Jako
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this was awesome to read i think i will try to grow my own next year. i live in utah any types grow best in north utah?
this was awesome to read i think i will try to grow my own next year. i live in utah any types grow best in north utah?
I guess it would depend on your location. Todd Bates began collecting native hops where he lived down in NM quite a while ago at about 9000ft and brought them back to grow at his elevation, about 6000ft. This paper discusses how some USDA folks went about collecting wild germplasm but doesn't specifically mention any sites in Utah. I do remember seeing some research stating that there were some pockets of neomexicanus growing in Utah though. https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/2674/w.2002.Hummer.hopexpedition2002.pdf Also, it seems they require less water than the traditionally grown hops of European heritage: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/search-great-american-beer-180951966/
Happy Spring everyone! So all 6 crowns of my varieties have started sending out shoots and I have a few bines over a foot already, and now I'm in doubt on what to do next. This is their 2nd year as I planting them spring 2017, and I've read several things about pruning all shoots off the crowns. Is this good advice? I live in Ft Collins CO, and the potential for another freeze is always present until end of May. Would training the strongest shoots and cutting the rest this early be a mistake and create a potential "freeze damaged" main bine? Should I cut them all and wait for consistent warmer weather? 77° high today, 43° high tomorrow. Any advice would be appreciated! Cheers all!
Happy Spring everyone! So all 6 crowns of my varieties have started sending out shoots and I have a few bines over a foot already, and now I'm in doubt on what to do next. This is their 2nd year as I planting them spring 2017, and I've read several things about pruning all shoots off the crowns. Is this good advice? I live in Ft Collins CO, and the potential for another freeze is always present until end of May. Would training the strongest shoots and cutting the rest this early be a mistake and create a potential "freeze damaged" main bine? Should I cut them all and wait for consistent warmer weather? 77° high today, 43° high tomorrow. Any advice would be appreciated! Cheers all!
Well hello neighbor! My hops are starting to thrive in this warm weather, however I've done some research about early growth, especially the early, purple bull shoots the crowns have initially in the season. From what I've read, we want to cut those bull shoots near the crown. They're hollow and have long spaced nodes, all providing less support and less collaterals and leaves and cones. I went out this evening and cut a few purple bull shoots that have reached a foot, and the cut near the crown was more solid, however the bine itself after a couple nodes was hollow. Here are some references I've foundI am across the road from you in Windsor. This is my 3rd year for some and 4th for the other plants. Last year I pruned and then the late frost stunned the ones I had left. They did come out of it for the most part. So this year I don't plan to do anything until early May. Then I will pick the strong ones and train them, pruning the rest. don't know if that is the best but I will give it a try for this year.
Well hello neighbor! My hops are starting to thrive in this warm weather, however I've done some research about early growth, especially the early, purple bull shoots the crowns have initially in the season. From what I've read, we want to cut those bull shoots near the crown. They're hollow and have long spaced nodes, all providing less support and less collaterals and leaves and cones. I went out this evening and cut a few purple bull shoots that have reached a foot, and the cut near the crown was more solid, however the bine itself after a couple nodes was hollow. Here are some references I've found
http://blog.uvm.edu/hoppenin/2016/05/18/important-hop-bull-etin/
https://www.greatlakeshops.com/hops-blog/category/hops
Happy hopping!
Cheers!
No problem at all! I figure the more information, the better, right?Thank you for the links. I will look for the bull shoots this weekend.
What varieties do you have? I have Chinnook, Willamette, Magnum and Centennial.
Well hello neighbor! My hops are starting to thrive in this warm weather, however I've done some research about early growth, especially the early, purple bull shoots the crowns have initially in the season. From what I've read, we want to cut those bull shoots near the crown. They're hollow and have long spaced nodes, all providing less support and less collaterals and leaves and cones. I went out this evening and cut a few purple bull shoots that have reached a foot, and the cut near the crown was more solid, however the bine itself after a couple nodes was hollow. Here are some references I've found
http://blog.uvm.edu/hoppenin/2016/05/18/important-hop-bull-etin/
https://www.greatlakeshops.com/hops-blog/category/hops
Happy hopping!
Cheers!
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