I planted adjacent to chain link fence posts (fence fabric removed) and I‘ve gotten 3 inch PVC pipe that fits over the post hooks and capped on top. The hooks are for the cordage which is staked to the ground. One and a half pipes coupled and glued is a pretty decent 15 ft for the hops to climb. Easy to put up and take down for the winter.
You could do that. I’d take a picture of the hooks, but I’m too lazy to go out to the garage.
I spent 2 years making compost and fixing the soil.
i absolutely know what they need. i have them planted in an old long ago livestock pasture so the soil is basically super fertilized . my first year with these were the best years. i couldnt believe how much i harvested . they declined each year since. last year i barely got a handful over all plants combined. yesterday since the weather was so nice i went out and went around each crown , pulled weeds and cultivated in preparation for winter. most crown are healthy and have next years growth buds already set. hopefully the non-production this year could mean a boom season next year. i thought about splitting the first ones out and expand my plots since they are 3 yrs old. theyre due.
my guess and i mentioned it . it got really hot too early and we had rains that were torrential downpours for days. then we had droughts between the rains. not much consistent or beneficial for good gardening. our vegetable plots were not very productive either.
thats both interesting and coincidental. youre in NJ and Im in North AL and we're both in 7B zones. im at 1300 ft ASL . any idea what your elevation is?
North central AL? what town? we might be close. what varieties do you have?
We live on a granite ridge in SW New Mexico, in the corner near Arizona and Mexico, but at 6200' the climate is actually very good, better than where we were. So the "soil" is basically sand and clay. We have free range cattle wandering through our area and a neighbor with horses so manure is easily accessible and free. Combined with brewing waste and kitchen waste the compost is pretty formidable stuff. We only had 4 days over 100F this summer and very good monsoon season so we had a great year weatherwise.
Cullman. I planted Cascade, Fuggels, Chinook, Nugget, Centennial, Sterling and Columbus. The Fuggels and Chinooks are the two that failed to come up. My Nugget and Centenials did the best each producing about 8 Oz. Got about 2 Oz from the late producing Cascade but the Sterling and Columbus failed to produce mature usable cones. Where are you located? I recently moved here from B'Ham and want to learn more about the beer scene in the Huntsville area. My late brother was a huge fan of Brother Joseph so I want to visit Straight to Ale. I also hail from the panhandle so I'm not always in Bama. My hops are planted on old family farm land where my goal is to have hops for generations to come.
That is what I'm hoping for next season. I used to live in Lockport and I had hops growing up one side of my house. They looked very much like yours.
we're in Grant. Cullman isnt too far away. We're about as north in Marshall county as you can get. the 3 i have that are 3 yrs old are -Crystal which is my best growing hop. Mt Hood , Hallertauer Mittelfreuh . I had Tettnang but it I dont know if it didnt like where it was planted too wet , too sunny. or just the general climate. Maybe just not a healthy plant, idk. Id like to try another one and put it in a different spot and see if i can get it to grow. It never produced much but then last year the neighbors goat got loose and into my property and finished it off. so, i just planted Cascade in its place last year kinda late. i received 2 (minimum order) and didnt want to plant them when i got them because it was a little swampy but 1 was fairly aggressive but soon when the heat came up so high and fast it about burned up, the other one i had to put in a pot , took forever to grow. I tried Nugget , at least 4 plants . Tractor Supply sold them , they all died.
you lived in Lockport,IL?? where? small world ,buddy. I was born and raised in Joliet just off Essington Rd in the Crystal Lawns area ,just a stones throw from the Joliet Mall. Last place I lived was on the north side of the mall in the subdivision behind the shell station. How did you end up here in Bama and how long have you been here? we moved here in 2017. good timing too.
No doubt on your moving timing. I was born and raised in Cullman. Moved to Joliet in 1971 to work for a railroad in Chicago. Lived there 9 yrs got transferred to FL for 9 yrs then back to Chicago for 6 yrs. Over those yrs I lived all over the south western suburbs. Moved back to Bama in 96 then back to the panhandle in 04 and currently residing in both locals. We're you ever involved with Chicage Beer Society or BOSS (Brewers Of South Suburbia). I was president of BOSS for a few yrs back in the 90s. Where are you located?
which railroad and rail yard. my wifes grandfather, my best buds dad and one of my dads cousins all worked for rock island about then.
