Pictures of hop plants

[Kaz15]

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Busy year with raising little kids. Fortunately my hops are mature and mostly self sufficient at this point, other than watering on occasion. I have been very hands off this year, but happy with the production I’m seeing!

Brewing my annual wet hop pale ale tomorrow. Always a crowd pleaser. It’s going to be Cascade and Hartwick this year. Very interested to see how the two blend.

My hops got annihilated by hail in mid May this year. But all rebounded nicely. The Cascade harvest is late as a result. My Triple Pearl and Alpharoma plants were savagely attacked by japanese beetles, but seem to be producing fine otherwise.


Cascade, year 5 post transplant. Harvest tomorrow! I have a Multihead neomexicanus growing as well, on the right side of this pic. This thing has been a challenge to grow. Year 2 in this location. Hoping for a harvest next year.

Triple Pearl year 3.

Alpharoma year 5.

Prussian year 3. This thing is a monster!

Hartwick year 5. Earthy pineapple! The heat these past 3 weeks have taken a toll, but the crop should still be viable.

Golding year 3. Never really recovered after the hail. Didn’t have the time to really give it much care this year. Better luck next year.

 

[Shropshire Lad]

I had the caterpillar problem last year which was my second season’s growth. The first year and this year have been fine.
I read that a mixture of liquid hand soap (not washing up liquid), baking powder and water to spray on a white powdery fungus was useful to remedy the problem (which I also experienced last year) worked successfully this year. I’ve been spraying on a regular basis as soon as the fungus reappeared and the leaves look a lot more healthy.

 

[Sylvain]

 

[T Murph]

It is only May and I getting concerned about the possibility of some of my hops reaching the top trellis bar and wrapping around it. That would make harvesting difficult as it would interfer with letting it down when the time comes.