2013 Hop garden photo thread

[Chavi]

Here is an update on my first year cascades! I just built the trellis system today and started training some vines!

 

[+HopSpunge+]

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!

Looks great to me. Not getto at all

 

[nextgenxx]

Just built my trellis yesterday and first time to grow hops! Wish it was taller but can't complain!

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

16 ft 4 x 4 on a 3 foot base which allows hops pole to hinge down when ready for harvest ......topped off with a bird house.......

 

[Brewitt]

16 ft 4 x 4 on a 3 foot base which allows hops pole to hinge down when ready for harvest ......topped off with a bird house.......

You better hope there are no eggs in that house when you lower for harvest. Wear a hat.

Seriously, very nice set up. I'm growing for the first time this year. Haven't quite settled on the setup.

 

[Punx Clever]

I've got intruders...

 

[Reno_eNVy]

AH! Kill it! Kill it with fire!

 

[PackerfaninSanDiego]

You better hope there are no eggs in that house when you lower for harvest. Wear a hat.

Seriously, very nice set up. I'm growing for the first time this year. Haven't quite settled on the setup.

My first year too...I think by the time the hops are ready for harvest, the little birdies will be long gone

 

[+HopSpunge+]

I've got intruders...

What is it?

 

[HydroGeologist]

Here are my one year old plants. They came up and are growing like crazy. SWMBO and I got them into the ground yesterday. I planted the rhizomes in the 5 gallon buckets one year ago. I've got high hopes for this year's harvest!

 

[mthompson]

My first year too...I think by the time the hops are ready for harvest, the little birdies will be long gone

Except for the quitters that are now the most putrid of any rotten you can imagine!

 

[basementbrewbrad]

Figured I would put the monster up on here as well

 

[DrinkingLounge]

Just set up my little hop garden. Planting tonight hopfully.

 

[jperry]

Figured I would put the monster up on here as well

What varieties and how many? Great job by the way!

 

[basementbrewbrad]

What varieties and how many? Great job by the way!

Cascade, centennial, columbus, and Willamette. We originally had 100 bud had to drop it down to 96 just to give these bad boys space and keep them off the posts

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Figured I would put the monster up on here as well

 

[Stevo2569]

Funny I was looking at that shed build. Lol

Edit. Oops sorry thought was the F up shed construction pics. No offense. Just at a glance. Hell of a build. Looks good.

I looked this past weekend and I've got action here in northern Tn

Cascades always the first and best. I've got 6 other varieties all showing purple eyes.

 

[Punx Clever]

What is it?

Mushrooms... I dug them out shortly after taking the picture.

 

[beer_doc]

Got my first rhizomes ever today...



I'm in medical school, so I planted them in pots over by a community garden we have on campus. Put them in pots so I can move them easier when I move away. We'll see how they go.

I'm gonna put some cross bars on the main part of the trellis so I can let down the slack from the top of the triangle and crisscross them to get some more mileage out of what I have to work with...



Left to right - Willamette - Cascade - Centennial

 

[mthompson]

Got my first rhizomes ever today...

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I'm in medical school, so I planted them in pots over by a community garden we have on campus. Put them in pots so I can move them easier when I move away. We'll see how they go.

I'd seriously think about getting bigger containers. One rhizome can fill up a rubbermaid in very short order with its root system. I'd recommend at a minimum a 10gal container for first year rhizomes, and even 30gal containers can be too small for 2nd year crowns.

Rubbermaid containers are cheap, you can easily make them self-watering, and cutting up and rearranging a wood pallet makes a decent enough looking box to hide the plastic container (for aesthetics).

 

[pvtschultz]

My WI Cascades broke ground during the recent sunny afternoons.

 

[beer_doc]

I'd seriously think about getting bigger containers. One rhizome can fill up a rubbermaid in very short order with its root system...

Rubbermaid containers are cheap, you can easily make them self-watering, and cutting up and rearranging a wood pallet makes a decent enough looking box to hide the plastic container (for aesthetics).

Thanks for the advice! I'll look into getting some containers before the roots get too big!

 

[sneakybrian]

3 of my 5 are up

 

[beer_doc]

Willamette finally broke ground.

 

[LowNotes]

I'm so jealous...I planted 2 beds of hops, one 3 weeks ago and one last week, and haven't had a single hop pop up above ground yet.

I know they are growing roots and will take awhile and be generally slow my first year...but I'm still jealous of all the green goodness I see from others.

 

[SpottedDogBrewing]

Has anyone tried growing hops on a chain link fence?

 

[Stevo2569]

This to this in a few days. I have a felling 2nd year cascade are going to be awesome.

 

[gbx]

Here are 2 more pics of my townhouse roof top container hops. The blue container has a 3rd year cascade, the brown container is a 3rd year willamette. The dirt filled blue container has a very sad looking goldings rhizome that I don't have high hopes for. If it grows I will rig something up for it, if not I'll put some veggies in there.

This is the first summer in the new location. They did great last year but got tangled together and made harvesting a pain but I got more than 1.5lbs dry off them. Here they are last year https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f92/show-off-your-2012-hops-garden-320960/index36.html#post4289104

 

[Indytruks138]

Here are my 2 second year cascades in north texas. Both were rhizomes last year, hoping for a decent crop this year.

 

[bchurch]

Has anyone tried growing hops on a chain link fence?

That's what I did last year, they did pretty well but you have to remember to wind them around the fence often. They grow quickly in the summer months and tend to keep trying to climb up.