They reached the top of the line....now what?

[klnosaj]

I laid out three strings, each measuring ~15', running from my gutters to where the hops are planted along the side of the house. I planted the rhizomes in late April and one of them has already made it to the top of the line and is now looking for room to grow on my roof.

So what do I do?

 

[Jamminjoenapo]

Let em go. The top portion of the hop plants grow most of the cones from what I've read. Mine reached the top and kept growing another 4 or so feet over to my neighbors yard (we have a 12 or so foot tall fence between us) I just pulled them back over and am letting it grow back down. Really just letting it do it's own thing.

 

[Gridlocked]

mine just fall over and grow up themselves over and over again.
It sounds like we have similar growing setups - there are a ton of pics here https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f92/my-hops-garden-project-176340/index14.html

 

[klnosaj]

Thanks for the advice, guys. I got to say that what you got going on there, Gridlocked, looks absolutely beautiful.