2016 Hop Growing Thread

[HotRodTractor]

Nice, HotRod! Welcome to HBT and hops growing. Seriously though, do u ever need an excuse to drink good beer?

Very valid point. Life is too short to NOT drink good beer.

 

[jakeasaur]

Jake,
I used wood furring strips. I simply took some zip ties and secured them to the vertical railing supports. That way they can easily be removed in the fall and winter and put back next spring.

Thanks. I'll post some picks when they start to take off. Transplanted them about 3 weeks later than I want to. Rain and life got in the way

 

[sablesurfer]

Jake,
I used wood furring strips. I simply took some zip ties and secured them to the vertical railing supports. That way they can easily be removed in the fall and winter and put back next spring.

Zip ties here too. I am starting to wonder if they are MORE important than duct tape?!?!

 

[Rypcord]

The first pic is my cascade (planted 4.16), on 5.20. The second pic is the same cascade on 5.25.

The third pic is my Centennial potted (5.19). Does it look like it will survive? I'm worried about it.

The last pic is my potted Chinook (5.19). Are these pots big enough?

 

[Clearbeer1]

I received my rhizomes from Farmhouse back in the middle of April. I started them in buckets because I had to have knee surgery. Well I am finally back so I can work some so I completed my Trellis and transferred the hops. I have 2 Mt. Hood and 2 Williamette. They are all doing well and I am looking forward to watching them grow. The trellis's are in my back yard so they hops can get 7 or8 hours of full sunshine. The 4X4 's are 16 feet long and I spaced them 23 feet from the back deck, so the hops have plenty of room to grow. I used parachute cord for the lines.
Will post more after they get going good.

 

[Rypcord]

Is there any hope for this Centennial?

 

[Clearbeer1]

Ripcord,
I would keep it properly watered and place it in filtered sunlight. You don't want to stress it too much. You still have what looks like one good bine so with some TLC it should survive.
Good Luck!

 

[brewshki]

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First picture is my second year cascade. The second picture shows its leaves getting eaten by something. Sprayed it yesterday and today. The third is my second year Willamette. I didn't cut them back when they started coming up because I was away during the week for school. I've graduated now, so I can tend to them everyday. I don't really know the best path to take with them but they seem pretty happy. I'm hoping I can plant them in the ground next year and build them a nice high trellis to climb.

Brewshki

 

[DaveDiedDancing]

Attached are pics of some shoots from my Vojvodina hops. The bottoms have black areas and the tops are turning light lime green and appear stunted. I culled them out and will start with new shoots. I don't remember seeing this before, but now my Horizon plants present with this as well. I fertilized with composted cow manure this year and have had good results in years past. These are 4th year plants. If anyone recognizes what is wrong here I would greatly appreciate it. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1464298228.484302.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1464298245.340253.jpg

 

[BaylessBrewer]

First year Cascades planted 4/10/16
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First year Centennial planted 4/10/16
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[lzrdkng14]

Root crowns planted April 13. Moved them out of pots and into this box I built on Sunday.

They like the extra space!
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[signpost]

Attached are pics of some shoots from my Vojvodina hops. The bottoms have black areas and the tops are turning light lime green and appear stunted. I culled them out and will start with new shoots. I don't remember seeing this before, but now my Horizon plants present with this as well. I fertilized with composted cow manure this year and have had good results in years past. These are 4th year plants. If anyone recognizes what is wrong here I would greatly appreciate it. View attachment 356027View attachment 356028

I'm no expert, but I've been reading and watching YouTube videos. From what I've been reading and watching, that looks like it might be downy mildew.

Definitely don't take my word for it, but it might give you a starting point to figure out what's going on with it.

 

[DaveDiedDancing]

Thanks signpost. I will do some more research on it and act accordingly. I appreciate the help.

 

[Rypcord]

Ripcord,
I would keep it properly watered and place it in filtered sunlight. You don't want to stress it too much. You still have what looks like one good bine so with some TLC it should survive.
Good Luck!

There is three points to it, one is separate and no longer attached. There is no true rhizome, but roots, and there is three just long stalks. No leaves at all.

Thats what has me worried.

