2013 Hop garden photo thread

[Rockindaddy]

Just built my first year trellis. I only have one spot on the side of the house that I used for my Cascade. This trellis will have Centennial & Fuggles. About $100.00 worth of materials and a sore back.

 

[BeerMikeW]

2nd year centennial

 

[SPR-GRN]

Just built my first year trellis. I only have one spot on the side of the house that I used for my Cascade. This trellis will have Centennial & Fuggles. About $100.00 worth of materials and a sore back.

That's a nice looking trellis; I was lazy and used my deck; I mean I was efficient and used my deck, yeah that's it

 

[BigGoat]

Just a couple of the taller ones. Kansas weather has been frustrating. 80 degrees one day then 26 degrees two days later. I need To get my poles up and get these guys out of the pots.

 

[BigGoat]

Hey, quick question. how are you guys anchoring the twine to the ground. I am thinking just a tent stake or wire bent over or something like that. Once the bine gets up there what are the chances that not having the bottom well anchored will result in a problem?

 

[Matteo57]

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[lemy]

HopCam

This is supposed to be one picture every hour, but for some reason I'm only getting the last photo of the day. Need some time to work on it. This is located on the outer edge of the Yakima hop growing region. About a 30 minute drive from the nearest commercial hop fields.

 

[AndMan3030]

First time Hop Grower here... Will regular twine be OK to use for my bines to climb??

 

[jeepinjeepin]

First time Hop Grower here... Will regular twine be OK to use for my bines to climb??

Should be just fine. It just needs to be a bit rough for the bines to grip and strong enough to hold the weight.

 

[Looper]

3rd year Chinook, Centennial, Cascade, and Sterling plants. Out of 8 plants, 7 have broken the surface.

On the plants that have grown long enough to train, I've selected 3 bines to train on each side of the "V".... Trimmed all of the other bines back..

 

[Blackeydsloth]

Planted Magnum, Nugget and Centennial last Thursday, 1st time growing hops. can't wait!!!

Here is my Magnum today!!!!

 

[jethro55]

Planted Magnum, Nugget and Centennial last Thursday, 1st time growing hops. can't wait!!!

Here is my Magnum today!!!!

Magnum was my first to sprout as well !

 

[RUNningonbrew]

3rd year Chinook, Centennial, Cascade, and Sterling plants. Out of 8 plants, 7 have broken the surface.

On the plants that have grown long enough to train, I've selected 3 bines to train on each side of the "V".... Trimmed all of the other bines back..

So do you have 3 bines going up each twine? I'm trying to figure out how many I can put up each one?

 

[Blackeydsloth]

@jethro55 Awesome it feels good to see something popping out.

 

[jeepinjeepin]

So do you have 3 bines going up each twine? I'm trying to figure out how many I can put up each one?

Do as I say, not as I do. 2-3 is recommended. Any more than that and they will sometimes pinch each other off. I have between 3-6 going up each right now.

 

[Cpanco]

Just received my Hops Rhizomes......Just finished my Hops trellis/ girlfriends veggie garden.. planter boxes... Cascade in this one just starting to poke thru the mounds... I will be building 3 more for the Golding, Tettnanger and Centennial amongst other things that the girlfriend wants to grow..

First post..

Cheers!!

 

[jeepinjeepin]

Here are my two, Zeus and Cascade. Perspective is odd. The box is around 3'x6'. The tallest bines are 6-7' right now.

 

[Indytruks138]

Got my new trelis up yesterday. I love the idea, I just hope the Harbor Freight flagpoles stay up. I put some tension on the top line on purpose to they won't swing in the wind so bad. 5 plants, 1st 2 are 2nd year cascade, then I have 3 crowns from great lakes hops.

 

[cram]

@ indytrucks...you might want to consider adding guy lines from the sides of your poles while you still can. Perhaps, you could put eye-bolts on the fence adjacent and tie into them. Those bines will get mighty heavy through the season and I'm not sure those HF poles will support that kind of weight. Guy lines do a lot to help disperse weight and tension. There's nothing worse than having to band-aid a fix mid-season when the bines come tumbling down. Just an idea...

 

[Indytruks138]

@ indytrucks...you might want to consider adding guy lines from the sides of your poles while you still can. Perhaps, you could put eye-bolts on the fence adjacent and tie into them. Those bines will get mighty heavy through the season and I'm not sure those HF poles will support that kind of weight. Guy lines do a lot to help disperse weight and tension. There's nothing worse than having to band-aid a fix mid-season when the bines come tumbling down. Just an idea...

I have thought about that, I am just wondering if I need to drill a hole through the pole or if I can just loop a wire around it? I have plenty more of that wire leftover from making the top line.

 

[BobCalamari]

Cascade Hops in the Hudson Valley, 2nd year

 

[cram]

@ indytrucks...I don't think you need to drill a hole in the pole. What I do is wrap and tie some wire around the top (so it can't slip down the pole) with a key-ring or welded loop attached to the wire. I have one set-up similar to yours that is one long piece of SS rope that I run from an eye-bolt to the up to the ring at top of the pole, across the top, through the ring on the other pole, and back down to where it's attached on the other side. Since you already have the across portion cut and set, I would string separate guy lines up to each pole but the key-ring or welded loop idea should still work--you'd just have one end attached to the ring and the other down at the eye-bolt on each side. This is how I support a tee-pee set-up in my front yard...I'll try to get pictures posted in case that helps.

 

[jethro55]

Cascade Hops in the Hudson Valley, 2nd year

There's mushrooms in those woods!

 

[basementbrewbrad]

 

[bottlebomber]

That's quite a setup. You're halfway to building a house with that.

 

[jeepinjeepin]

You aren't joking BB. That is an intricate setup.

 

[basementbrewbrad]

That's quite a setup. You're halfway to building a house with that.

Yea well my dad is a carpenter by trade and we wanted to make something a little different. The great thing about the setup it is pretty efficient and extremely strong.

 

[Looper]

So do you have 3 bines going up each twine? I'm trying to figure out how many I can put up each one?

Yep!!

Any more than that, and the plant in general will be spending too much energy growing/supplying nutrients to the multiple bines instead of the "chosen 3"

Those bines selected to survive will grow plenty of side arms that will produce a ton of cones.

Good luck!

 

[mdsram]

Transplanted 4 centennial rhizomes into the garden this weekend. Coir twine is 20 feet up into a 60 ft pine tree

 

[SPR-GRN]

just an update, I've got 5 out of 13 that have broken through the soil..
2 of 4 - willamette, 2 of 4- centennial, 1 of 1 fuggles, 0 of 4 tettnang; catch up tettnang

and we're getting rain for the first time in 17 days hope the hops are as happy about it as I am (now I don't have to water them).