2015 : Anyone have their hops growing yet?

[Pyg]

View attachment 276679View attachment 276680 Here in Upstate New York my second year Chinooks have reached the top of the cages and begun their journey up the twine. Still amazed how fast they grow.

I like the idea of using the tomato cage, but do you remove the cage in the winter?
And what happens when it rusts? or do you anticipate a good vine by then.

 

[ststephen5]

I remove the gages in the winter after the bines die back late fall. I then cut the bines to ground level, spread manure and compost over, and then cover with a heavy layer of straw. No issues with rust, have had the cages for years.

 

[Fifthplanecomin]

Kinda thought these would have established themselves a lot better than they have. Bought from a local farm where they had just broke through and were a inch tall about mid/late Feb. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1431752465.850129.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1431752479.398370.jpg

Thinking of trimming the one in the small pot down to two stems.

In the Pacific North West. These have good sun exposure and I water them at random. In a mix of top soil/compost w bone meal.

First time grower. Cascades.

 

[DurtyChemist]

Kinda thought these would have established themselves a lot better than they have. Bought from a local farm where they had just broke through and were a inch tall about mid/late Feb. View attachment 278368View attachment 278369

Thinking of trimming the one in the small pot down to two stems.

In the Pacific North West. These have good sun exposure and I water them at random. In a mix of top soil/compost w bone meal.

First time grower. Cascades.

Let them grow. More growth is probably going on below the soil than above. If you want to give them some 16-16-16 or miracle grow feed them once a week and see what happens.

 

[thaymond]

The root growth is probably struggling to get all the nutrients in that little pot. If it's a rhizome, the roots are just established and all the growth is below ground. One thing I've learned is that roots can grow extra fast. A rhizomes root growth can quickly outgrow a small pot in a month's time. Maybe instead of trimming, plant in the ground or in a larger pot. When transferring, make sure to leave as much of that potted soil together to limit the shock of transplanting. It looks healthy though, so that's encouraging! Cascade is hearty and will grow like crazy when the roots take hold.

 

[HAREEBROWNBEEST]

Had a visitor to my cascade this morning

 

[fuzzy2133]

Amazing what a few days of heat can do.

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[Genuine]

Just finished building a trellis yesterday with Troyzer and got them planted!

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[thaymond]

Just finished building a trellis yesterday with Troyzer and got them planted!

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I like the reclaimed wood trellis idea! Great work. Happy growing! What variety/ies?

 

[Tegra]

Still no comments on the number of bines to send up from a single plant?

Tom

 

[day_trippr]

A first year plant doesn't have the root system to support an extensive set of bines, imo. I wouldn't train more than four, and frankly that's probably pushing it...

Cheers!

 

[user 198378]

we are trying our hands at Brewer's Gold, Cascades, Chinook, Magnum, and Nugget this year...keeping them in alphabetical order (physically) to make it easier!

 

[Tegra]

Day_trippr:

Thanks! That makes sense, I will do the deed and chop off the young.

Tom

 

[Genuine]

I like the reclaimed wood trellis idea! Great work. Happy growing! What variety/ies?

We have centennial, chinook and cascade!

 

[DurtyChemist]

I think mine have decided to stop growing. I haven't been measuring them but they just don't seem to be getting any taller.

 

[schiersteinbrewing]

I think mine have decided to stop growing. I haven't been measuring them but they just don't seem to be getting any taller.

Mine have done the same thing. So I added a little organic fish /seaweed 2-3-1 fertilizer to them, haven't really noticed if that helped either.

 

[DurtyChemist]

Mine have done the same thing. So I added a little organic fish /seaweed 2-3-1 fertilizer to them, haven't really noticed if that helped either.

We have had some rain and consistent temps here lately and the ones I thought stopped growing have grown. The one that too off early got a little burned so I picked off the brown top and it's been staggered. I'm thinking the crops have more root growth going on than top growth since they're first year. They were free so I'm not TOO worried this year.

 

[ardyexfor]

Mine are going nuts this year!

 

[Fifthplanecomin]

My larger potted plant is looking a lot happier with bigger leaves and standing almost a foot tall. The small pot certainly needs a transplat. I've trimmed both so they can focus all energy into two bines that I'll train up. I'll be placing both in larger pots and moving them a top my car port and string up twine to the rain gutter of my house roof. That will give them over 8ft of vert for first year. Next year I'll build a pergola which will need to be fenced off from deer. ---- I guess if I need more than 8ft I could just let them train up at a 45 degree angle. Found too many deer droppings mowing the lawn today to risk these being boxed into the ground without proper fencing.

 

[sablesurfer]

Mine have done the same thing. So I added a little organic fish /seaweed 2-3-1 fertilizer to them, haven't really noticed if that helped either.

Organic fertilizers will need time to break down. These are not the cooked up chemical fertilizers designed to break down overnight.

What you will notice more about correct fertilizing is that the leaves will grow more vigorous. Last year I fertilized too long and mostly got bine and leaves, it wasn't until I stopped fertilizing once a month that I started to get hop cone shoots.

 

[BRONCOBREW]

Sunbeam at my mother's house. It's taking over the fence, two bushes and eventually a tree. One bine is nearly 9 feet in total growth even though it curves around and dips and dives. Probably a bull, but she's letting all of it grow. She wants a full on hops fence. There's also a rhizome of Willamette struggling along in the back. We'll see how she does.

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I use Sunbeams for shade on my back deck and second story balcony....they grow about 20 feet tall....very pretty with the bright yellow leaves.

 

[Fifthplanecomin]

Just put my Cascades into 5 Gallon pots. One was ready to train. The other needs more time. First year plants. My first time growing. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1433306283.923303.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1433306295.800180.jpg Gave them both some vegitable fert today for the first time with the transplant. Lets see what happens now. We have a nasty deer problem in my neighbourhood so these are on top of my car port now and will have about 8ft of vertical to climb. I'll have to get creative for next season.

 

[paul83814]

These are mostly cascade divided from 3 plants I grew in 5 gallon buckets last year.

Several of the bines are over the top of the trellis this week.
Not bad for north Idaho and early June.
Hope they fill out with vegetative growth til summer solstice and then make nice cones.

 

[The10mmKid]

My Centennials on the fence have cones nearing harvest.



Is this normal for a 2nd year Centennial?
The other hop cultivars are nowhere close. (although the Glacier is budding)

'da Kid

 

[GotPushrods]

My Centennials on the fence have cones nearing harvest.

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Is this normal for a 2nd year Centennial?
The other hop cultivars are nowhere close. (although the Glacier is budding)

'da Kid

I have Chinook and Cascade cones getting papery, but Columbus just starting cones. It does seem early but my climate is probably not comparable to most.

 

[fuzzy2133]

Looks like 2 of 6 trimmings might survive.

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[Kozwald]

This is the first time I've grown hops so I'm still a novice. My Chinook plant is up over the top of my growing wire. What should I do now?? Should I start it back down?

HELP!!