 

[Brizzo]

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I had clipped these all down to the ground before I left a month ago for Puerto Rico My tallest ones are my my hood and cascade at about 7.5'. My willamette actually even looks good which has been difficult to grow in the north east for me.; lastly a little bit of my tobacco garden

 

[BaylessBrewer]

My new little friend
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[chudsonvt]

I finally got my trellis finished. I am hoping to build my raised beds around my mounds this evening. Most of the wood is cut.

 

[sablesurfer]

My new little friend
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I only just started finding real ladybugs around here. Fifth or sixth year and found two of them on my hops....YAY.

(ps. we have tons of asian beetles, those suck.)

 

[WilliamSlayer]

Zip ties here too. I am starting to wonder if they are MORE important than duct tape?!?!

Heretic!

Blasphemous talk!

;-)

 

[sukkafree]

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[BaylessBrewer]

Are these the beginning of burrs or just side shoots starting? View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1464450127.283027.jpg

 

[B-Hoppy]

Those are just burrs. Many times during their first year they don't have enough energy to put into full blown the sidearms but they're conscientious enough to at least make a few cones. Hops rock!

 

[BlackIce]

Pics taken 5/30
I had to put chicken wire around most of my hops as the rabbits liked them
Cascade and Centennial are more like a bush right now. Cascade is the slowest right now. Centennial is about to make its 1st turn. Columbia is doing ok. Chinook is doing the best out of the 4. This one I cut everything back until may 1. Pic order is Cascade, Centennial, Chinook and Columbia

 

[thaymond]

Pics taken yesterday. Things are getting unruly.

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Fertilize. Water. Train. Repeat.

 

[5hakesbeer]

Wow, some of yours are looking great already!
I bought three rhizomes this year; Fuggles, Styrian Goldings and Cascade. Unfortunately the fuggles one didn't take, but I've left it in the pot just in case it decides to miraculously take to the soil next year!
The modest looking one on the left of the raised bed is the Styrian Goldings, the other two pictures are of the Cascade - I'm amazed at how well that has been growing in its first year!
So some of your have already got some small cones growing? From everything I've read I wasn't expecting to see any until August?

 

[alastairblake]

Hey everyone! Happy to find this cool place.

Anyway, I wanted to share with you my hops (2nd year), and see if anyone had thoughts as to why my Zeus bines have stopped growing and have shifted to cone production, while the Cascade is going bonkers with growth, and Chinook is doing decent. These are in Pennsylvania. Ill attach pics.

They show my 3 plants, Cascade at the top, Zeus in the middle, and Chinook on the bottom. You can see that the Zeus no longer has its three leaders. they just became little cones. Is this maybe becaues it just doesnt want to grow sideways?

 

[olotti]

Second year cascades doing well. Some of the leaves are the size of dinner plates. I have another also in a pot just growing horizontally on the posts of my deck. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1464647430.806519.jpg

 

[DurtyChemist]

Finished 3/4 of my trellises and dug up two rhizomes (Pacific & cascade) that weren't doing too well Pacific showed ZERO acid ivory and Cascade had one bine. Well I think they were too deep (8") AND soaking in wet soil which probably killed them. I'm sad so I'm ignoring them all for a week or two. It's heating up here and I'll focus on my other two cascades. I couldn't even identify the Pacific Gem rhizome. I may bite the bullet and order Sorachi Ace plants from Great Lake Hops.

 

[Punx Clever]

My first year hops are coming along nicely along with the rest of the garden. Something was chewing on my plants, so I applied a dose of Sevin Powder and it has seemed to quell the destruction.

A few of the bines lost their tops, but the side bines are taking over and making up lost time it seems like.

The question is: I've got plenty of vertical room. Should I reduce some of the bines on the bigger plants to promote upward growth, or just let em go wild to encourage root growth? More height equals more light in my situation, but more leaves would seem to have an advantage too... what to do, what to do.

As a side note, my tomatoes are going crazy. They are next away from the house after the hops. Figured tall plants next to the house to encourage the best use of light in the available gardening area.

 

[BaylessBrewer]

Just checked on my plants and found some "suspect" looking leaves on my Centennial. They were close to the ground so.........????? Anyway, I cut them off and and cleaned up the bottom 12" of the bines and clipped all new growth. I have 6 bines trained on it so I should be ok even though it is a first year plant.
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Is this some mold or mildew of some sort starting to take hold?