2013 Hop garden photo thread

[brewmcq]

I wish I could post some pix of my hops from last summer... but I'm sure this forum is only rated PG-13.. ;-)

Needless to say, my SWMBO is really enjoying herself with my hobby.. ;-)

 

[mthompson]

I wish I could post some pix of my hops from last summer... but I'm sure this forum is only rated PG-13.. ;-)

Needless to say, my SWMBO is really enjoying herself with my hobby.. ;-)

Useless, without pictures. I say let the moderators decide.....

 

[brewmcq]

Useless, without pictures. I say let the moderators decide.....

 

[ColeR]

useless, without pictures. I say let the moderators decide.....

+1

 

[brewmcq]

Fine.. but if I get banned, I'm blaming you guys...

And yes, I censored it.. lol

 

[Reno_eNVy]

What are you growing? What have you had luck with? I am looking at buying some crowns and curious what grows in Reno.

I'm growing Northern Brewer, which likes temperate regions. It works in Reno because while it gets hot in the summer it doesn't really get sweltering. I wish I could remember the link to this sweet pdf that tells you what climates each hop variety likes, but the rhizome page on Midwest Supplies has basic climate information.

Fine.. but if I get banned, I'm blaming you guys...

And yes, I censored it.. lol

Well maybe you should put a non-censored version in the Boneyard. It's worth a lifetime membership!

 

[brewmcq]

Well maybe you should put a non-censored version in the Boneyard. It's worth a lifetime membership!

;-)

 

[brewmcq]

(Sent in my $25 and PM to TxBrew...) lol

 

[mthompson]

I spent some time cleaning up the beds in the 35°F sunshine yesterday afternoon.

Cascades and Centennial are also seeking the sun.

A few days ago there was a 2ft. snow drift on them.

 

[user 108580]

Here's my garden. Still waiting for my rhizomes to show up.

 

[mthompson]

Since my plastic/marker labels were faded and I couldn't read them, I stamped some new ones out of aluminum.

Hopefully I remembered the beds correctly!

 

[williamsdm1111]

Just got my Zeus rhizomes in their pots. Looks like we have a stretch of nice weather ahead. Actually my 6 year old did it since my arm is in a sling.

 

[NevadaWolfPack]

I'm growing Northern Brewer, which likes temperate regions. It works in Reno because while it gets hot in the summer it doesn't really get sweltering. I wish I could remember the link to this sweet pdf that tells you what climates each hop variety likes, but the rhizome page on Midwest Supplies has basic climate information.


Well maybe you should put a non-censored version in the Boneyard. It's worth a lifetime membership!

Thanks for the Help.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Thanks for the Help.

Always eager to help fellow homebrewers, especially if they're Pack fans!

 

[Punx Clever]

Here's my little Cascade.

 

[jperry]

a cutting from last year, that i just transplanted.

 

[Rami]

It's a boy! My centennial baby in a whiskey barrel broke ground today. First time growing hops. Quite exciting.

 

[naiek]

Posted this in the other 2013 garden thread. Cascade, centennial, Chinook and Columbus

 

[gbx]

To all the potential container hop growers: You really need a bigger container. Here is what 2 years of growth in a 115L (approx 25gal) container looks like. I don't think this quite qualifies as root bound but it was definitely going to outgrow its home by the end of the summer if I hadn't transplanted it to a bigger container.

 

[mthompson]

It's a boy! My centennial baby in a whiskey barrel broke ground today. First time growing hops. Quite exciting.

Well, hopefully the doc was wrong....male hops do not produce cones.

 

[masonsjax]

To all the potential container hop growers: You really need a bigger container. Here is what 2 years of growth in a 115L (approx 25gal) container looks like. I don't think this quite qualifies as root bound but it was definitely going to outgrow its home by the end of the summer if I hadn't transplanted it to a bigger container.

Out of curiosity, how many rhizomes were initially planted in that container?

 

[Rami]

Well, hopefully the doc was wrong....male hops do not produce cones.

haha. well in that case...put it in the trash.

 

[mthompson]

haha. well in that case...put it in the trash.

Well, I guess we are actually both correct, because centennial is a hermaphrodite. :cross:

Luckily, it is rare (I think) to have a centennial throw male flowers.

Be on the look out for tiny green balls!!! (no seriously, male flowers are tiny green balls)

 

[gbx]

Out of curiosity, how many rhizomes were initially planted in that container?

That was 1 willamette rhizome in 100L of potting soil.

 

[jethro55]

Here's my first try. Not sure if it will work, but am giving the tee-pee rig a try.

 

[LowNotes]

Here's my first try. Not sure if it will work, but am giving the tee-pee rig a try.

Looking good! I tried a similar setup for my first attempt at growing hops this year, although mine is a little more ghetto. My Dad had 2 lengths of steel pipe laying around, so I U-bolted them together, and rigged a carabiner type thing to the top to act as a pulley. I wasn't thinking about it when running my lines and they got wrapped/twisted around the pole a bit, so instead of being about 18' high, they are only 15-16;, but since it is the first year I figured I would see what happens rather than take everything down and string 'em up more carefully.

And hey, why didn't you just hang lines from those wires running horizontally to the left in the photo:cross:

 

[jethro55]

And hey, why didn't you just hang lines from those wires running horizontally to the left in the photo:cross:

Ha ha ha ha ! Not gonna try it!

 

[Yaksha808]

Here is my attempt at a hop garden... i still haven't come up with how i want to do the trellises... im thinking about doing it how i have seen people with apartments do it...

I know its a bit small... but its the first bines that came up from my 1st years

 

[uncle_jimbo]

Here are my 2nd year bines in Arizona. We're probably a lot farther along at this point than most of the country. Cascade on the left and Magnum on the right. Flowers to appease the SWMBO in the middle. Yielded a few dry ounces of Cascade in year one. Hoping for more out of both this year.

 

[jayway]

First time hop grower and first year centennial hops. Only had room for two next to my ghetto potted garden. Haven't been this excited about a plant in a long time!