2010 Hops Gardens

[HBHoss]

My second year plants and a transplant from a neighbor.

Back in May




Just took these today.

 

[Crazytwoknobs]

At first I was like "wohoo, it's huge, SO many cones!" But then I was like "oh crap, they're full of LEAVES?" And then I was like "AND THERE"S BUGS?"

I blame the leafy cones on the Miracle-Gro, and the bugs I blame on the bugs. Stupid bugs...

Anybody know what happened to my cones other than just fertilizer? is this normal?

 

[coastwx]

Cascades (year 2) are doing real well. I already got an ounce in early June. These bines are loaded big time now.

Centennial are year 1, but doing well. I may get a few ounces.

 

[jiggs_casey]

I planted a single Cascade, Fuggles and Willamette this year just to see how they would take in KC. I'm excited to say that they are all still alive! The Cascade is now about nine feet tall, the Fuggles has grown to about five feet and the Willamette, which I thought was a goner, is hanging in there at about two feet.

Everything I've read says not to expect anything useable from first year plants, which is fine.. <sigh> So, I'm eagerly anticipating whatever I can harvest next year and looking forward to planting more!

 

[smuth10]

Crazytwoknobs, I am a strictly an organic guy, so i am bias, but I would stay away from the miracle grow. It is basically an IV for your plants. As soon as the nutrients are used up it will continually need more. Just use compost or organic matter to keep your plants fed on a continuous basis. MG is nasty stuff. If you are patient and continuously build your soil you will see the difference in the long run.

 

[Crazytwoknobs]

Crazytwoknobs, I am a strictly an organic guy, so i am bias, but I would stay away from the miracle grow. It is basically an IV for your plants. As soon as the nutrients are used up it will continually need more. Just use compost or organic matter to keep your plants fed on a continuous basis. MG is nasty stuff. If you are patient and continuously build your soil you will see the difference in the long run.

I only used it twice, and I'm done. If you look at the pictures, it's right next to the compost pile, so I imagine it gets compost tea when it rains. It looks like some of the early leafy cones have sprouted vines that have sprouted new cones. Bumper crop this year, third or fourth year I think.

 

[lowlife]

One of my first year bines. It reaches the roof then sprawls out a couple feet. Its like jack and the bean stalk almost. Lots of cones at the top already.

 

[uechikid]

Here are a few pics of my plants. The first two are Cascade, the second two are Chinook.

 

[GIusedtoBe]

Wow some of you guys hops are outstanding! Mine are first year and IMO have grown quite nicely but I do see that hops do not like to grow horizontally. When they get to the top of my Arbor (about 9.5') they just poop out. I was hoping they would spread over the top to provide some shade.

I have a lot of cones on my Cascades but not nearly as many as some on here.

Dumb question: How do you know when they should be picked and dried? Some of mine are pretty large and the cones have kind of opened up.

Thanks
Alan

 

[pipapat]

the bugs really did a number on my hops this year.
i'll be lucky to get a harvest.

 

[liquiditynerd]

This has been a very uplifting thread. (read with a jealous tone of sarcasm) We haven't seen a day below 95 in two months. The rain stopped and it's just plain brutal. 3/6 survived and I hope they come around in the fall. after 5 months they are only two feet tall. it;s their first year so maybe they will be resilient to the deep south.

 

[uechikid]

Wow some of you guys hops are outstanding! Mine are first year and IMO have grown quite nicely but I do see that hops do not like to grow horizontally. When they get to the top of my Arbor (about 9.5') they just poop out. I was hoping they would spread over the top to provide some shade.

I have a lot of cones on my Cascades but not nearly as many as some on here.

Dumb question: How do you know when they should be picked and dried? Some of mine are pretty large and the cones have kind of opened up.

Thanks
Alan

Here is a great thread about When to pick.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f92/when-pick-185228/

The plants you saw in my last port are second year plants. I've read that the third year they really mature and produce a lot more than first and second year. Can't wait until next year.

 

[SchlazzGraft]

Here are a few pics of my plants. The first two are Cascade, the second two are Chinook.

mmmmm hop porn

 

[uechikid]

mmmmm hop porn

I know, it's great.

 

[nate4g63]

I snapped this real quick this morning while I had a quick cup of coffee on my patio, this is my first year Zeus plant...

 

[Crazytwoknobs]

Those are some sweet burrs, I bet they'll make monster cones.

 

[Crazytwoknobs]

Took these a few days ago, I think this is my third year with the plant, though it might be the fourth.

Miracle gro, water when it's dry, don't trim to 3 bines. Cascades from Idaho.

Sorry for the huge images, I have a monster monitor.

Closeup on the cones.

Cone density.

2010 growth.

Reddit seems to like them.

 

[uechikid]

I snapped this real quick this morning while I had a quick cup of coffee on my patio, this is my first year Zeus plant...

Hail Zeus!!

Oh and by the way, I love this thread.

 

[brewingkitty]

when should the bines be cut off after the harvest? i have 1st year plants.

 

[LexusChris]

Sedona soil, sun & good watering seem to have really helped my 1st year plants. (sorry don't know which varieties are in each photo, as my sister took these for me)
--LexusChris

 

[knightbeer39]

^^Cool setup

 

[HoppyDaze]

First Cones! (Saaz)

 

[brybarrett]

First year Cascade hop cones!

 

[SAMPLER]

Here's a sneak peek at my first year cascade. Looking good so far

 

[skx]

i got my first hops in a bit late in the season so they are not too far along. But my Brewers Gold seem to be doing quite well so far! About 12ft tall

 

[SAMPLER]

First year Cascade hop cones!

Love the quality of that pic. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Grimtas]

Great Carndog,
SWMBO saw your pics so now I'm having to build one similar this weekend and she has plans for two more My plans are 8'X16'X8'H should be interesting.

Ok so never got around to building the big trellis that weekend, however finally finsihed up the two smaller ones this weekend.

They ended up being 4X8' bases w/ 8X12' tops and 10' high, I have the endcap planters built (Not pictured) that I still need to install and fill prior to transferring my pot grown hops onto their new home.

Here's a pic of one of them, Wifey plans to grow her veggies in the centers so the trellis will help shade em.

 

[KRS1]

First year grower, harvested my Cascades on Sunday.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2049419&id=1137835436&l=04fa0cf895

 

[Rockmanxpr]

Hello all, just posting about the first year trying to grow 4 different kinds of hops, A friend of mine does the beer brewing but I though I'd pitch it with the hop supply for fun.

Basically I'm growing from the top left corner clockwise:
Cascade, Goldings, Horizon, and Nugget.

Made a 6'x6' wooden box and dug 1 foot deep in it. There I filled it in with local soil, Compost, and Chicken Manure. Mix it all up, hopefully evenly, and plant the rhyzomes. I thought I would do the "Xmas Tree" trellis because this was just the first year hops, but they grew like weeds so I changed up the design a bit as you can tell. Didn't add any fertizer and just watered them everyday.

The Cascades are turning out the best so far, with a good yield the first to produce any cones.

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The Goldings started out good growing but haven't produced as much as the Cascades did, but I'm hoping in September I can get a good yield.

The Horizon is a bit of a slow one but still growing, 3 bines came out of this one.

The 2nd best one so far is the Nugget, however I only got one bine to grow out of it but it's producing some nice cones...

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[Randar]

Some update to the yard. Cascade, Chinook and Centennial all going crazy. Nugget and Newport sending out burrs like mad.

Cascades:

Chinook typical (this one is extra) elongated cone:

Nugget burrs