How to Grow Hops

[KiltLifter]

Hey, I would like to suggest a sticky for the Hops forum.

The How To Grow question pops up a lot, so here are a few links that will help answer the question:

CSU Commercial Production Presentation (Cool!)
Hops Growing in Canada
Growing in Planters
Yahoo Version

Any Others?

 

[cuinrearview]

I found this site very interesting. Besides making me drooooool, the pictures helped as well. They've promised a rhizome harvesting blog this spring. Should be very informative.

Puterbaugh Farms Hops Direct

 

[Nooby]

Hey, I would like to suggest a sticky for the Hops forum.

The How To Grow question pops up a lot, so here are a few links that will help answer the question:

CSU

None of the ColoState links are valid.

 

[Hopfarmer]

It was a great workshop the afternoon session was at my farm.If anyone wants more info let me know.We are doing another one this year probally around harvest .Also We will be having hands on workshops throught the growing season.These will cover all aspects of growing this GREAT plant .Glen

 

[tokolosh]

Hey the CSU links are all FORBIDDEN.

 

[bmbrewery]

I found this site very interesting. Besides making me drooooool, the pictures helped as well. They've promised a rhizome harvesting blog this spring. Should be very informative.

Puterbaugh Farms Hops Direct

Are those the guys that were on Dirty Jobs???

 

[Hopfarmer]

Just found out about the links will fix

 

[GreenMan]

CSU links work for me and have been working. Only the Yahoo one doesn't.

 

[humann_brewing]

Are those the guys that were on Dirty Jobs???

The pictures sure make it look that way, but I know Mike was in Yakima, WA and I thought hops direct was in Mabton, WA or at least that is what the bottom of their homepage says. I think that the whole lower Yakima valley is considered "Yakima" when it comes to a show like that because it is the most common city in the area. It is also where I grew up.

 

[jcarson83]

Growing Hops

 

[Hopfarmer]

The limks to the CSU workshop are up and running

 

[growinghops]

Growing hops is a blog about growing hops in 2009 from planting hop rhizomes (just sprouting) to the future harvest. Just going on what I have read and my friends hop growing experiences (they are successful). Hopefully a good year and not too many challenges (deer, rabbits...) we'll see. I have already picked up some tips fromm the above links - thanks!

 

[NTOLERANCE]

If anyone would like a copy of a small scale hops manual growing manual, send me an email and I will send you a PDF file.

Titled: Left Fields Small Scale & Organic Hops Production

 

[Zulu]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f92/first-year-hop-growers-117355/

 

[mwhc22]

if i plant hops do i need to do anything with them when winter comes? or do i just leave the root system in the ground to deal with it? or do you need to baby them a year or so until they get strong enough to deal with a winter?

winter isn't too harsh in salt lake city...well at least not compared to Wisconsin winters.

 

[dwarvenspirits]

I posted another video on Growing hops. You can check it out either here: Homebrew Junkie: Growing Hops at Home - Video

or here: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSVMmB7GDWQ&feature=channel_page]YouTube - Growing Hops at Home - Ben's HomeBrew.com[/ame]

And for those interested, here's another video on harvesting hops: Homebrew Junkie: How to Harvest Home Grown Hops: Video

 

[NTOLERANCE]

I just read the PDF the OP linked to about hop trellising....

Am I to understand that they are trying only a 9-10 foot tall trellis?

Are they training the plants to only grow 9-10 feet?

 

[Suds]

I’ve read that climate does not effect hop growth much. However, I live in northern Nevada where we have cold winters and dry hot summers. Tomatoes and bell peppers grow great in my back yard garden. I’d like to plant hops this spring, but don’t want to if my climate is wrong for them…Does anyone have experience with hop growing in a high-desert climate? Cheers!

Primary - Personal IPA
Kegged - Irish Stout

 

[JakeTheHopDog]

Anyone grow hops in Florida? I'm just north of Tampa and it is very hot here in the summer and would like to know if it's even possible to grow them here.

 

[Suds]

Hey Jake the Hop Dog...you should pick the brains of your local home brew store or contact these folks: www.freshops.com . I ordered three rhizomes (cascade, magnum, mt. hood) from them and they were helpful. I'm in northern Nevada so my climate is vastly different than yours. That said, the people at Freshops will tell you if they'll work in FL. There are others on-line too who I found helpful: www.thymegarden.com www.bcrosbyhops.com

Happy hopping amigo!

 

[Randar]

Growing in a more tropical climate will mean you will be dealing with pests and diseases that most don't deal with or know how to deal with specifically, so keep that in mind.

As for Nevada? You should have great success as I would thing your climate is relatively similar to southern Idaho. You may want to consider drip irrigation so you don't have to water by hand constantly and so you aren't wasting lots of water. It's much more efficient for targeted watering.

http://www.usahops.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=hop_farming&pageID=11

 

[Suds]

Thanks for the tips Randar...northern Nevada is a high desert climate and my tomatoes do great each year so I'm stoked about growing hops. I'll put them on drip for sure. Cheers!

 

[JakeTheHopDog]

Thanks Suds, I'll give them a call.

Randar, you are correct about the pests. We have so many different ones in Florida that just growing a lawn is a challenge.

 

[Suds]

10-4 good buddy! If you grow some hops check in with us this summer and let us know how its going

 

[tlh1005]

FYI the CSU links are down. I wonder if they'd allow these to be hosted elsewhere since they seem to be down frequently?

 

[Andrea]

FYI the CSU links are down. I wonder if they'd allow these to be hosted elsewhere since they seem to be down frequently?

I just got on the CSU link not sure why did not work earlier but an alternative is the presentation is on Ron Godin's page for CSU--

http://soilcrop.colostate.edu/godin/index.html

Good luck

 

[weaks]

highhops.net I bought a couple of the plants from them and they are a lot easier to grow than the rhizomes.

 

[ratfarmer]

I have an area in my backyard that I am reserving for growing hops but I haven't found any online store that will sell rhizomes to Washington state. Anyone have any sources?

 

[Randar]

I have an area in my backyard that I am reserving for growing hops but I haven't found any online store that will sell rhizomes to Washington state. Anyone have any sources?

You will have to buy them from a Washington state source. Do not attempt to circumvent USDA or state-mandated importation bans or quarantines.

 

[ratfarmer]

Do not attempt to circumvent USDA or state-mandated importation bans or quarantines.

Yeah thanks I got that part.