2014 Hop garden photo thread

[bristela]

(l-r) Willamette, Cascade & Columbus. Second year growth, although they were transplanted end of last year after harvest (see my blog for details)

 

[sablesurfer]

xmas lights on the hops? LOL.

 

[bristela]

xmas lights on the hops? LOL.

Just never took 'em down and we kinda like having them on when we're sitting out round our fire bowl. Only thing I'm really worried about is making sure they don't grow up the lights rather than the twine.

 

[sablesurfer]

Pic of the hops today. This is post first shoot trimming and then we had a cold spell. Warm weather making them happy. Chinook really didn't like the cold, see it just starting to peak above the pot lip, but it is throwing up about four shoots that appear healthy enough to train up the twine.



(Ha, well I guess you can't see it.)

 

[TopherJohn]

planted my rhizome (only one because we are renting and don't plan on bring here more than another year) and then it snowed. No life yet.


"I will make it felony to drink small beer. "

 

[Premnasbiaculeatus]

(l-r) Willamette, Cascade & Columbus. Second year growth, although they were transplanted end of last year after harvest (see my blog for details)

Very Nice, I like seeing a post from a fellow Washingtonian for climate perspective. Although your columbus is way past any of my second year vines.

 

[sablesurfer]

FYI - I attempted to lower my pH a bit using a very dilute vinegar/water mixture. After watching a youtube about a guy treating blueberries because my soil tested out in the high alkalynity(?) range which isn't surprising given our water in this area.

Not sure if it was the warming weather or the vinegar, but all the plants are SUPER happy in last week and my laggards are putting on over 2-4" a day right now.

(Basically I mixed 12oz vinegar with 1gal water and that was spread over nine different pots. I will retest the soil sometime this week see if it has dropped abit.)

 

[bristela]

Very Nice, I like seeing a post from a fellow Washingtonian for climate perspective. Although your columbus is way past any of my second year vines.

Yeah, the Columbus has really surprised me (in a good way). It was way ahead of the others in the first year too, especially when it came to harvest. Got about 1lb of cones (wet weight) from it, whereas I got only 2oz from the Cascade and three whole cones from the Willamette.

Hoping for great things from it this year.

 

[Stevo2569]

Side arms and burs on the cascade and nugget 12' tall. Nice weather made for earlier results.

 

[Mleytevidal]

Are these hops?!


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[HoppyDaze]

Has anyone here experimented with AACT/Compost tea? I'm willing to bet that using it would greatly improve harvests.

 

[bristela]

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Are these hops?!


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From these pics they certainly look like it. Any chance you could post one of the whole plant? How tall are they now? When did they appear?

 

[walte1fr]

2 out of 6 plants have broken ground. The rest started then we were going to get snow and frost for another week so i put 1/2 of dirt over the little bit that was showing. They still haven't broken ground and it's been weeks. Think They are done for?

 

[bristela]

2 out of 6 plants have broken ground. The rest started then we were going to get snow and frost for another week so i put 1/2 of dirt over the little bit that was showing. They still haven't broken ground and it's been weeks. Think They are done for?

When you say "1/2 of dirt", do you mean half an inch? half a foot? Also, how much was above ground before you added it? and how many years have you had them in the ground?

Hops are pretty hardy so they can put up with a lot and still come through. I managed to successfully transplant mine last year and they're stronger than ever this year. See my blog if you're interested.

 

[bornafan]

Columbia Gorge outside Portland, Oregon

1st pic is Columbus (Zeus)
2nd pic is Cascade
3rd pic is Centennial

All first year locally purchased rhizomes planted early April.

Mixed local soil in cement mixer with steer manure, mushroom compost, and garden soil.

One three day hot spell so far.

Setup auto watering today with 3 hour drip in the mornings every other day.

Crossing fingers for a great first season!




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[RADMAD]

One Month into my 1st year hops and they are growing great!

 

[brewerJase]

Just picked up and planted this lil'guy. Awwwwww so cute.


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[user 125772]

I have 2nd-year Cascade, Centennial, and Columbus reaching the 10 foot mark on the trellis now. At this rate they'll be to the top (20 feet) by the end of June. :rocking:

 

[Stevo2569]

Freakin new puppy chewed 5 bines at the base of my 15' tall nugget that had burs. SOB. I kicked that bstrd. 6 weeks of growth down the drain.

 

[ChefRex]

Freakin new puppy chewed 5 bines at the base of my 15' tall nugget that had burs. SOB. I kicked that bstrd. 6 weeks of growth down the drain.

Frist of all, don't kick the dog! second hops are poisonous to dog so they should not be planted where the dog can get too it, especially a puppy.

 

[RTChoke]

New poster here, new grower giving it a try on a SC Sea Island. Farmer neighbor prepped a strip of his land and put in a trellis system (4in plastic net on 2x4s set about 9ft high) maybe 200ft long. He put in plastic on a raised long bed and ran irrigation for us. We planted ( a week ago) 3 rhizomes each of 6 types to see what happens. Checked the plantation yesterday and had one (a Centennial) sprouting so at least we know one is growing!

Will keep the internets advised!

 

[MrNic]

Well, it's been snowing here all day today. We have probably 5 inches so far and it's still going strong. I'm hoping my rhizomes survive.

 

[Bluesfastduce]

here are mine from Reno as well.

 

[bristela]

Freakin new puppy chewed 5 bines at the base of my 15' tall nugget that had burs. SOB. I kicked that bstrd. 6 weeks of growth down the drain.

Just want to second that about not kicking dogs! Did you actually see the dog do this? We have a dog but he's never shown any interest in my hops. Last year I thought he'd dug up my Galena. I subsequently found out that we'd just had a groundhog move in who was much more likely to be responsible. If it was your dog then the hops will most likely have made them ill so it's not likely to do that again in a hurry. I've also read that many commercial growers cut everything back after about six weeks so as to synchronize harvesting. I'm sure yours will recover. The dog is a different matter though.

 

[kirbcheck]

My dog snacks on my plants occasionally. Sucks but all you can do is cut it at the ground and wait for more chutes... They'll come unless he dug up the whole crown... Ive guarded them now with short fencing and that seems to have fixed the problem mostly... as to being poisonous it's true, but don't worry too much.

 

[Coppinburgh]

Northwood N.H.
Second year Cascade, Willamette and Mt Hood are just starting to take off due to a chilly spring in the northeast.
First year Sterling and 6 more Cascade just went in the ground last week. Regretting not starting them in pots.

 

[RosiesPapa]

Not sure if it was breakage or insects, but I've lost 3 6' bines off one of my Willamette crowns. A couple other bines in the patch appear to be dead as well, so I'm suspecting insects. Thankfully it hasn't been the really healthy plants, and there are other bines waiting to take over from the dead ones. Last year everything went into the ground May 1, so I'm ahead of the game either way.

 

[inkedfireman]

Got the new hop trellis up this last weekend, just in time! Bines are starting to go crazy, now they have somewhere to go!

 

[svenness]

Typical Colorado weather, 80's last week, snow the past two days, 80's in the forecast for this upcoming weekend.

These are first year hops. I read somewhere that cutting the plants back following a frost is beneficial for the overall health of the plant. Anyone have any experience with doing this to a first year plant?

 

[ChefRex]

My second year Willamette grew a solid foot today.
Saaz is looking good. Have a couple "C"hops in the first year, nothing to look at yet.