2013 Hop garden photo thread

[HopHeadGrady]

Heres my set up. So far so good for year two... Last year was way too warm and they didn't grow we'll at all. These are growing in Ottawa Canada.
From left to right...Goldings, Cascade, Mt Hood courtesy of Left field farms in BC.

 

[AndMan3030]

I helped my buddy build this on Sunday. Ordering crowns from Great Lakes Hops. 6 Horizon, 3 Viking, and 3 Sterling crowns will get planted here in about a week.

 

[Gitmoe]

Finally finished building my hop rig and planted my rhizomes. Hoping it wasn't too late...

Yes, one of the towers is a little crooked. I had my nephew help me and he's still learning. I didn't feel like fixing it...

 

[hungry4hops]

Sweet photos... but ACK!! I think that spider may be a recluse of some sort.

I don't know what kind of spiders you have in your area, but it looks a lot like one of these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo_spider ...not so much as the one in the picture but the shape, the stance and the large lobster like claw/fang things.

[edit] better picture here http://hobospider.org/

you guys are scaring me, i hope hes not still chillin there when it comes time to harvest!!!

 

[cram]

About spiders, I tend to get a lot of whitish, grayish, spiders on my bines, especially toward the end of growing season. They are fantastic to have around, imo, as I don't have problems with pests and don't have to add pesticides. Bottom line, don't stress about the spiders--they don't eat hops or vegetation--so welcome them. I have found, though, that it's wise to give the bines a solid shake (which gets the spiders to drop out) before picking hops...

(I believe recluse spiders tend to stay on the ground but I'm no expert.)

 

[Nomad]

New pic.

Nice. This about how much room I have (first year), so I'm planning on the same trellis shape. What kind of lumber is that?

 

[jethro55]

I helped my buddy build this on Sunday. Ordering crowns from Great Lakes Hops. 6 Horizon, 3 Viking, and 3 Sterling crowns will get planted here in about a week.

I'll name it - The Fortress of Hoptitude"
Nice!!!!

 

[sils13]

Mine

 

[gbx]

About spiders, I tend to get a lot of whitish, grayish, spiders on my bines, especially toward the end of growing season. They are fantastic to have around, imo, as I don't have problems with pests and don't have to add pesticides. Bottom line, don't stress about the spiders--they don't eat hops or vegetation--so welcome them. I have found, though, that it's wise to give the bines a solid shake (which gets the spiders to drop out) before picking hops...

(I believe recluse spiders tend to stay on the ground but I'm no expert.)

2 years ago I had a scary hobo type spider on my plant that rolled a leaf up into a cone with its web and hung out inside it. I don't know how beneficial it was as it only seemed to eat ladybugs.

Hobospiders have a nasty bite (I got bit on my ankle last summer and it swelled up pretty bad and hurt like a mf'er) but nothing like you see from a brown recluse which luckily we don't have here. ...and we don't have black widows which I'd imagine would be much more of a problem in hop plants. Anyone ever see black widows on their hops?

 

[Brewitt]

I live in black widow country - I doubt hop plants would be a common place to find the spiders. Generally they are abundant in places that are dark and dry for long periods of time. I find them under things left sitting in the yard for a long period. Inside my rat bait traps if I leave them undisturbed. In old boxes left sitting for a long period of time. Generally don't see them when I'm out gardening or just doing general activities around the yard.

 

[bottlebomber]

...and we don't have black widows which I'd imagine would be much more of a problem in hop plants. Anyone ever see black widows on their hops?

Nah.. Black Widows aren't much for garden spiders. They like to make small sheltered nests in places like wood piles, cinder blocks, and inside especially and they rarely leave these webs. There are trillions of them here, I find them every few months in the house and yet I've only met one person to ever have been bit by one. And in his case it went in his mouth and bit his cheek while he slept. Sweet dreams.

Edit: ^^ ahh he beat me

 

[Brewitt]

And in his case it went in his mouth and bit his cheek while he slept. Sweet dreams.

Like I said, dark places that are left undisturbed for a long time. I guess he was a quiet guy. Yikes!

 

[Brewitt]

How do you bend rebar like that?

