Topsy-Turvey Hop Growing ?

[Mutilated1]

Anyone every tried growing hops in one of those Topsey-Turvey tomato trees like Billy Mays sells on TV ?

My hops last year came up and grew but never really made anything, only one plant out of four came back this spring and I think its pretty much had it.

I was kind of thinking I might try and dig up the last surviving hop plant if it can be salvaged at all and giving it a try in the Topsey-Turvey tomato planter just for ****s and giggles.

 

[nealf]

haha sounds awesome.. but you would still need about 12' of space above it for the bine to grow. So, the Topsy Turvey wouldn't be put to its best use.

 

[Mutilated1]

I wonder if the bine would go down, and then turn up on its own ? When you grow tomatos in one of those, they turn and grow up until the fruit starts to come in and weigh them down.

If nothing else, I think it might help with keeping the plant watered and weeded. The watering seems to be the big challenge in Alabama where I live because during the summer even if you go out and soak them in the morning they are bone dry by the time I get home from work to water them again - those 100F+ days just really do a number on them - they don't seem to like that climate at all.

 

[HBHoss]

I wonder if the bine would go down, and then turn up on its own ? When you grow tomatos in one of those, they turn and grow up until the fruit starts to come in and weigh them down.

If nothing else, I think it might help with keeping the plant watered and weeded. The watering seems to be the big challenge in Alabama where I live because during the summer even if you go out and soak them in the morning they are bone dry by the time I get home from work to water them again - those 100F+ days just really do a number on them - they don't seem to like that climate at all.

Sounds like you need to set up a drip system on a timer. That way they get a good soaking multiple times a day and simple timers are not that expensive. That's what I'll end up doing. It's supposed to be over 100 this weekend. I like watering them for now because it's the first year and I like checking on them but if I have to go somewhere for a couple of days, I don't want them dying on me because I can't water them.

 

[Coastarine]

I asked the same question a while ago, here were the responses I got: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f92/growing-hops-upside-down-105830/