2015 Hop garden photo thread

[Reno_eNVy]

It's that time of year! Started this thread a bit later than last year!

My third year Brewers Gold is coming in. Too bad they're getting transplanted!

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[Snowden]

Nice! Definitely jealous of you folks in warmer climes...finally had all our snow melt this week.

As far as transplanting goes: if you can keep the root ball intact and get them in the ground soon before they kick it into high gear, I would wager that transplant shock would be minimal due to the sheer size of those containers! Good luck!

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Nice! Definitely jealous of you folks in warmer climes...finally had all our snow melt this week.

As far as transplanting goes: if you can keep the root ball intact and get them in the ground soon before they kick it into high gear, I would wager that transplant shock would be minimal due to the sheer size of those containers! Good luck!

Thanks! This is the first transplant, they really need new soil.

The old containers hold 20 gallons and the new ones (much nicer looking) should be roughly the same size.

 

[jrgtr42]

Hmmph, my hops are still under a couple feet of snow.
I'm hoping they made it OK - we moved last fall, had to dig them out of the old place, and didn't get them back in the ground here as quickly as I wanted to.
had 2, 3rd year Newport and 2 1st year Cascade transplanting.

 

[sablesurfer]

Third years are going great already, according to my almanac from last year, about two weeks ahead.





And since all I had to do was watch my hops start to take off, the GF got an expanded garden last weekend. Sigh. That was hard work, I was sore for days.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Hmmph, my hops are still under a couple feet of snow.
I'm hoping they made it OK - we moved last fall, had to dig them out of the old place, and didn't get them back in the ground here as quickly as I wanted to.
had 2, 3rd year Newport and 2 1st year Cascade transplanting.

It's okay, the snow is insulating it!

My hops in their containers have frozen to a solid ice block and still poked their little heads through again in the Spring. They'll be fine

 

[thaymond]

It's okay, the snow is insulating it!

My hops in their containers have frozen to a solid ice block and still poked their little heads through again in the Spring. They'll be fine

Same experience here. I had 3 first year's in 15L pots and they froze completely solid from December through March. As soon as they thawed out, the purple sprouts exploded out in force.

I have 4 in the ground now, all second years with the exception of Nugget now in year 4, and all of our snow has finally all melted. I have some small buds on all my crowns, and I'm sure I have more that are still waiting until the temperatures stabilize a little warmer.

 

[jrgtr42]

It's okay, the snow is insulating it!

My hops in their containers have frozen to a solid ice block and still poked their little heads through again in the Spring. They'll be fine

thanks for the reassurance...
I'm not as worried about the winter itself, but about their being out of ground for longer than I wanted (stress of moving and didn't get them replanted for a few weeks. (I did try to keep them moist, though...)

 

[sablesurfer]

First fertilizer of season just put down tonight. Bone meal for phosphorous and blood meal for nitrogen. That organic stuff is stinky! Here's to a good season for everyone!

 

[nextgenxx]

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Cascade and nugget... Portland, OR 2015

 

[DurtyChemist]

Fellow Reno grower here with four first year cascade rhizomes. I out two in the ground and two in pots about 6" deep in January. I've just started seeing the two in pots come out of the ground and one in the ground is just breaking ground and one yet to come up. I found another grower down in South Reno with about 8 plants in wine barrels that looked awesome.

 

[beaston]

Just checked my 2nd year centennials a few days ago and was surprised to see it already sprouting up! snow just melted a few days before.

 

[sablesurfer]

Took my eyes off 'em for a second, a second I tell ya. (Well, busy week, then weekend out of town, then two days ded from worst cold ever and this is what is out there today!!)

Arrow shows tallest tip already three twins into bush.


All pots are really grown up and look like these.

 

[danielward56]

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Hop farm ready!!!

 

[Zekk]

1st year nugget, going to get the string set up this weekend.

 

[danthebugman]

Second year Centennial and a couple second year Northern Brewer. Almost time I need to be putting up some string.

 

[1fast636]

All my 2nd yr are alive but centennial, chinook, and columbus are the best showing signs

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[Menhir]

Planted my Centennial hop rhizomes last Thursday.

 

[1fast636]

Yesterday
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[BrotherGrim]

Here are mine as of this morning. I am getting a few inches of growth per day. I have cascade, nugget, and goldings.

 

[sevilwa]

Pictures of the new 11' trellis for my 12 second year plants and the 18 new first year varieties (I went kinda nuts this year because last year was so much fun!). Looking forward to a big harvest from the second years and finding places on my property for the new plants... The Cascade is already 7' tall!

 

[BadBeagleBrew]

So sick of winter, can't wait to see my second year ladies. They're about 5 feet behind that light post. Picture was taken today.

 

[Goblism]

I noticed that all of my hops are really starting to get going now. We had some snow just last week so not suprised that they are not very far along. Have 4 varieties. Centential, williammete. and cascades are 3rd year plants, fuggle is 2nd year. Hoping for a large harvest this year as the fuggle barely produced last year.

 

[squash1978]

Here are my second year cascades. I also have a second year centennial plant that I can see shoots starting to form. My plants are in pots that I left outside all winter. I was a little worried that they wouldn't come back but as you can see, I had nothing to worry about [emoji5]

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[brewshki]

Planted a cascade and a willamette one week ago and the willamette sprouted today. Very happy first time grower right now.

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[BigGoat]

Go nugget go!

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[tdbc2011]

These are my two largest cascades. I also have five new transplants running now.

 

[1fast636]

So is consensus once the first few reach 2-3 feet cut them back on second year then train the strongest and fastest after cutting and only train at tops 6? or 2nd yr let them do there thing?

 

[BigGoat]

I think so. Let them grow a couple feet. Chop them all off. Train 2 or 3 of the best and keep chopping off the rest. Keeping up with the new bines is a task, but it's a lot better than trying to thin them out when they have become overgrown

 

[BadBeagleBrew]

What about trimming the first foot or two of leaves? 2nd year as well.