2013 Hop garden photo thread

[jperry]

1st year Cascade, which seems to be doing better than all my other plants...
The bottom 2 pic's are a 2nd year Centennial, which is doing alright, but no cones again.
Im pretty bummed, that only a few of my plants are doing okay, but the rest are struggling.
I know what I'm doing next year to solve that problem. Lots of fert's and good potting soil, instead of the dang garden soil I bought, it was terrible.
(Not pictured) Only one of my chinook has sidearms, the other doesn't, but they both have some cones.

 

[Helly]

I've got second year plants but they're in the ground first year. About a third are doing really well, the second group is catching up and the last group I'm just going to be patient until next year. Getting some decent cones on my brewers gold, not enough to harvest yet but I'm watching closely.

 

[sweetcell]

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?

your plants are in their first year... keep expectations low. they are concentrating on their root system this year. your harvest will likely be pretty small.

the cones will grow from those side-arms. your photos aren't detailed enough for me to see whether or not you have burrs. regardless, time will tell. hang in there!

I know what I'm doing next year to solve that problem. Lots of fert's and good potting soil, instead of the dang garden soil I bought, it was terrible.

it's never too late to start fertilizing. it'll make the plant healthier and even if it doesn't lead to more cones this year, you'll be setting yourself up for success next year.

 

[jangelj]

I have already harvested cones once this summer, this is what I had yesterday. This is a 2nd year Cascade plant in Jacksonville, FL.

 

[mhurst111]

1st year cascade. The cones are just starting to form, but tons of them.




1st year centennial. Cones are coming along nicely, but not many of them.

 

[RomanRider]

I started harvesting my Centennials yesterday here in central NY state. I think I need to invest in a dehydrator to have room to store them all.

 

[emyers]

First year hops in MD. First harvest today for cascade and saaz. I just tossed them all into an apa.

 

[mhurst111]

My 1st year cascade. My neighbors 2nd year doesn't have 1/2 the cones this thing does...










And mine was grown in a pot...

 

[TangoHotel]

My 1st year cascade. My neighbors 2nd year doesn't have 1/2 the cones this thing does...

And mine was grown in a pot...

Nice, my nugget just started showing spurs this week. I'm kinda bummed that it's taken so long but I'm willing to wait her out...

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

My first year plants, my gutters are @ about 18 feet to give a sense of perspective how big the cascade is.

Cascade, grew like a beast, now its flowering like one too. You can see there are a crapload of flowers. The good part is that a lot of them are up by the 2nd story bedroom window, so i can pop the screen off and reach out and harvest a lot of them! I didnt even plan it that way but it actually works great.

Close up of Cascades from my 2nd story window

Newport also growing good, flowering as well.

And finally my Columbus, the smallest of the bunch, but still producing! Thankfully it stopped growing once it hit the top and started flowering, so there isnt really any cascades tangling in with it, if there is its very minimal(maybe a half dozen cones).

 

[pschaf]

Excited to share my backyard hops garden.

The vines on the far (right) side are technically 2nd year, but last year I had them planted in pots and their performance wasn't the best. In the ground they've exploded.

I have Cascade, Nugget, and Columbus.

Some of the cones are ready to harvest (starting to turn brown) and considering it is August 1st, rather early. But I'll dry them and add them to the others from later this season.

 

[half_whit]

First timer, first year fuggles. Am I ready to harvest?

 

[BigGoat]

First year cascade. Can't wait to brew an IPA with them. Also i need to get rid of some weeds.

 

[basementbrewbrad]

Not bad for first years

 

[user 108580]

Not bad for first years

I'm in the same boat. First year cascades are doing very well.

 

[half_whit]

My first year nugget is lagging behind but it has a lot of burrs. Both cascades didn't make it. Centennial is doing so so and I harvested about a quart (drying now, so I didn't weigh em). But man... My fuggles blew UP! Like woah. Anyway, here's the first round. More to come

 

[NuclearRich]

My first year nugget is lagging behind but it has a lot of burrs. Both cascades didn't make it. Centennial is doing so so and I harvested about a quart (drying now, so I didn't weigh em). But man... My fuggles blew UP! Like woah. Anyway, here's the first round. More to come

Wow those are meaty! My nugget is slower too, I think it's part of the breed.

 

[TangoHotel]

Wow those are meaty! My nugget is slower too, I think it's part of the breed.

My nugget is the only one right now that has not a single hop on it. Tons of little spurs though, so in a few weeks it will be heavy with hops. That will probably be a mid September harvest. My Willamette. And sunbeam are full of hops cones now. I've already harvested 3 dry oz. off of the sunbeam.

 

[Rami]

I harvested today off my first year cascades. I netted ~2 lbs. of hops before drying from 4 plants. Not sure if that's a good net or not.

 

[jperry]

I harvested today off my first year cascades. I netted ~2 lbs. of hops before drying from 4 plants. Not sure if that's a good net or not.

same with me, I just harvested my cascade also. 2 lbs sounds great though, compared to my few oz's, off of one plant.

 

[Rami]

And here they are laid out to dry. I probably could have waited a few more days but I think they are fine. Papery, not very moist and they smell amazing.

 

[basementbrewbrad]

Here is what a hermaphrodite Columbus looks like

 

[DerrangedPOJO]

Ok my one bullion had those on them only one little cluster. Are the hops still good?

 

[half_whit]

Wow those are meaty! My nugget is slower too, I think it's part of the breed.

Yeah dude...having never grown before, I was not expecting them to get that big! I blame the location. Amazing drainage, all day sunlight, and a rainy summer.
Are your nuggets first year too?

 

[prohl84]

I am envious of all the gorgeous plants I have seen on this thread. I have one second year plant, Galena and three first year plants: cascade, centennial, and nugget. I got the three in slightly late so they're not very big, flowers on cascade and centennial but none on the nugget yet (they flower slightly later if I'm not mistaken). The Galena is producing pretty well for being "trellised" on a 5' chain link fence.

 

[NuclearRich]

Yeah dude...having never grown before, I was not expecting them to get that big! I blame the location. Amazing drainage, all day sunlight, and a rainy summer.
Are your nuggets first year too?

Second year but they really did nothing last year, almost killed the plant

 

[johnsnownw]

First year cascades are starting to cone, finally!

 

[basementbrewbrad]

Ok my one bullion had those on them only one little cluster. Are the hops still good?

Yep still good

 

[RUNningonbrew]

 

[kblankenship11]

First year hops here. I planted the first four plants right after the last frost of the year, the last 3 plants about 3 weeks after that. Very excited!! Even though I may get enough for hardly one batch...