2009 Hop garden picture thread.

[dontman]

Here is my first clippings. About 2 1/2 ounces of Cascades:

I actually don't expect too much more. This is first year growth. My EKG is not even coning yet.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Still no cones here but I do have little yellow flowers all over them now. So I assume they will turn into the cones correct?

 

[PSmurf78]

Got small cones starting to appear on 2 of the plants, with the flower looking pieces on the rest. It looks like I'm going to be pulling in a lot of hops this year if I can keep them alive through the upcoming seattle heat wave (Supposed to top 101 this wed, which is crazy)

 

[FxdGrMind]

PSmurf78... yup 90+ today 100's in the coming day's.... OMG its HOT

The PNW was not meant to be this hot. My Hallertauer, Cascades, Centenials and Nuggets are doing well as I've quadrupeled the watering times set on the auto watering system, hopefully it will be enough to ward off the HEAT and continue to generate massive budds by the MASSIVE amounts of flowers (first years).

I figure to get 2-3 OZ (2 plants of each variety) of each type. Enough for several brews! WOOOT!

 

[JustMrWill]

Harvest of my Centennials...some could use another few days but didn't want to chance losing any more...so..

Removing top 10' of my pole makes harvesting MUCH easier than trying to reach while on a ladder.

Chest-high picking...

Not bad for ONE plant.

Happiness is...

I hope I will get a few more before the summer is done....

My Fuggle and Cascade are looking about the same..so may be harvesting them this week too.

-JMW

 

[dontman]

Harvest of my Centennials...some could use another few days but didn't want to chance losing any more...so..

-JMW

Just beautiful! My 1st year harvest has turned out to be about 1.5 ounces. What year growth is yours?

 

[JustMrWill]

Just beautiful! My 1st year harvest has turned out to be about 1.5 ounces. What year growth is yours?

2nd year

I have to get my scale back from my mom...so...don't have a wet weight...will weigh when dry.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Holy crap. Mine are second year. You are motivation to actually take care of it next year!

 

[HoppyDaze]

Im noticing all the mature and harvested plants in this thread are East Coast plants. I wonder if its because of the distance....It seems to makes sense that the West Coast plants will mature later

any west coasters harvesting yet?

 

[Naked_Hops]

So here is my little operation. I'm looking forward to seeing ANY cones this year. This is my first year, and first attempt. I've got:

Mt. Hood
Cascade
Centennial
Horizon
Sterling
US Fuggle

I found some old 5/8" cable on craigslist for cheap and got the poles from a local cedar saw mill. I spaced everything 7x7, but I think I'm wasting too much space. I'm going to fill in the gaps on the long axis so the plants are 3.5 feet apart one way, and 7 feet the other. We'll see how things go.

This is all first year growth that we didn't get in the ground until the end of may, so we are way late. We'll hope for a strong start next year

 

[dontman]

Im noticing all the mature and harvested plants in this thread are East Coast plants. I wonder if its because of the distance....It seems to makes sense that the West Coast plants will mature later

any west coasters harvesting yet?

For sure, they are maturing 3000 miles later than the east coast. Just kidding. I noticed the same thing and was wondering about it.

 

[david_42]

Spring comes late over here. Harvest time is late August to early September.

 

[JMass]

So here is my little operation. I'm looking forward to seeing ANY cones this year. This is my first year, and first attempt. I've got:

Mt. Hood
Cascade
Centennial
Horizon
Sterling
US Fuggle

I found some old 5/8" cable on craigslist for cheap and got the poles from a local cedar saw mill. I spaced everything 7x7, but I think I'm wasting too much space. I'm going to fill in the gaps on the long axis so the plants are 3.5 feet apart one way, and 7 feet the other. We'll see how things go.

This is all first year growth that we didn't get in the ground until the end of may, so we are way late. We'll hope for a strong start next year

Very nice, I wish I had that much acreage.

 

[Roman Brewer]

Sorry, no decent pictures of my full plant today, but here's a nice cone for ya!!

Cheers.

Roman

 

[pilotdane]

Wholy cow! That bine is well hung.

 

[southern brewer]

what variety is that? that is huge!

Sorry, no decent pictures of my full plant today, but here's a nice cone for ya!!

Cheers.

Roman

 

[RhodyRed]

Here are some pictures of our set-up in Rhode Island: Flickr: Hop Farmer's Photostream.

We've got about 200 plants in so far, with plenty of room to expand. I'm hoping to have about a 1/2 acre planted by next year and up to 5 acres in the next couple of years.

Our mature plants are covered with cones. The smaller plants in the pictures are first years and we should get a decent harvest from those too.

 

[GVH_Dan]

Wow Rhody, that is one of the prettiest set ups I have seen. It looks like golf course quality grass there. You can see a picture of our newest field at Home Page. Look for the 2 part links to the photo essay on the left. Sorry about the size. We're not webpage designers.

 

[GVH_Dan]

With that many hops, don't forget to wear gloves if you are going to pick by hand. Contact with all that estrogen will cause women to menstruate and men to lactate...or, uh, so I've heard.

 

[RhodyRed]

Thanks Dan. My secret is lots of milorganite in the spring and early summer - the grass loves it! It breaks down pretty quick though so you need a couple of applications.

I have look at your photo essay before, that's a nice chronology of the set up! I especially like the auger attachment on the bobcat. We used a 2-person power auger and will definitely be getting a PTO attachment for the tractor this fall for the expansion. My arms were killing me for days after putting the poles in!

 

[GVH_Dan]

Yeah, the only problem with the bobcat one is its a little messier. So if you use it to make a 4 foot hole, enough stuff falls back in to bring it back to only 3 feet. So as the chief hole digger/pole setter, I had to clean them all out first. Of course, I would rather dig out 1 foot of loose soil than 4 feet of compact soil with big glacially deposited rocks.

 

[Ice9]

Here's a cone on my second year Cascade plant.

 

[HoppyDaze]

look at how it glistens in the sun....I just want to eat it!

 

[Roman Brewer]

what variety is that? that is huge!

This plant is a second year Centennial. There are lots of cones like that on there. I need to harvest some real soon. I have some little cones and burrs that need the extra strength from the plant.

Cheers.

Roman

 

[JustMrWill]

Just weighed my centennial harvest... 7.5 oz dried. Time to brew something!

-JMW

 

[aflyershckyfan]

i have more pics of my build in my gallery if you want to see more

My hops 4 months later i think they grew pretty good for 1st year hops
All but one rhizome grew

 

[cyberbackpacker]

Some of mine...

 

[cyberbackpacker]

Some more...

 

[cyberbackpacker]

First Harvest (if you can call the middle pile a "harvest"! )

L-r: Cascade, Spalt, Magnum

 

[MgMt_Home_Brew]

My hops 4 months later i think they grew pretty good for 1st year hops
All but one rhizome grew

Yeah I would call that some good first year growth. Better than I have had. I don't have any pics right now but 5 of my 8 came up and they haven't grown too much.

I think the lack of sunlight this summer is contributing to their lack of growth. I am just hoping the ones that grew survive the winter and come back next year with a vengeance.