2011 Hop Garden Picture Thread

[Retrofit]

40' up? Can you fly?

 

[TheGeek]

Here's my lil' guy. He's grown considerably in the last week since the temperature finally stabilized and the cold went running. Friend of mine from Houston brought this up as a small clone cutting. Pretty impressive how fast its grown. I need to move it to a larger planter already! Cascade is a wild beast!

 

[lschiavo]

40' up? Can you fly?

Last I checked, I still can't fly. I have to resort to using the bucket truck to get up there. It sure is a sweet tool to have for growing hops.

 

[Retrofit]

Damn want to come over? A friend with a bucket truck is almost as cool home brew!

 

[jeepinjeepin]

Damn want to come over? A friend with a bucket truck is almost as cool home brew!

I'd say cooler. I have homebrew. I don't have a bucket truck.

 

[HARDHEAD]

i have cones....not to impressive my any means
first year rhizomes 12-15' tall about 40 cones ea
fuggle and centenial

 

[Odawg]

40' up? Can you fly?

Haha. Retrofit, As for someone who has personally been in lschiavo's bucket truck before, I can say that he can't fly. I guess no more than I could when I was in that bucket.

 

[halucin8]

These are my Cascade.

First harvest today!

 

[Jaysus]

I like your drying screen... I came up with the same plan yesterday while putting the screens back in the windows in my daughter's room

I am going to put mine on corney's above my dehumidifier.

 

[dallasdb]

Can you harvest this early in the season? I thought you only harvest at the end of summer/beginning of fall?

 

[jeepinjeepin]

Zeus finally reached the top. Cascade has been lagging behind even though it was planted a few weeks earlier. Both are first year plants for me from freshops.com cuttings.

 

[halucin8]

Can you harvest this early in the season? I thought you only harvest at the end of summer/beginning of fall?

I usually get two harvests a year here in NC. Don't know if that's normal, but it's been like this for the five years they've been growing. Anybody else get two harvests?

 

[extra_medium]

I usually get two harvests a year here in NC. Don't know if that's normal, but it's been like this for the five years they've been growing. Anybody else get two harvests?

WOW! Can i get a rhizome! Seriously, what do you use for fertilizer?

 

[halucin8]

WOW! Can i get a rhizome! Seriously, what do you use for fertilizer?

I haven't used any fertilizer, just plenty of water.

 

[lebshiff21]

I have a hard time believing those are ready to pick already. Are they dry and papery? Spring back right after you squeeze them?

 

[twigboy2000]

It's not that uncommon in the Southeast to get an early smaller harvest and then a Fall harvest. My bines were all the way up by early April and I had my first cones a few weeks later. Those are probably a week or two away from harvest.

Now if I kept cutting everything back and didn't let them start to run until May, I'd probably only get a Fall harvest.

-chuck

 

[extra_medium]

we have had nothing but rain and clouds since March. My poor babies are only about 3 feet tall. Tons of rain, but little direct sunshine. (seriously, in April we had 8.7" and it looks like the same for May)

 

[halucin8]

I have a hard time believing those are ready to pick already. Are they dry and papery? Spring back right after you squeeze them?

Yep. They are ready. A slight bit of browning, dry & papery, hairs coming out the top, full of lupulin.

 

[beerkrump]

Yep. They are ready. A slight bit of browning, dry & papery, hairs coming out the top, full of lupulin.

I've got a few cones on my Cascades. They broke ground late March/early April.

 

[oly884]

Last year I grew 5 hop plants up the side of my house, one died, but the rest did alright.

I wanted to step it up this year:

I have 8 varieties growing now with a total of 16 plants (two of each variety).

I transplanted the 4 surviving hop plants from last year:

The one in the pic above is now 7' tall and growing about 4-6" a day!

More pics:

 

[Daybis]

Cascade, Nugget, Kent Goldings

 

[Jones]

Cascade, Kent Goldings, Willamette, Nugget
2nd year

 

[Jones]

 

[dallasdb]

Seeing all these pictures makes me wonder... is anyone else at about 12-18" on their growth this season?

I feel like I hit 12" really quick but now I've been there for about 3 weeks. Getting a little worried but Denver has been rainy lately. Hoping some sun in the next few weeks will make them jumpstart some growth.

 

[Brent_in_Aurora]

Mine are big. I will post a pic later.

 

[SAMPLER]

Mine are between 6-8 ft. Although I just noticed that about 8 inches of the tip of my Fuggles got twisted and start to break off. I hope this doesn't halt the growth. Any ideas?

 

[jeepinjeepin]

Zeus has broken 12'. The problem that I have is that my trellis stops at 12'. Cascade is still around 6-7'

 

[NuclearRich]

Seeing all these pictures makes me wonder... is anyone else at about 12-18" on their growth this season?

I feel like I hit 12" really quick but now I've been there for about 3 weeks. Getting a little worried but Denver has been rainy lately. Hoping some sun in the next few weeks will make them jumpstart some growth.

Mine are around that size. 1st year Nugget and Willamette. We've had tons of rain in the last two weeks, but I'm hoping the next week of heat and sun will jump those babies up their trellises.

 

[sdillow]

Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Willamette first year growth.

 

[Paulasaurus]

From left to right

Cascade, Centennial, Columbus, Chinook

Not pictured, Zeus, Nugget, Fuggle, and a potted Chinook.