2013 Hop garden photo thread

[FuzzeWuzze]

Tettnang are looking great and I have been picking them and throwing them in my glass whenever I am drinking an IPA. Cascade are slower but seem to be growing taller and taller every day.

Pic 1 is the entire garden. The two posts closest to us are the tettnang and the cascade run along the left side posts, one of which you cant see and pic 4 will show you

Pic 2 is a close up of the tettnang that seems to be maturing the fastest. Its crazy how the left side of this plat has so many cones almost ready to be picked and the right side you can clearly see is just starting to produce cones.

Pic 3 is the same shot as pic 2 but farther out

Pic 4 is the left side post that you couldnt see in pic 1. Starting with that big tree posts and continuing along the left side are 3 cascade plants with the closest one doing the best.

How in the hell do you harvest them off of the tree's? Seems like a giant PITA!

 

[whitehause]

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Looks like I will be getting some hops out of my first year Columbus! The centennial are still growing strong too.... Cascade.... Not so much

A Phillies fan in San Diego:rockin:

Goin to any of the games this week?

 

[derbycitybrewer]

My first years! Willamette, small cascade and 2 centennials. Not getting hopes up at all on comes but a few are growing nicely. Cheers. Any advice would be great

 

[jglazer]

How in the hell do you harvest them off of the tree's? Seems like a giant PITA!

Haha haven't really figured out how to harvest yet... We have a giant step ladder that can reach the top of the tettnang, the only real tricky one is the cascade growing up that really tall tree. I am thinking a giant ladder right up against that tree...or if worse comes to worse we can always just chop the whole bine down when harvest comes which we obviously don't want to do if we are planning to harvest the plant over a few weeks.

Anyone have experience training monkeys to harvest hops?

 

[jglazer]

Oh and just found these 2 picks from the top floor of the house looking down on them. They look so tiny from up here!

 

[Nunner]

A Phillies fan in San Diego:rockin:

Goin to any of the games this week?

Oh yeah, I never miss them.....unless i'm on deployment

 

[Stevo2569]

Anybody harvesting yet? I've got dozens and dozens of hops that look ready. Just like last September.

 

[Carlscan26]

My cascade have taken off...my Centennial on the other hand not so much.

Close up of some of the cones on the cascade.

Both first years in San Diego

 

[sweetcell]

Anybody harvesting yet? I've got dozens and dozens of hops that look ready. Just like last September.

i've got lots of cones on different plants, but they're nowhere near ready. they're still wet.

 

[Cbaddad]

Got comes on my first year cascades as well. Don't think they are near ready but it is getting pretty exciting.

 

[jethro55]

April 10, June 3rd, June 9th, and June 24th. Most have a few flowers, the Chinook has a bunch.

 

[two_hearted]

So, I bought crowns (Zeus, Goldings, Chinook) and one rhizome (Centennial) this year. The crowns took off growing very quickly, but the rhizome caught up (surpassed) and now has 3/4 inch long cones where the all of the crowns have just started budding cones on them. I just found that kind of interesting. I'll get some pics up soon.

 

[jglazer]

So, I bought crowns (Zeus, Goldings, Chinook) and one rhizome (Centennial) this year. The crowns took off growing very quickly, but the rhizome caught up (surpassed) and now has 3/4 inch long cones where the all of the crowns have just started budding cones on them. I just found that kind of interesting. I'll get some pics up soon.

I wonder if it takes more energy for a crown to get back up and running when transplanted vs a rhizome.

 

[Bobowchops]

Here is a few pics of my first yr from left to right, Chinook northern brewer and magnum

 

[SMIB]

My first attempt at hop farming, growing some Willamette's.

 

[whitehause]

My first attempt at hop farming, growing some Willamette's.

I really like the set up with the cross rope. How tall are the pvc pipes?

 

[wrench]

I moved all my hops this spring and set them up on a new trellis system. The pair of top wires are about 17ft off the ground and all the hops are now in tubs to prevent spread.

This is my dwarf variety.

 

[Looper]

3rd years going YOLO in Chicago! Tons of sidearms, many of which are starting to flower or show signs of budding.

I have been using 5-1-1 fish emulsion.

The plants on the back row have intertwined on the power lines. I hope this doesn't cause any potential hazards. What do you guys think?

 

[sweetcell]

The plants on the back row have intertwined on the power lines. I hope this doesn't cause any potential hazards. What do you guys think?

i don't think there are many risks to you or the lines.

however, the utility company has the right to hack down your hops if they swing by for maintenance. so what is most at risk are your hops. i also have hops growing on a telephone pole and the have reached the top. like you i'm rolling the dice on that one, and there is nothing you can do if they cut down your hops.

 

[+HopSpunge+]

Hops look way better than powerlines .......

 

[Figbash]

It's been an exceptional season for hops here in Michigan so I thought I'd share some pictures of my crop. The beanstalks in the first two pics are Willamettes that have been in for about five years. This is the Southeast corner of the house so they get plenty of sun and get watered by the sprinkling system twice a day. It's 36 feet to the eaves. The smaller bines closer to the house are Cascade that have been in for three years.

The last pic is of the Centennial, Magnum and Nuggets. The wall they are growing on also faces Southeast and they get lots of water as well. These are the oldest at about seven years. I generally get a harvest of four to five pounds of dried hops, more than I can use. I didn't even pick them last year because my freezer was full.

Tom

 

[PJM]

Wow figbash, those are some huge leaves. Never seen them that big

 

[Looper]

It's been an exceptional season for hops here in Michigan so I thought I'd share some pictures of my crop. The beanstalks in the first two pics are Willamettes that have been in for about five years. This is the Southeast corner of the house so they get plenty of sun and get watered by the sprinkling system twice a day. It's 36 feet to the eaves. The smaller bines closer to the house are Cascade that have been in for three years.

The last pic is of the Centennial, Magnum and Nuggets. The wall they are growing on also faces Southeast and they get lots of water as well. These are the oldest at about seven years. I generally get a harvest of four to five pounds of dried hops, more than I can use. I didn't even pick them last year because my freezer was full.

Tom

Wow unreal, Tom!

 

[jmich24]

Wow unreal, Tom!

Any burrs yet?

 

[Figbash]

Any burrs yet?

The Centennials and Nuggets are showing a few, the rest are still filling out.

 

[mkringii]

The Centennials and Nuggets are showing a few, the rest are still filling out.

What part of our great state!? And i have to say ive never seen leaves that big.. And i thought my cascades where doing well at 22+ feet already!

 

[Figbash]

What part of our great state!? And i have to say ive never seen leaves that big.. And i thought my cascades where doing well at 22+ feet already!

Farmington Hills, just NW of Detroit. It must be something in the water.

 

[Wingnutt73]

So these are my first year plants going pretty good. From Left to right Cascade, Kent Golding, Fuggel, Whit Viking, Thor.

I do have a question as to what everyone uses for pests on their plants? Mine are starting to get little fuzzy white bugs not many but I want to stop them before it gets out of hand.

 

[brewmcq]

All the gardens seem to be doing well so far, even though we've had more rain than sun this year.

 

[RUNningonbrew]

Already have tons of cones, should i expect an early harvest?