Rhizomes are in!

[DeejayDebi]

Dude -

Those rhizomes look really dry! dip them in some water and seal the bags until the night before you plant them, then soak them in a bucket of water over night. They'll take better.

Good Luck!

Got my hops rhizomes yesterday, going to plant today.
Can't wait!
I don't expect much yield in the first year but it will still be cool to say I grew the hops that went in my beer. If these work out I'm going to do more varieties in the future. Especially once I buy my own house.

 

[DeejayDebi]

Brewman -

You should've waited until after the last frost. It's still to cold to plant. We wait until end of April early May here in CT, I don't expect it's much different in NY. Did you plant them in the snow?

hmmm I have been wondering....... I am here on Long Island NY and mine have not surfaced at all yet......

is this normal, its been about 2 months now........ but it has not really warmed up much!

 

[AHammer16]

Planted mine last week in large pots. 3 each of cascade and nugget. You do plant them vertically correct? I used a manure and dark soil mixture w/ some time release plant food.

 

[Dude]

Dude -

Those rhizomes look really dry! dip them in some water and seal the bags until the night before you plant them, then soak them in a bucket of water over night. They'll take better.

Good Luck!

Might wanna read through the whole thread.....those were planted last year and did fine.

Planted mine last week in large pots. 3 each of cascade and nugget. You do plant them vertically correct? I used a manure and dark soil mixture w/ some time release plant food.

It doesn't matter which way they are planted (vertically or horizontally) as long as the shoots are pointing upward. Really, either way, nature will take its course and they will grow fine.

 

[ian]

To those who have planted Nugget: Do they take longer to sprout than others?
I planted 2 each of Cascade, Perle, and Nugget all at the same time, all from Freshops, all in the same soil and the Cascades & Perles are rockin' but the Nugget shows no signs of life. I've even dug them up to see if any buds were formed.

Anyone have this kind of result? Or should they (assuming the are/were viable) be sprouting like the others?

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

The Nugget that Boston gave me are doing well (although they're all I have). About 2-3" tall now.

 

[ian]

The Nugget that Boston gave me are doing well (although they're all I have). About 2-3" tall now.

That's what I was afraid of. My others all have several bines on them, the tallest being several inches tall with a couple courses of leaves.

<shrug>Maybe I'll order some more</shrug>

 

[user 574]

That's what I was afraid of. My others all have several bines on them, the tallest being several inches tall with a couple courses of leaves.

<shrug>Maybe I'll order some more</shrug>

Ordered the same rhizomes as you; cascade and nugget. My nugget took almost 10 days longer before it popped out of the dirt. I actually emailed hopsdirect Sat just for the heck of it if they think they're toast and to see if they had more. Next day, I see growth...

 

[BootYtRappeR]

i just put mine in the ground this weekend

cascade and chinook

I ordered one of each from hopsdirect and they sent me two of each

I'll try to post some pics once they start emerging

 

[gremlin]

my mother in law bought me some homebrew supplies for christmas. dme, extract, hops, etc. all good and usefull stuff.

she also got me a package of 50 hop seeds. i thought this was great until i read all of the posts here about rhyzomes.

all the label says is they are 'homulus hop seeds'. and that i need to plant them in quality starting soil, wait 2 weeks, put them in the refrigerator for six weeks, let them germinate out of the fridge for a few weeks, and then plant them outside.

i own my house, so i don't mind if they take a few years to mature. but has anybody had experience with growing hops from seeds? any advice? how long until i can harvest hops for my homebrew?

barrett