How did your hops do this past year?

[JAReeves]

I spent 2 years making compost and fixing the soil.

I think I need to do this for my hop yard. This last year was trash when it comes to the 7 varieties I am trying to grow. I think, aside from the schizophrenic weather, I need to mulch and fertilize them much better.

 

[mendelec]

If you are looking for tips and advice on managing your hops, I recommend spending some time with the articles on the website of great lakes hops. (Think they're under the blog heading if memory serves, but there may be good info elsewhere). Geared towards the commercial yard, obviously, but you can still learn a lot that you can apply to your own plants. Fertilization (when and what matters and changes over the season, which I hadn't known, for example), composting, bine management, disease management, and more. Lot of good stuff there. I attribute my good season this year to having adopted some of the advice I found there.

Cheers

 

[jlash630]

For you guys from Joilet, have any of you gotten a water report from Ward labs?

 

[eldernut]

I live in Northern NSW, AU. It's floridian climate here (almost) not great for hops. I planted three varieties 2yrs ago. Dr Rudi, Cascade and Goldings. Only the cascade survived and I harvested a handful of flowers this year. Not bad considering we are far too humid for hops really so I'm happy to have even one.