I think I never answered this. I bent the 3/8 stuff by putting a foot on the point where I wanted to bend and then gently pulled up on the end. I then moved my foot a little and pulled again and worked my way along until it formed the shape I wanted. Then I took the next one and did the same thing until it formed the same shape. It is much easier than you would think. I didnt have to bend the 1/2".

 

[Matteo57]

Here is mine. Planted about 5-6 weeks ago. Took off slowly but now starting to pick up. Way behind a lot of ya'lls but I guess they are only first year. We shall see! Looking forward to them bearing hops!!

 

[two_one_seven]

Here is my yard. Cascade in foreground and Willamette in the distance. These are year 2 and alread at 9 ft. Amazed at how fast they grow.

 

[DrinkingLounge]

my cascade at 9 feet... now what?

 

[Carlscan26]

my cascade at 9 feet... now what?

http://s379.photobucket.com/user/happyhooligans/media/photo-105.jpg.html

Add more trellis

 

[Looper]

Here's a little update on my 3rd year plants. We had a late start to warm weather here in Chicago, so all of this is new growth in the last 2 weeks or so.

I really should have pulled out some rhizomes, but this year i still just let them do their thing. I've pulled out probably 100-200 bines just to keep these in control.

We got a ton of rain the last day or two, which is why the leaves have shifted to a light green.

Chinook won the race to the top of the 12' trellis. It's sticking straight up in the air asking, "now what?!"

 

[sok454]

Dang looper. Awesome here are mine. Also have 8 in ground that were planted last week. Still waiting for them.
And my trellis I'm making. Wife hasn't seen it yet...

 

[Looper]

Nice! I wish I had a huge yard like that to make an awesome setup! How long are you going to keep them in pots?

Make sure your soil is a good consistency before planting, with some compost, peat moss, and mulch to improve drainage and water retention.

Keep us posted!

 

[basementbrewbrad]

 

[sok454]

Nice! I wish I had a huge yard like that to make an awesome setup! How long are you going to keep them in pots?

Make sure your soil is a good consistency before planting, with some compost, peat moss, and mulch to improve drainage and water retention.

Keep us posted!

Thanks! When u live in a small town u get big yards! Well relatively big.
I may keep the pots for a year and see how they do. Some of the ones in the ground are 4 yr old rhizomes a guy have me. They haven't popped yet as they are only a week in.
I used 3 parts potting 1 part sand 1 part mushroom compost in my pots. And in the holes.

 

[nextgenxx]

Here is my yard. Cascade in foreground and Willamette in the distance. These are year 2 and alread at 9 ft. Amazed at how fast they grow.

http://s1198.photobucket.com/user/brewboy74/media/IMG_0780.jpg.html

Nice garden, looks good!

 

[Chamuco]

Basementbrewbred, that's quite a hoperation! I think you just defined when a garden becomes a farm. Nice work!

 

[Stevo2569]

Anybody else have cones? There's prob 30-40 on each of the cascades and nugget from the first burrs formed. Everybody is topped the 18' lines except Mt. Hood and EKG. I harvested about a dozen each of the cascade and centennial rhizome/new crown sprouts and put into pots for relocation. Prob gonna do another feeding of blood and bogain to boost blooming in the next few days.

 

[hillhousesawdustco]

....still snowing here....

 

[MetallHed]

Not a big one, but good for me!

 

[basementbrewbrad]

Basementbrewbred, that's quite a hoperation! I think you just defined when a garden becomes a farm. Nice work!

Thank you Chamuco

 

[DirtyOldDuck]

Anybody else have cones?

It's been raining too much the last few days to go out and check, but a few days ago I found lots of burrs on my second-year plants. Some of the plants are probably pushing 15 feet already. Although it has been cold and wet the last week, we have had a very summer-like spring and the plants seem to be about 1 1/2 to 2 months ahead of where they were last year as first-year plants. Looks like it will be an early harvest if the sun ever returns.

 

[specialkaye]

Basementbrewbred, that's quite a hoperation! I think you just defined when a garden becomes a farm. Nice work!

There's a word I am soooo going to steal....