Show off your 2012 Hops garden!

[Yankeehillbrewer]

Is it odd for my hops only to be about 6 inches for this time of year I live in SE mn and they were 1st years

I think you're ok, a couple of my 1st years aren't much taller than that, and my Centennial isn't but 3 inches tall. It's starting to pick up some steam though. Just remember the first year is really about them getting established and getting good strong root systems.

 

[mccumath]

New pics of my centennials. Cascades have not done anything yet, so planted a couple more. Waiting for them to hopefully come up...

 

[MoPhunk]

Close up of my cascade plant that is now over 6 ft

 

[bwomp313]

Close up of my cascade plant that is now over 6 ft

am I missing something or does that make you about 7 feet tall?

 

[Reno_eNVy]

am I missing something or does that make you about 7 feet tall?

I was wondering the same thing.

Are you the Brew-hemoth? :rockin:


(I apologize for my stupid statements... few homebrews in )

 

[ingchr1]

Here's my garden on a steep hill behind my shed. Second year Fuggle (on left) and first year Cascade (on right) and Mt Hood (down the hill).

 

[JMaslar]

My backyard garden. There are 14 buckets total - each are 18 gallons. 3 are on their 3rd season, 6 are on their 2nd, and 5 are new this year. They are Cascade and Willamette.

 

[thatfatbastard]

My backyard garden. There are 14 buckets total - each are 18 gallons. 3 are on their 3rd season, 6 are on their 2nd, and 5 are new this year. They are Cascade and Willamette.

Do you have to do any special maintenance at the end/beginning of the year when you grow in buckets? Do they produce the same as if they were planted in the ground? Do they have the same lifespan?

 

[gbx]

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My backyard garden. There are 14 buckets total - each are 18 gallons. 3 are on their 3rd season, 6 are on their 2nd, and 5 are new this year. They are Cascade and Willamette.


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Mine are in 30gal containers and they had filled them up by the end of the first year! what kind of harvest did you get in the second season? This forum is primarily first year growers and I haven't seen any results from multiple year container hops.

 

[Helly]

Here are mine. Still figuring out what to do with them in the yard. Cascades in the middle going slow, willamette on the left getting to 3+ feet high, and brewers gold on the right.

 

[Hop_Hero]

here are my hops. I planted a willamette but I think it was too dry when I got it. The fuggle is the only potted hop and it's doing the best. Going in I would have thought the opposite. Centennial is going good but my cascade is sluggish. I think partially because it's getting the least among of shade.



Fuggle



Centennial



Cascade

 

[Boris_the_Russian]

Tending to the plants today, 1 bine is now face level and starting to produce big, heavy, dark green leaves. The other plant is pushing 2 bines and is a bit shorter at the waist. Both seem healthy and happy in this heat..... For now.

 

[JohnnyO]

Took some crappy pics with my phone today.
Centennials are growing near the deck. Three plants are at about 8-9' or so. I have a runt growing in the back that had two weak bines at about 2'. I cut them down to see if it will send up stronger bines.
Cascades growing by the fence. Tallest plant is at about 8.5-9'.

These are all second year plants, but first year in the ground. Had them in planters last year.

 

[day_trippr]

I decided to go ahead and erect ten foot tall risers on the upper deck to give my bines more string to climb and spread out a bit more this season. Added benefit will be some shading up there as my house is oriented south-southeast for solar gain.

Chinook to the left and Centennial to the right (with three potted Fuggles in the back that I'm basically just keeping alive until I can find a real home for them for next year)...

...and the Cascade.

In spite of a near-epic hop worm infestation they're growing like weeds on steroids - way ahead of their first year at this same time. Even the side arms have sprouted side arms, and they're getting covered in burrs...

Cheers! (Death to Hop Worms! )

 

[Reno_eNVy]

My Brewers Gold is really moving now, a few inches a day (except for the last couple days when it snowed! )

My question is how best to train the bine around the corners. Should it wrap around the stake first or should I just go right to the twine?

 

[Malichaidog]

Chinooks in northern az.

 

[rexbanner]

Second year cascade and EKG going strong.

 

[pelipen]

The fuggles are going strong. I have centennial on the back, but they are just 9 inches or so. Stringing that line wasn't fun.

 

[TyTanium]

I decided to go ahead and erect ten foot tall risers on the upper deck to give my bines more string to climb and spread out a bit more this season. Added benefit will be some shading up there as my house is oriented south-southeast for solar gain.

Cheers! (Death to Hop Worms! )

Wow, those look awesome! Post back if the shade the provide is noticeable - I have mine growing up the side of my house for some shade as well, but I'm not expecting much. Looks great!

 

[PariahVineyard]

150 rihzomes purchased from Simple Earth Hops. All of them are growing except for 2 . . . so far. I think this picture was taken before we put in drip irrigation. It wouldn't be a problem if we only had to water these hops but we also planted 810 grape vines and don't have irrigation for them. So that takes most of our time.

 

[1stTimer]

Hop trellis is 16 ft tall. Cascades and Nuggets are at least 2 ft past the top now.

 

[EllisTX]

I'm in Central/East TX. Planted these sometime at the end of march. Far left is a Chinook crown that was planted a few weeks after the other. Middle is Cascade and right is Centennial. I recently dusted with Bonide Garden Dust. I've had some caterpillar problems.

 

[jfrank85]

First year sterling two weeks after first pic.

 

[cyclogenesis]

These photos are about a week old..
Here is the Chinook, the monster chinook.. I need to warn guests not to go to close as he will just grow right over you!

Chinook by Cyclogenesis_au, on Flickr

And here are the three Cascades I am using to grow a screen over the deck.. Very happy that it is actually working

Cascades by Cyclogenesis_au, on Flickr

Seriously, they have grown so much since these pictures were taken, the Cascades have some nice side shoots which are filling in the space just awesomely and I have lots of flowers and should have some cones in no time...
These are 2nd year plants (stoked)

Home gown hop juice brewed in the deck under a hop canopy here we come (Living the dream!)

 

[Rivenin]

Cascade








Northern brewer

 

[bellinmi88]

First time growing. I used 20' of chain link fence rail with a slightly wider chain link fence post slammed 4' into the ground. The Rail fits into the Post.

 

[david_42]

My hops are in their 7th year and most of them haven't even come up! The Cascade and Mt. Hood are the only two and neither of them is more than 3 ft high. Been a cold, wet Spring. Down into the 40s at most nights in May and June is predicted to be 15-20F below normal.

 

[solbes]

Is it odd for my hops only to be about 6 inches for this time of year I live in SE mn and they were 1st years

That was where my first years were in North Central MN last year at 3rd week in May. They eventually topped out between 14 and 18 feet tall with some cone production. So no worries

This year they are between 4 and 6' tall already.

 

[ennis2000000000]

Right on I'm hoping my get cruzin soon... Cant wait till next year should be good

 

[brian_n]

in order, here are my first year hallertau, cascade, willamette, and nugget.

the hallertau, cascade, and willamette are 8-9 weeks old. i planted a centennial with them, but it appeared dead, so i replaced it with a nugget, which is about 3 weeks old.