2013 Hop garden photo thread

[Mcbobs]

Here's my centennial bine alongside a cold glass of Tallgrass' new Wild Plum. Really an awesome beer!

 

[Stevo2569]

So some of my cascade are ready to be harvested and dried. The tips started to brown, then felt papery. I dried them using a dehydrator but they still have more of a "flowery" smell than a hop smell any thoughts? Here is a picture after drying

I never heard about the third year and up thing. But my first year cascades were flowery as well. Aside that my first year centennial was super dank. I too harvested today. All second yr plants. About three lbs wet of cascade. 1.5 lbs each of nugget and centennial. Dehydrator is workin over time for the next few days. 😀Next harvest won't be as much nugget or cent but cascade will be close. Still tons of burs growing.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I think one of my Cascade is a herm?

 

[roguemc]

1st year cascade coming up nicely, really started to grow quickly in the last week

 

[basementbrewbrad]

I think one of my Cascade is a herm?

Looks like it... Seems like a lot of people are getting hermaphrodite plants this year. I'm sure all the excessive rain and heat are a major contributing factor. I have three Columbus that are "Pat" plants if you will and one cascade that may be a male. I guess when you buy a hundred rhizomes wholesale there is bound to be a few mistakes. Here are the herm Columbus twins

 

[Carlscan26]

So are the "pat" plants not viable or do they just have lower yields?

 

[basementbrewbrad]

So are the "pat" plants not viable or do they just have lower yields?

They are still viable the yield is supposed to be lower but in those two first year plants pictured you can tell they are producing quite a bit

 

[Billy-Klubb]

mine are all 2nd year plants. Fuggle, Cascade, Willamette, and Nugget. if they're "Pat's" or not, I'm just happy they came back this year! hahahaa!!

 

[DerrangedPOJO]

Can we see an up close shot of the herms?

 

[whitehause]

Can we see an up close shot of the herms?

ummm....errrr....yea, that sounds odd.

 

[tjpfeister]

Less photo-y more video-y:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q7FAJrhtEP0

Setup a drip irrigation system and decided to shoot a crummy little video to share on my facepage.

 

[DerrangedPOJO]

Lol just want to see what that look like so I know what to look for.

 

[mthompson]

Less photo-y more video-y:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q7FAJrhtEP0

Setup a drip irrigation system and decided to shoot a crummy little video to share on my facepage.

Hey TJ,

If you raise the buckets up, you will have more pressure. This will get water to the center emitters more evenly. Those emitters are designed to operate at around 15-20psi, which would be around 35+ ft.

Also, 2 five gallon buckets is not nearly enough, unless it's filled 3 times a day in the summer. You should be irrigating to 60" per year per season (mostly April - august). For your plants, next year, I would look into getting two 55gal drums and filling those at least twice a week. I am running one drum, twice a week, for my 8 plants.

If you want more info, pm me. I'm down in sheboygan county.

MT

 

[Yaksha808]

First year plants seem like they are doing pretty well... im thinking that they are... fuggle and Columbus variety

 

[tjpfeister]

Thank you MT,

The reason why the buckets are down low is so that they are not visible (due to the grass) from the land owner's driveway. I would love to generate more head pressure, but then it would look tacky and I don't want to upset Brian or his old lady. I've gotta work with what I have available to me, atleast until I figure out something down here in Oshkosh.

-Tim

 

[mthompson]

Thank you MT,

The reason why the buckets are down low is so that they are not visible (due to the grass) from the land owner's driveway. I would love to generate more head pressure, but then it would look tacky and I don't want to upset Brian or his old lady. I've gotta work with what I have available to me, at least until I figure out something down here in Oshkosh.

-Tim

I hear you on that....no one really likes blue barrels all over there yard!

I painted mine a forest green color, and they really don't catch your eye at all. You should do a google search for "painted rain barrel". There are tons of ways to dress up a plastic drum...here is a neat one:

Or, you could cover them with slats of barn board or something, with a little construction adhesive, making them look like little wooden water towers. Quick search found this one...

We're getting off topic here now....but I checked my Centennials this morning and they are just starting to turn a little brown. I might be harvesting by the weekend!!!! :rockin:

 

[blawjr]

As of today:

 

[CPORT546]

As of today:

What exactly did you do to set up your trellis' I'm looking to do some potted hops next year and was thinking something similar. Just curious how you set up the based which are now covered in beautiful hops.

 

[Chamuco]

My second and final harvest went well with these 3rd year plants. Chinook on left screen / Cascade on the right.








Wet hops at flameout rule!

 

[SPR-GRN]

Apparently I need to move to the west coast, my cones just barely started forming on one plant.

 

[mthompson]

Apparently I need to move to the west coast, my cones just barely started forming on one plant.

All hop varieties vary in their time to cone maturity, and it is also a care/weather thing too. My Centennials will be ready by this weekend probably, Cascades right next to them have maybe another month to go, and the wild ones don't even have burrs yet.

I'm in WI, hops love it here.

 

[sweetcell]

i harvested my newport, cascade, columbus and centennial 2 weeks ago... so it's not just a west coast thing. i've also got cones on the santiam, sterling and nugget that probably need to be picked.

 

[tripplehazzard]

Finally! Burrs are turning to cones! !! On my
1st year ctz at least! ..was last rhizome to sprout and first to cone! I'm here in the Midwest BTW

 

[DerrangedPOJO]

Can n e one show a pic off a hop that is ready to b picked please.

 

[TangoHotel]

He ones that clued me in were the ones with browning edges. They felt like a dried papery napkin, had a pleasant hoppy smell, had visible yellow lupulin, and the strig separated from the bracts. I ended up with 3.1 oz of dry hops. Can't wait to make a SMaSH with it!

 

[DerrangedPOJO]

Ok then some of my bullions r getting ready to b picked. Starting to feel papery but no brown edges yet. They r starting to have a god smell though. Thanks for ur reply!

 

[tripplehazzard]

He ones that clued me in were the ones with browning edges. They felt like a dried papery napkin, had a pleasant hoppy smell, had visible yellow lupulin, and the strig separated from the bracts. I ended up with 3.1 oz of dry hops. Can't wait to make a SMaSH with it!

Also. When you pick do you just snip it off at the stem?

 

[mthompson]

Also. When you pick do you just snip it off at the stem?

You just grab at the base of the individual hop cones (near the stem), with the cone between your thumb and index/middle fingers....pull down and they come right off. Try not to squish them too much, as this will dislodge lupulin glands.

 

[JohnnyO]

Had a bit of an accident last night. My hops had been growing up to the top of my fence, and then I had them strung across my patio to an eyelet about 25' up my chimney. It appears the thin jute twine I was using couldn't handle the wieght as they all snapped. I had four strings going up and they all came down yesterday. Went up last night and restrung them. Hoping there wasn't too much damage...

 

[mjs3]

my first year planting hops in center city philadelphia.
one plant (mt. hood) is grown literally in a raised bed thats 3 bricks high on top of concrete. the oplant is now almost 20ft high and has a beautiful view of part of the philly skyline in the background. this one was planted may 1st.
the other (magnum) is grown in a bag lined basket and looks very healthy. i planted it later than mt. hood so its not quite as high, but growing fast.

so.. i have plenty of long sidearms on the magnum and not so many on the mt hood. i dont see any burrs, but i do see what looks like they could be burrs eventually?
i would really like to get thoughts from someone who really knows about growing..
what are the odds these sidearms will produce cones?
anything specific i should look for that will indicate that i might have a harvest?

thanks!