Hop Growers in Southern California

brewerelated · Feb 8, 2014

I only watered my hops 3 times all winter long.

cram · Feb 22, 2014

Here are some pictures of Cascade rhizomes harvested from raised beds. You can get an idea of how many rhizomes you can have after a few seasons.

brewerelated · Feb 24, 2014

Wow, that's a lot of rhizomes. How old were the plant(s)? I wish I still lived in the North County area. I am about a 2 hour drive further north now.

cram · Feb 24, 2014

Yeah. It's crazy how much they grow. Those rhizomes were from three plants that were probably four years old or so. The were grown in wine barrels that had the bottoms cut out and then flipped upside down so the wide end is the base (confusing, but you can see two of them in the picture). I have to start over every so often with my in ground plants because the mature trees around the yard will send roots up the planters and compete with the hops. That's one reason that containers have been so successful for me: no root competition and easier to control the soil.

brewerelated · Feb 25, 2014

Here is a picture of my Centennial hops taken on 2/25/2014.

brewerelated · Apr 1, 2014

Here are pictures of my hops. All of the hops except the Centennial are first year hops that I grow from rhizomes that I got from Cram. The Centennial is a second year that I grew from a rhizome that I got from eBay.