna make it out.

I am a little upset...lost one of my biggest bines during the last storm...winds caused it to swing about and snapped it at the base....just happy that I have 6 other bines on this plant to produce.

-Will

 

[jerrysfinger]

First year cascades

left side of shed, crawling up netting.

 

[t-bag]

First year cascades

left side of shed, crawling up netting.

Dude, do you live in the forest. im so jealous of your backyard

 

[FireBrewer]

Starting to bud!!! :rockin:

Centennial hop buds

Cascades climbing and budding

Centennial close-up

 

[pcarrigg]

I could have spaced them out a bit better/put some of the more vigorous varieties further apart.. its going to be tricky picking them apart when they finish. (l->r n. brewer, nugget, centenial, cascade, fuggle) The top of the cascade got killed in a wind storm when it was about 1/2 up the trellis so its' branched out like crazy. First year in 22" pots.

 

[The Dude]

I'll share my first year hops. I planted 3 Cascade, 1 Centennial, 1 Chinook.

I'm in FL too and took a shot not knowing what to expect. So far I am very pleased.

dale's brewery

 

[adamjab19]

My Centennial look exactly like FireBrewer's.

 

[HoppyDaze]

I'll share my first year hops. I planted 3 Cascade, 1 Centennial, 1 Chinook.

I'm in FL too and took a shot not knowing what to expect. So far I am very pleased.

dale's brewery

You're doing something right. Sweet pictures

 

[jerrysfinger]

Dude, do you live in the forest. im so jealous of your backyard

Not quite, just have some trees in the back yard. 150' behind that is a bar!

 

[SOB]

First year cascades

left side of shed, crawling up netting.

Nice lookin' shed!!!

Not quite, just have some trees in the back yard. 150' behind that is a bar!

Wait...you have a bar in the middle of the woods???

 

[jerrysfinger]

Thanks, Not quite in the middle of the woods. I live by a busy Lake. The picture is deceiving. I do have a good size of land for the area though. And the bar is on a busy road one block away. Not a bar I like to go to unfortunately......or maybe it a good thing.

 

[sethful]

Pictures from the hops garden before things started growing.

Pictures from about 2 weeks ago. (june 21)

 

[homebeerbrewer]

How tall are those trellises? They look like about 8 ft. You might want to double the height, they like to grow tall. I've heard that they'll grow to 30 ft. Mine is about half that.

 

[sethful]

you're right, they are 8 footers.... and yea, I know that they can/will grow taller, I just don't have the much space at the moment.
I've been thinking about making a 10 foot arbor, but just haven't wanted to spend the time/money to do it. Prolly next year though.

 

[reanime]

Damn. Such tidy looking hops here! Mine are vicious beasts. I don't understand why they are so out of control, I live in Northern VT.

This is the second year for most of mine (I planted some new ones this year) but they were similar both years. They get sidearms anywhere from 4' to 6'! or more! I have a central pole "tent" set-up. So they tend to start wrapping around each other at the top in one big mass. I guess I will have a "mixed bag" from the upper harvest. I had a 9' (above ground) pole first year and they grew over that. So I added a 8' extension this year. They have all grown a few feet over that already this year and back down and around! Can't even guess how big to make it next year, or how to harvest! The plan this year was to lower the ropes at harvest but it is already such a tangled mess up there, no way I can do that.

 

[The Dude]

More pictures and info at Dale's Brewery - Hop Garden

Central FL
1st Year Cascades

Week 10

Week 9

Week 8

Cones

Week 6 or 7

 

[sethful]

reanime -- that is a helluva turn out!! Post some pix as it sounds like a mighty prosperous harvest!!

 

[slbradley01]

Hop plant reaching for the sun 7-5-2009 Middleborough MA

http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af17/slbradley01/HopPlantReachingfortheSun.jpg?t=1246803724

 

[drayman86]

My third year Cascades continue to amaze. I thought the second year plants were impressive; I can just about WATCH these things growing.

I estimate the height of the tower to be about 16 feet or so.

Here's what they looked like in mid-May, the day I erected the Hop Tower:

I would highly recommend this type of trellis. Total material costs were about $30 and it's great for limited space. Also, I was able to erect the thing myself w/o any assistance, although a helper would've been welcome. As you can see, I've got mine on the parkway/island portion of my front lawn and thus far, the City of Lansing hasn't given me any hassle about it being on City property.

I'll update with more pics near the beginning of September when the buds start poppin'.

Thanks again to Edwort for sharing this trellis design. :rockin: