Just Planted my Rhizomes

[nin3]

I ordered 7 hop rhizomes of 5 different varieties from hopsdirect.com on Monday and received them today.

They sent me one more of each of the varieties than I ordered (1=2 and 2=3) which means I got 12 for the price of 7. They all looked very healthy and had multiple eyes starting.


I got them all planted in starter pots and will keep them indoors for about 1 month.


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I paid $7 each for the 7 rhizomes that I ordered which I felt was a bit high but they were the only ones shipping to Washington at the time (our state has a quarantine on hops). Given the fact that I got 5 free rhizomes I am very happy with the price I paid and would highly recommend them.

Also I moved my 1 year old hallertau plant inside on Monday. On Monday three bines had just broke the surface. Today they are about 8 inches tall.
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I'll update this thread with their progress.

 

[antony]

nice pics. i wanted to give it a go this spring as well but the hoa doesn't let me have anything over six feet high in the backyard. still looking for ways around that...

good luck.

 

[thyirishmen]

Thats awesome. Best of luck

 

[richbrew99]

nice pics. i wanted to give it a go this spring as well but the hoa doesn't let me have anything over six feet high in the backyard. still looking for ways around that...

good luck.

How about building a three sided triangle trellis and then train them to go around then up or go back and forth and up? 5-6 ft high should give enough area for them.

 

[antony]

How about building a three sided triangle trellis and then train them to go around then up or go back and forth and up? 5-6 ft high should give enough area for them.

yeah, right after i posted that i looked through the interwebs & found people growing hops horizontally--i can definitely give that a shot.

 

[nin3]

The 1 year old hallertau is cruising along at 29 inches!!! This equates to about 5 inches a day.


5 of the 12 rhizomes have broken the surface too.

 

[nin3]

We're now up to 46 inches in the hallertau which means it slowed to an average of just over 3.5" per day since it broke the surface.






7 of the 12 rhizomes have broken the surface:

Centennial


Willamette


Chinook


Cascade - newest one yet


Columbus - 1st to break the surface but has had very slow growth

 

[Chuckabrewski]

Nice thread man thanks for the info

 

[nin3]

In case anyone was wondering they were all planted in a 50/50 mix of compost and potting soil, were lightly brushed with clonex and have been watered with miracle grow.


I've been working on a raised bed with a 16 foot trellis for 3-4 of them and 1/2 wine or whiskey barrels for the rest with twine to the roof ~22 feet above.

 

[nin3]

Hallertau is pushing 5 feet:



Centennial is growing nicely along with willemite and chinook:





I'm starting to worry that the hallertau is going to be too large to transplant this year. Any ideas? It'll probably be 7+ feet by the time I can put it outside as I'm still building the raised bed / trellis and my days off are very limited right now.

 

[Grippe]

Which direction of rotation are we supposed to train the bines?

 

[Chuckabrewski]

Which direction of rotation are we supposed to train the bines?

Clockwise

 

[wolverinebrewer]

Hallertau is pushing 5 feet:
I'm starting to worry that the hallertau is going to be too large to transplant this year. Any ideas? It'll probably be 7+ feet by the time I can put it outside as I'm still building the raised bed / trellis and my days off are very limited right now.

It can work if you are careful during the planting operation. If you break or crush a bine you would just train a new one.
I had 16 cascades last year that I received from Homercidal that were in 1 gal pots all between 5-8' and I managed to plant them permanently last July 4th after I finally got my 17' trellis system all built. I kept duct taping dowel rods, tree branches, etc end to end as they grew. Some were 8'. It was a bear trying to plant them without breaking them but it got done. Just be careful.

 

[nin3]

The Hallertau is 7+ feet right now and I will be planting it in the next week or so. I decided to put it in a half wine barrel and run it up the side of my house. I'll put three of the other varieties in a raised bed planter / trellis and another 3 in half wine barrels.

Most of the rhizomes have started and some are growing fairly rapidly (some are 2+ feet). Both my centennial's haven't shown any signs of life yet. I know its early but I'm starting to wonder about them. The Chinooks are the strongest grower so far.

I really need to get going on the trellis.