2015 Hop garden photo thread

[thaymond]

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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Give it a few days. If it looks like this, she may be a hermie. The male parts are dead center, the female spur, which eventually was a cone, is on the right.
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Some of those look to be the start of your spurs for cones. Some varieties are notorious for putting out both parts when they are stressed (too much/too little water, too much/too little sun, too much/too little nutrients, etc). Give those parts the ol' scissor treatment if they are boy parts. They're likely sterile, though I think I read that nagmay has had success breeding with hermie plants.

 

[KVANTAN]

Aaaaaand my landscaper weed whacked 2 of 4 of my hop plants today. He did a great job of avoiding the fluorescent flags and yellow ropes which are safely planted in the ground for no reason now.

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Weed whacked.

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Looked like this a few hours ago.

 

[KVANTAN]

can't figure out how to delete.

 

[paul83814]

Didn't want to double post pics.
If the link to the other post works...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showpost.php?p=6918367&postcount=173

The transplants are anywhere from over the top of the trellis to just starting to train to the ropes. But nearly everything seemed to take.

 

[1fast636]

Give it a few days. If it looks like this, she may be a hermie. The male parts are dead center, the female spur, which eventually was a cone, is on the right.
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Some of those look to be the start of your spurs for cones. Some varieties are notorious for putting out both parts when they are stressed (too much/too little water, too much/too little sun, too much/too little nutrients, etc). Give those parts the ol' scissor treatment if they are boy parts. They're likely sterile, though I think I read that nagmay has had success breeding with hermie plants.

Sweet thanks for the info will keep my eyes on them, we are in a week nothing but cold and rain do prolly stressing my Columbus girl out.

 

[nextgenxx]

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Release the beasts!

 

[brewshki]

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Release the beasts!

I didn't see that they were ladybugs at first and was terrified for you. Glad to see they are happy bugs.

 

[BRONCOBREW]

Give it a few days. If it looks like this, she may be a hermie. The male parts are dead center, the female spur, which eventually was a cone, is on the right.
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Some of those look to be the start of your spurs for cones. Some varieties are notorious for putting out both parts when they are stressed (too much/too little water, too much/too little sun, too much/too little nutrients, etc). Give those parts the ol' scissor treatment if they are boy parts. They're likely sterile, though I think I read that nagmay has had success breeding with hermie plants.

Real Male hops look like this: They do not have female cones on them.

 

[BRONCOBREW]

2015 Hops hitting the Top of their 11 foot high gallows and are starting back down:

 

[sablesurfer]

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Release the beasts!

Real ladybugs? Have you tried this before? How long do they stick around?

We have those asian beetles in this area that aren't really ladybugs and really do stink terribly.

 

[nextgenxx]

Real ladybugs? Have you tried this before? How long do they stick around?



We have those asian beetles in this area that aren't really ladybugs and really do stink terribly.

Real lady bugs purchased at local garden store. Lots of aphids this year. I bought a package of 1500 (don't know who is counting!) and would say I have about 25-50 LBs still left around, and still see aphids... I hope they come back or laid some LBs eggs on my hops. My hops are about 16 feet tall in oregon now!

 

[mthorn2]

South Louisiana hops doing alright. 43 inches of rain over last three months and now blazing hot but these 4 yr old cascade and centennial are beast.

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[day_trippr]

So my Cascade, Chinook and Centennial are doing great with dinner-plate size mature leaves,
and lots of side-arms emerging.

The Chinook won the ~23 foot race to the suspension line on Saturday by a single node over the others.



Just noticed incipient flowers budding. Should have spikes in a day or two...

Cheers!

 

[rupert130]

Chinook and Dr. Rudi planted on May 27. The Centennial is coming along a bit slower, but still looking healthy.

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[mrjohnson11]

I have Nugget, Cascade in their second year, Chinook, Columbia in their first, we will see who survives the Texas Summer (Williamette is holding on by a thread from last year). I also planted some beans to help replace the nitrogen in the soil (I read that somewhere not sure exactly what I am doing or how that works). I also have a row of barley coming in nicely!

 

[azazel1024]

I have Nugget, Cascade in their second year, Chinook, Columbia in their first, we will see who survives the Texas Summer (Williamette is holding on by a thread from last year). I also planted some beans to help replace the nitrogen in the soil (I read that somewhere not sure exactly what I am doing or how that works). I also have a row of barley coming in nicely!

From the bit I have read up on hops (will be planting in the spring), the best way to replace the nitrogen is when they are over wintering. Cut back the bine, and then cover up with some nitrogen enriched covering to help protect it during the winter (might not be an issue in Texas, it can be in Maryland where the last couple of winters we had a few nights get a few degrees negative F). Lets the soil soak up the nitrogen without burning the plants (which can happen with a big heaping of nitrogen addition in the spring/summer).

A farmer I know who is on his 2nd (maybe 3rd?) year of growing 80 bines uses wood chips mixed with a bit of the ground cover from his chicken coop (so it has straw and chicken droppings mixed in). He lays it down in November after he has cut everything back.

Seems to be working, this year his bines are easily 15ft up his trellis and half are nearly ready to harvest with giant cones covering them (his Zeus is almost ready for harvest, the Nuggest and Cascade are at least a month behind on growth).

 

[sukkafree]

Left to right ... 1st year perle, 1st year chinook, 2nd year cascade, 2nd year centennial..... Not pictured nugget .... Its always the first out of the ground but dies!!!View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1434073166.599850.jpg

 

[nextgenxx]

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Larva stage! Found some eggs under the leaves too! Keep killing all the aphids guys!

 

[day_trippr]

Eight weeks from breaking ground the view from my 2nd story office is full of hops.



Some of the Chinook bines are nearly 30' long already...

Cheers!

 

[The10mmKid]

This years Fresh Hop Pale Ale is way sooner than I anticipated.

Pic taken moments ago.

2nd year Centennials

'da Kid

 

[MrNic]

2nd year Columbus has hit the top of the rope. 2nd year Centennial is going much slower.
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Root cutting from the Centennial plant is growing much better than expected.
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1st year liberty is growing, but pretty thin, and 1st year Chinook is still nowhere to be seen. I'm pretty sure it's dead.

 

[hungry4hops]

Third year cascades doing really well

 

[MrNic]

How screwed am I?

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[thaymond]

How screwed am I?

Same happened to my chinook plant. Sidearms make up for it.

 

[brewshki]

What are sidearms? I think mine just started growing them. What do I do with them?

 

[thaymond]

What are sidearms? I think mine just started growing them. What do I do with them?

Each point where 2 leaves come out of the main bine is called a node. At each node, sidearms will come out. They look like the main bine, but the sidearms are where your hops flower. Allow those sidearms to do whatever they want.

 

[MrNic]

Same happened to my chinook plant. Sidearms make up for it.

The two bines are only about 7 feet long right now. Should I train the side arms around the rope? Or let them go where they want?

 

[thaymond]

The two bines are only about 7 feet long right now. Should I train the side arms around the rope? Or let them go where they want?

Train the sidearms that come out of the closest nodes. Let all other sidearms go crazy. 😊

 

[MrNic]

Train the sidearms that come out of the closest nodes. Let all other sidearms go crazy. 😊

Will do. Thanks!

 

[brewshki]

Each point where 2 leaves come out of the main bine is called a node. At each node, sidearms will come out. They look like the main bine, but the sidearms are where your hops flower. Allow those sidearms to do whatever they want.

Oh cool! So it's good that they are happening everywhere! Thanks!