First time hop growers in the Pacific Northwest!

[kwinterm]

A couple friends and myself just built a hop trellis & planted 4 varieties in Astoria, Oregon this last weekend. We'll see what grows up there!

Any tips would be much appreciated.

 

[kwinterm]

 

[kwinterm]

 

[humann_brewing]

try to find what is grown commercially near you. You may want to grow varieties that have good mildew resistance too.

 

[kwinterm]

 

[kwinterm]

try to find what is grown commercially near you. You may want to grow varieties that have good mildew resistance too.

Thanks, I stopped and talked to Dave, the owner of FreshHops Farms in Philomath (freshhops.com) and got 4 varieties he recommended based on the wet & not real warm climate of the NW Oregon coast.

We ended up with Newport, Galena, Chinook & Cascade.

 

[LongDogBrew]

Thanks, I stopped and talked to Dave, the owner of FreshHops Farms in Philomath (freshhops.com) and got 4 varieties he recommended based on the wet & not real warm climate of the NW Oregon coast.

We ended up with Newport, Galena, Chinook & Cascade.

How are your hops doing? Are the hops in Astoria or Eugene? I live in Florence and I planted this year, Cascade, Centennial and Nugget. The Cascade Rhizome was a jumbo and is over 20' tall, not bad for the first year. The Centennial and Nugget are 10'.

 

[Vance71975]

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Awesome!

 

[kwinterm]

Wow, that is an impressive plant for the first year! Ours are in Astoria, but I live in Eugene and am currently travelling in Germany, so a buddy of mine is taking care of the plants at the moment... so I'm actually not sure how they're doing. I should check in on my babies.