2011 Hop Garden Picture Thread

[Kylito87]

These are my first year Nugget, Cascade, and Chinooks. Me and my Dad quickly found out they didn't like that initial angle of the rope.

 

[Kylito87]

This is a few weeks later

 

[Bobby_M]

Bobby did you brew with those green hops or did you dry them first?

Wet hopped. Just picked them and hopped. 1 pound at 15 minutes and 1 pound at 5. I used an ounce of Citra pellets for bittering.

 

[nepatsfan1]

My Brewers Gold seems to be liking the New England Summer. The Kent is doing well too for being a finicky hop to begin with

 

[HexKrak]

Mine burned up in the AZ summer heat before making it more than a couple feet off the ground. I'm hoping they might still come back next year.

 

[cfonnes]

Wet hopped. Just picked them and hopped. 1 pound at 15 minutes and 1 pound at 5. I used an ounce of Citra pellets for bittering.

Was that for 5 or 10 gallons?

Just wondering how to figure how much wet hops to use. I read somewhere that 4 oz of wet = 1 oz of dry. Does that sound about right?

 

[Firebat138]

I think it's 1 pound of wet equals 5 ounces of dry... so that sound close... basically a 4-1 ratio I think...

 

[frod1963]

Here's my centennial, galena and cascade

 

[frod1963]

Oops!!

 

[HoppyDaze]

I gave my buddy three clipping from my Cascade plant a couple years back....here they are now. Whoops!

 

[Kylito87]

Most recent pics of my hop Trelis. I went back home to the country this past weekend to get away from the city and check on my babies. They are doing quite well. My Chinook is the one on the end who isn't as bushy

 

[Kylito87]

A few more shots:rockin:

 

[jmarshall]

Just had my first harvest for the year (and first ever). I just planted this year, but am quite encouraged by the productivity. I only picked the ones that seemed ready and I probably have twice this left on the vines with new bines still appearing. I trained them to go up the ropes and then around the base of the railing on my back deck. I only have like a 20 foot yard below the deck until another small building, so this is proof you don't need much space to grow these, as long as the sun angle is decent.

 

[Kylito87]

That is a beautiful Bowl of Cones Jmarshall! I can't wait until mine start flowering. I have burrs on them just no cone formation yet. It is a rewarding process from tilling the soil to seeing them rocket up the twine. My Chinnook put on a foot just while I was at my Dad's for the weekend. My Nugget and cascade seem to be done with the vegative stage and are starting to focus on flowering.

 

[jmarshall]

Thanks. I imagine in Chicago the harvest might be a little later than here in Virginia. It sounds like there is the beginnings of some commercial hops growing around here, at least on the small scale. I know at least one local brewery growing and using their own, all cascade.

 

[binkman]

Let's say I'm a bad hop-daddy.

I have two rhizomes going, halltertauer and santiam.

I ordered them in March, got them in April, and planted them in May. I never got around to putting up any kind of support for them and have been out of town quite a bit this summer...

So they were more or less in a tangle still this morning. I strung up three twines per each rhizome and picked the healthiest vines, trained them on the string, and pruned the others back.

Will they make it?

The Santiam looks sad, but it's still going. The Halltertauer is a little more abundant but kinda floppy and wilty. So I watered them. The anti-weed matting might not really be helping matters there but SWMBO went through a lot of trouble for it and I dare not remove it.

The Santiam:


The Hallertauer:


Please feel free to judge me. I do.

 

[platypotamus]

some photos of part of my first harvest this season:



and prepping the nuggets for drying, Alton Brown-style:

 

[day_trippr]

All first year plantings, in the ground first week of April when the epic snowbank below the decks finally melted (it was up to the second level at its peak!).

Four cascades, three made it to the top railing (the closest one is the laggard). Lots of side shoots that I've been mostly training back to the cord to keep them from tangling in the Butterfly Bush and the Trumpet Vine

Four Chinooks - these all made it to the railing and are running back and forth along it.

Four Centennials - three of four made it to the railing and the other is striving. There are also three potted baby Fuggles rhizomes (tucked in behind the Centennials) that someone gave me in late May and I went ahead and planted just for grins. They're way behind but starting to flower and put out side arms.

All of the bines that have reached the upper railing had hundreds and hundreds of flowers that have been rapidly turning into hops - way more than I would have expected for first-year plantings. And the emerging side arms are bringing even more flowers into play.

Chinook

Centennial

Cascade

Now I'm just hoping nothing dramatic happens weather-wise. The entire hop garden is on an automatic drip irrigation system, likely responsible for getting through the unbelievable hot spells we've had in the Northeast this summer, and perhaps for the real nice production so far!

With all the new flowers from the side arms I suspect any harvesting is going to be strung out quite awhile once it gets going...

Cheers!

 

[LVBen]

This thread makes me so jealous! I wish I could grow my own hops. It sucks living in a desert with drought restrictions.

 

[tchuklobrau]

This thread makes me so jealous! I wish I could grow my own hops. It sucks living in a desert with drought restrictions.

there are still ways. rainwater (yes i know you dont get much) collectors saving waht you do get and using it later. lol only have 1-2 plants in a pot use tap water to water them better ur hops gets it than u. is it canibalistic to feed em beer? any way the point is where there is a will there is a redneck way to get er done

 

[RustyZymurgy]

June 2011 in western new york

 

[bourgeoisbee]

Wow, looking great! My first year hops are jealous at only a couple feet.

 

[RustyZymurgy]

They are cascade. Second year. I have since moved to Texas but I visited home back in June. Buffalo had a very wet spring and they appreciated it.

 

[tchuklobrau]

They are cascade. Second year. I have since moved to Texas but I visited home back in June. Buffalo had a very wet spring and they appreciated it.

yes it was a wet spring but had an insane dry spell july-end of june.

 

[RustyZymurgy]

Insane dry spell is what I'm experiencing currently here in Austin.

 

[trevorc13]

Can't wait to harvest my first year cascades!

 

[Hopfarmer]

You have a ways to go before harvest.It looks like you are just out of burr stage into cone.Looking good

 

[zrule]

Check out these 2nd year cascades.

 

[LVBen]

there are still ways. rainwater (yes i know you dont get much) collectors saving waht you do get and using it later. lol only have 1-2 plants in a pot use tap water to water them better ur hops gets it than u. is it canibalistic to feed em beer? any way the point is where there is a will there is a redneck way to get er done

I guess I can try... It seems like it would be a lot of work and very easy to screw up all of that hard work just by forgetting to water them once or twice.

 

[JackSmith]

Check out these 2nd year cascades.

Wow.