2011 Hop Garden Picture Thread

[jeepinjeepin]

1st year Zeus coming off the top of a 12' trellis. Cascade in the background at half that height.

 

[sloanme]

First year growing hops, planted one fuggles and one cascade. It's been pretty rainy in Calgary the last couple of weeks, but the sun is back with vengeance now. Also due to the snow on the ground until the beginning of May it looks like I am a little behind.......

 

[fdben]

First year growing hops, planted one fuggles and one cascade. It's been pretty rainy in Calgary the last couple of weeks, but the sun is back with vengeance now. Also due to the snow on the ground until the beginning of May it looks like I am a little behind.......

I hear you - I planted late due to frost and laziness. Hops went in the ground May 23, and 2 or 3 of the 5 were up within 2 days. Here are some pictures as of yesterday. I'll post pics of my trellis system another time - 5 post are 24' long buried 3.5' in the ground (so 20.5' exposed), with 4 1/8" steel cable guy wires for climbing. One post per variety. I planted (the pictures are in the same order) Cascade, Fuggles, Goldings, Hallertauer, and Magnum. Need more compost in the soil!

 

[Gridlocked]

I'll bite

L to R:
2nd year Cascade, 1st year Magnum, 2nd year Centennial, 2nd year Cascade

1st year Tettnang, Chinook, Nuggett (potted in corners) Fug and a Nug

The lone "Willamette by the fence" - who's poor 3' of growth snapped off in the transfer from the temporary bucket to the pot

and finally the "Centennial in the corner" and the "Chinook in the back 40"

 

[fdben]

As I mentioned above - here is the hopyard. I have setup one post per variety, but have only planted one plant per post this year. This will let me work out the kinks, and next year I will have 4 plants per post if all goes well.

The posts are 3 layers of laminated 2x4's to make a 24' post that are buried 3.5 feet into the ground. Each post is secured by 4 guy wires that are 1/8" aircraft cable, which will also be what the bines climb.

Currently I have a tripod mounted sprinkler to water when I can't get to them, but will be installing a drip system later this month to get the water directly to the plants. The tripod sprinkler does work, but if there is any wind its effectiveness is greatly reduced.

I may add more as well - I'd like to add some Saaz next year (the hop farm ran out of Saaz rhizomes before they got to my order). I have room to add a couple more posts in the current hop yard, and can cultivate up more of the grass on either side to add more if I feel the need.

 

[Spartan1979]

Second year Cascade. We were at a brewpub that had hops growing over the rails of the deck so we thought we'd do the same. It's more for atmosphere than for brewing.

 

[lebshiff21]

Here's mine - 3 Centennials and 2 Willamette right now. Just planted a couple Brewer's Gold on the far left.

Updated shot:

 

[BootsyFlanootsy]

that soil looks SUPER compacted. Do you have a lot of clay in your soil?

I hear you - I planted late due to frost and laziness. Hops went in the ground May 23, and 2 or 3 of the 5 were up within 2 days. Here are some pictures as of yesterday. I'll post pics of my trellis system another time - 5 post are 24' long buried 3.5' in the ground (so 20.5' exposed), with 4 1/8" steel cable guy wires for climbing. One post per variety. I planted (the pictures are in the same order) Cascade, Fuggles, Goldings, Hallertauer, and Magnum. Need more compost in the soil!

 

[fdben]

that soil looks SUPER compacted. Do you have a lot of clay in your soil?

Roger, serious clay. I put some more compost on the mounds last night, but I didn't want to dig them up and disturb them.

Should I dig them up to improve the soil? or stick it out...? I'll have to take some more pictures as they are about 6 to 8 inches and leafy now.

I now realize I should have mixed more in when I planted them; I am fairly ignorant about gardening though so this is a major learning experience.

Any input appreciated.

Thanks,

Ben

 

[Paulasaurus]

Main trellis as of Monday. Left to right.

Cascade(3rd year), Centennial(2nd year), Columbus(2nd year), Chinook(1st year)

 

[Gridlocked]

my chinook on the fence measures roughly 20' so I started to train it back toward the center of the plant. I'll ad more pics when it stops raining but 3 out of 10 plants have reached the rain gutters on my house.

 

[jfrank85]

1st year hops pictures took about 2 weeks ago. Pics taken before i mowed and trimmed excuse the length .

Cascade- About 6ft now with TONS of bines, very bushy.

Centennial- Already reaching the top of its string (10') and still growing. Has second bine trying to catch up lol.

Chinook- Smallest rhizome of the three, has started picking up in growth as of late.

 

[magnj]

Central NJ, today. 3rd year Chinook.

 

[jfrank85]

Is it weird that mine haven't flowered yet or is that normal for 1st years?

 

[magnj]

Is it weird that mine haven't flowered yet or is that normal for 1st years?

Normal, mine did almost nothing on year one.

 

[platypotamus]

my 2nd year Nugget & Cascade plants are sportin' some small cones already. beautiful sight! they didn't show any until mid-late August last year.

 

[RGingerelli]

Here are a few pictures of my first year hops. I have a total of 15 plants (1 didnt take) with 8 different varities. I built my structure out of 4x4 pressure treated and the hops are climbing up jute twine. My 2 cascades are the tallest so far at about 14' with my Chinooks right behind them.

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[tchuklobrau]

half of my plants.

 

[KevyWevy]

finally got them all strung up with a new trellis this year... still not tall enough though!!!

 

[runs4beer]

From there go with conduit hose clamped to your posts, that should give the height you need and then you can take them down after the grow season.

 

[jeepinjeepin]

Mine have blown through 12' in no time. I underestimated this beast. I am thinking through temporary extensions for next season.

 

[MeatyPortion]

Most of the hops I got from hopfarmer are doing well; the only ones which didn't (the Chinook) were in a ziploc bag that wasn't closed tightly enough and mold got on them. Still, I planted them and some shoots came up but look sickly. As to whether they came shipped in an open bag or not, I'm leaning towards myself not resealing the bag after checking the hops. I'll let the rhizomes sit in the dirt until next year and we'll see if they can recover.

 

[beerkrump]

Taken last week. Cascade - second year - 16 ft. tall

 

[MBasile]

Are those tentacle looking things baby hop cones? Guess I'll have to check in them every day, not like I'm not already doing that

Edit: nevermind, completely crappy picture.

 

[jfrank85]

1st year centennial just hit 15'. No flowers yet but i didnt expect any really.

 

[Ace_Club]

Here's mine.

Golding, 1st year, started from a crown:

Cascade, 1st year, started from a rhizome (this fall I'll be removing all those hostas):

Shot of the whole area:

 

[BrewAlchemy]

2nd year growth looking real well in comparison to last year. I have 60 planted here from last year and 80 more in pots gettin ready to be planted.

 

[jeepinjeepin]

Zeus and Cascade first year rhizomes making good progress.

 

[brian2can]

First Year Hops from rhizomes. Picture 2 days ago

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28236&stc=1&d=1308847949

Centennial already getty cones.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28237&stc=1&d=1308848051

 

[brian2can]

Jeepinjeepin yours look beautiful for 1st year