Pictures of your Hop Babies/Hop Photo Thread

[Brewiz]

My Cascade have reached the 12' mark and starting to go sideways, the Centennial are a lot slower though.

And we are expecting (check out the little forming cones):

Now I just hope my poles hold up, one is already bowing over. I might have to come up with something else.

 

[Mustangj]

Hops are going into the ground this weekend.

 

[Evan!]

My second-year plants are doing quite well. The new rhizomes are just about 8" high now, too.

 

[aekdbbop]

Here is the family garden..

and here is one of my babies.. 1st year EKG's they are booming!

 

[McKBrew]

I wish the weather would warm up here so I could start seeing some growth. My Chinook started to sprout, then the little shoot died. My Fuggles has one 1" shoot that isn't growing much.

 

[McKBrew]

Yes, there are actually some little fuggles shoots here. My Chinook shoot died and my cascade rhizome wasn't performing so I transplanted to a smaller pot and put some plastic over the top to build a ghetto greenhouse.

 

[vtchuck]

Here's my 2007 Plants:

2 Cascades

A Nugget

Magnum

And "Mystery" Hops from the '80's

 

[vtchuck]

And here's the 2008 crop. Started in pots and being "hardened off" for planting next weekend.

From left: Fuggles, Fuggles, Kent Goldings, Mt. Hood

 

[Melana]

WOW guys i can't help being jealous! The largest of my plants is only knee high.
Way to go!

 

[JustMrWill]

Here are some pictures of my hops and their new home.

I didn't want to pound anymore stakes etc in the ground so I got creative.

A length-wise view. So far the doggie-barrier has held.

Boy does that pole look HIGH! It's only 18 feet. I may have to prune a few branches from the neighbor's trees. When I picked this spot..they had no leaves.

I wasn't feeling all "warm and fuzzy" about just having the posts sunk so I added 1"x6"x4' boards. They are buried 1' down and screwed into the boxes. I then added a U-bolt to further support the posts. If that isn't enough I can add diagonal supports too.

-Will

 

[7Enigma]

I've got one Nugget and two Centennial. All three sprouted within 24 hours of eachother a couple weeks back, but now Nugget has taken the lead and is the first to be trained onto the twine!:

Is that sisal you're using there?

 

[7Enigma]

A lot of the trellis and teepee designs I'm seeing look to be 10-12 feet tall. What's going to happen when the plant gets taller than that? My chinook is like 8 feet right now and I don't see it slowing down in the next 4 feet of growth. Do they just start draping down?

Check out my thread for a teepee idea that allows for much higher growth (12-20ft should be possible). Basically you need to plan ahead NOW with the twine you are training the bines onto, but the actual support doesn't need to be full height until needed. Since this is a first year plant I hope it gets tall enough to need an extension but I can't be sure. I think with a trellis people look to spread out the growth at the top (train horizontally). For those with a teepee setup I have no clue what the plant will do. I'd be scared it would break under its own weight from the wind/etc. if not supported all the way at the top.

I'll have to add some of my more recent pics to this photo thread as the cascade are really starting to take off.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=62558

 

[Bobby_M]

Oh, I have no problem with having enough height, it was the other way around that I'm worried about. My lines go up about 27 feet.

 

[McKBrew]

We are supposed to have a bunch of warm weather later this week, so I should start seeing some growth on the Fuggles. They are finally starting to change a small bit each day.

 

[rod]

my plants finally arrived today
3 cascade and 3 hallertau.
at 8.00 each including shipping i am glad they are well started

 

[McKBrew]

A warm day can make a difference. We are supposed to be around the 80's through Sunday, so I should start seeing some substantial growth soon.

 

[Bobby_M]

Second year Chinook on the left nearing 10 feet from the dirt surface, Fuggle on the right at just about 8'.

 

[foonder]

Here's my best plant, this Chinook gets the sunlight first and grows the fastest of all 4 of my plants, although they're all starting to flourish a little.

For some reason, my other Chinook plant appears to have different shaped leaves....I wonder if it's just because it's young or if the LHBS sold me the wrong rhizome...

Anybody have any input?

 

[7Enigma]

For some reason, my other Chinook plant appears to have different shaped leaves....I wonder if it's just because it's young or if the LHBS sold me the wrong rhizome...

Anybody have any input?

Foonder I've seen the same thing. I am guessing that these rhizomes need as much light as possible and so the first leaves are designed to capture the most light (ie a large oval shape). My Nugget rhizomes have done exactly that with the later leaves having the more distinctive hop shape.

 

[AnonyBrew]

Soperbrew hops pics updated here.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Soperbrew/SoperbrewHops52308

 

[98EXL]

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[Bombo80]

Here is the trellis I built from EMT. There are two second year hops growing on the one. Next year I plan on building another trellis, so each plant will have it's own.

https://cdn.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10119&size=big&cat=all&ppuser=16127

 

[JustMrWill]

My fuggles are still in the lead (sorry about the poor pic quality...camera is dying)

Cascade starting to look ok...the one on the left got it's bine pinched or something on the sisal and died back...it is now growing "side bines" up. I guess I should left them continue and these become my main bines?

Centennial are still struggling. One growing..the other is still a dead stick (I think).

-JMW

 

[FishinDave07]

Boy, do i love my Cascade.

 

[AnonyBrew]

Wow!!! Buds already, that's awesome FishinDave.

 

[FishinDave07]

Wow!!! Buds already, that's awesome FishinDave.

I'm proud of my hop babies. There's about 30 of them!

 

[mr x]

I don't understand how you are getting cones so early. Is that normal in Florida?

 

[FishinDave07]

I don't understand how you are getting cones so early. Is that normal in Florida?

Who knows, this is my first attempt at hop growing. I think that another HBT member in Orlando has got some cones too. I wanna say his name is ChrisDog? I think?

 

[7Enigma]

Wow am I jealous! How tall are the cascades that are budding?

 

[FishinDave07]

Wow am I jealous! How tall are the cascades that are budding?

Not very. The Cascade is about 7 1/2 - 8 ft. The growth tip also has turned into a bud itself, so I'm convinced its done :rockin: