2015 Hop garden photo thread

[HAREEBROWNBEEST]

What's the hose going into the pvc used for?

Oh, the little black hose? Automatic sprinkler line, sorry re read your question and that's what its used for, actually its a protein injection line that makes hops grow 30% faster, JK!

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[HAREEBROWNBEEST]

Oh the black hose? Automatic sprinkler line

 

[Brauer]

All Cascade first 4 are rhizomes planted a few weeks ago the last one is a crown I got about a month ago from Greatlakeshops.com all set up on drop irrigation. I can't understand why every picture I post on here is sideways?

 

[philw86]

Doubled garden size for this year to 16 plants. All of last years (mix of GreatLakes and some rhizomes) are scary looking, and double in size every few days. 4 of the new are GLH Cascades, and randomly got a few rhizomes to give out to coworkers but ended up hanging onto a few.

 

[ardonthorn5]

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[1fast636]

Columbus
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Cent
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Chinook
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And the small small willamette with some root cuttings in the planter from the cent and Columbus plants
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[sablesurfer]

Winner, winner, chicken dinner, first one to the top.

 

[twowheelmotion]

This is my first attempt at growing hops. I have four varieties, all grown from rhizomes. From left to right: Chinook, Centennial, Columbus, and Cascade.

The Chinook rhizomes are struggling. I am considering ordering a live plant if they don't push something up soon.

 

[day_trippr]

So we're in the "herding cats" phase of the hop growing season here, where every couple of days I'm out there cutting rogue sprouts and runners off before they waste much energy.

Otherwise things are going swimmingly. The Centennial and potted Fuggles,


Chinook,


and Cascade - including a new clone,


are doing well. I'm thinking the 6 foot heavily packed snow bank that was still atop the beds in April provided a goodly dose of nitrogen as it receded, as everything is growing quite nicely with little intervention...

Cheers!

 

[HAREEBROWNBEEST]

Have a frequent visitor, he eats all the ants

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[1fast636]

Got side arms coming in on cent and Columbus already

 

[Durandal]

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Four 2yo Cascades on a wood core birm. If you can see the little one on the end, that's a transplant as of this year from the farm that's been in the family for five or six generations. I'm really looking forward to tasting the hops my Great Great Grandfather would have brewed with!

Anyway, the trellis is two 16' 4x4 posts with a pergola type connector.

 

[sablesurfer]

Hops are kinda being ignored this year. I only fertilized twice and we've had soo much rain.


Two of em are at top of 12ft strings and going for the sky.

 

[HAREEBROWNBEEST]

My zig-zag trellis cascade. So far its going strong. If completely vertical I'd say its at about 6-7'+

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[Lit]

First one is Nugget. Second one Columbus. Both are first year, planted around the first days of april.
Is it normal that one of them is already making hops?

 

[Durandal]

I'd say I would not be too worried about that.

 

[brewshki]

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The first three are my little Willamette. It's having a slow time, which I have read happens relatively often but is now being eaten alive. I've sprayed it with some pesticides that are safe for edible plants today and am hoping it helps. It's been fertilized once 2 weeks ago, and will be fertilized again next week, and gets a gallon of water every few days. Both it and my cascade are in pots with decent drainage so I don't worry about flooding them. The next two pictures are of my cascade plant. Planted on the same day as my Willamette. If I were to have strung it up, it would be around 6 feet tall. Been lots of fun so far and I hope my Southern California weather keeps these beauties growing for a while to help establish them (first year plants btw that are about a month and a half old)

 

[1fast636]

My cascade is happy again and I planted 4 root cuttings 2 Columbus 2 cents that will be my IPA harvest plants if they produce just an experiment, will get shots of everything tomorrow got
To dark tonight

 

[WeimBrew]

This is a third year cascade plant. Lots of training required as it climbs up and down. I have been toying with running a line up to an old utility pole which would give it a good 40 feet to climb and i wouldn't have to train it everyday.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1432903472.205517.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1432903491.055141.jpg

 

[fuzzy2133]

Turn your back for a week and a half to find the plant decided to not only grow but 2 bines found the same line to climb on.

 

[Genuine]

Just finished it, we have some sprouts

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[TeeJo]

Nice to see mine are not the only ones with not quite enough height as far as their supports goes.

Mine are going nuts! Bushing out at the bases, huge verdant growth and dozens of rooting side shoots at each crown. And WAY too close together.

Gonna be interesting times keeping the types separate. At least I had the forethought to put the bittering hops to one side (Magnum, Chinook) and the Ale hops off to the other (Golding and Fuggle) Two of each.

I'll post a pic when I find my camera. Dunno where I left it...

The two things I miss the most are my memory and....sumthin' else, it'll come to me!


TeeJo

 

[MrNic]

2nd year Centennial climbing the rope. View attachment 1433117156345.jpg
2nd year Columbus just about there.
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1st year Chinook is nowhere to be seen yet. Does Chinook start slow?
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And finally 1st year liberty with 2 bines sprouting up.
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[SAMPLER]

Here is mine trellis I finished a week or so ago. Already have shooting over 5ft. Looking good.

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[ststephen5]

View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1433202155.072833.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1433202186.183114.jpg 2nd year chinooks are just blowing me away this year. Spouts poked up April 13 and now I have these three monsters!

 

[Brauer]

Hops are doing well and starting to flower.

 

[TeeJo]

My hops. The tall pole is at about 14 feet above ground level, the rest are salvaged fence rails that were going to the burn pile, they give me 12 feet above ground.

2 of each Chinook and Magnum on the left, Fuggle and Golding on the right. All growing pretty well, with the bull bines already over the top of the poles on most. I cut down one of the Fuggle bulls, and stuck some cuttings from it into a jug of water to see if they root as easily as the tips do.

Figure I am gonna have to go all brutality on them to cut back some of the low level growth that is currently trying to move in on everything around it. Then again, I should eventually get the rest of my garden in too.

TeeJo

 

[wshearer9]

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[1fast636]

Need some help is this the start of a male or am I over reacting it's on my Columbus bines
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[wshearer9]

Not quite sure I'm a first year grower