Great thread and some beautiful hops! I've got 6 varieties growing really well, all in their first year. 3 from rhizomes (Cascade, Chinook, and Crystal) and 3 from small starters (Mt Hood, Nugget, and Willamette). Cones are growing on Nugget and Willamette. I'm curious, when the season ends, should I cut the bines down from near the ground or should I let them be? Any advice would be great! Thank you!
I have about 5 or 6 clumps of growth like this on my EKG. I guess they are seeds. I don't know if they have a use or not.
The Chinook absolutely refuses to take a break for winter, and puts up shoots year-round....grow so fast they forgot to make cones (I got zero last year).
This will be the third year for my Centennial, Chinook and Fuggles and the 6th year for my East Kent Golding.
Just to be picky - you can't grow East Kent Goldings in Oregon, it's like expecting to see the Brooklyn Dodgers in LA. In fact Goldings is a family of related varieties such as Amos Early Bird, Calais, Cobbs, Eastwell and Mathon.The "East Kent" bit refers to where they're grown, not the variety - it's a legally protected designation like Champagne or Scotch whisky, EKG can only come from one place (roughly east of a line from Maidstone to Dover).
Great thread and some beautiful hops! I've got 6 varieties growing really well, all in their first year. 3 from rhizomes (Cascade, Chinook, and Crystal) and 3 from small starters (Mt Hood, Nugget, and Willamette). Cones are growing on Nugget and Willamette. I'm curious, when the season ends, should I cut the bines down from near the ground or should I let them be? Any advice would be great! Thank you!
Are you suggesting that I change the name of what I'm calling these to Central Oregon Golding hops ?
I didn't know that there was a movement to call hops by their location first. I haven't heard of anyone calling their plants El Paso Centennials or Lansing Cascades. Every hop plant is subject to the terroir of where they are being grown, the kind of rain that falls on them and the bugs that crawl on them.
What if you grew some EKG..... in East Kent, but had them in pots full of Florida swamp potting soil ? Would that make them NOT EKG's ?
I hope there is nothing incorrect with my other bine being called Fuggles. I just like saying it
With first year hops most people leave the bines growing until the mid to late fall. As long as the leaves are green energy is going into the plant for the following year. Then cut about 4-6 inches above the crown.
Those of you who use a dehydrator to dry your hops, what temp/length of time do you use?
Last year I did the air filter/fan method which seemed to work fine, but took a day+, so looking to turn it around a little quicker and more efficiently this time around possibly.
I noticed a clump of growth like that on my Columbus bines the other day too.
I assumed they're seeds as well, most likely infertile since there are no male plants around.
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