2013 Hop garden photo thread

[Nunner]

Got home from a long weekend out of town to these little guys

Columbus


And centennial



Still no luck from the cascade yet

 

[r8rphan]

Side by side photos of my hops this time last year, and this year... Doing 'much better'.. Barring a bunch of hail storms or a forest fire like last year, I am hoping to have quite the harvest....

Cascades from 04/24/12 and 04/28/13

04/24/12 (year 2 Cascades)

04/28/13 (year 3 Cascades)

Centennials from 04/24/12 and 04/28/13

04/24/12 (year 2 Centennials)

04/28/13 (year 3 Centennials)

Magnums from 04/24/12 and 04/28/13

04/24/12 (2nd year Magnums)

04/28/13 (3rd year Magnums)

Willamettes from 04/24/12 and 04/28/13

04/24/12 (2nd year Willamettes)

04/28/13 (3rd year Willamettes)

 

[r8rphan]

These things are going crazy.. I'm thinking I should start selecting bines soon.. Have already been removing about 20 per day that are escaping out between the logs of the raised beds..... Some of them are a foot long where there was nothing the day before....

For the most part, the things are training themselves.... seeming to remember where they were last year.... Not sure how many bines I should keep...

Also, when they hit the top of the 13 foot high trellis support, I'm gonna clip them and force side shoots.. last year I just let them go, and I was harvesting cones mostly from the top, having to lean out from the top of a 12 foot ladder....

Later this summer, I plan to set 8 post bases in concrete behind the beds, and then start collecting lumber during the fall and winter so that next year I can build a 24 foot long by 16 foot high catwalk (with another catwalk at 8' inside of the thing), so that I have something safe to collect the cones from, something solid to build trellises from (thinking 20 foot high trellises) and also to serve as the little lookout I've always wanted on the property... can drink beer up there and pee on the squirrels..

 

[r8rphan]

Either this year or next, I want to build some more raised beds for hops... As I want to eventually add columbus, chinook, and possibly tettnang and perle to the varieties...


loving this 'perennials' concept... gonna plant asparagus, artichoke, bunching onions, walking onions, and other edible perennials in the other raised beds that I have in front of and in between the hops beds.... get everything established and then all I gotta do is compost and mulch before winter, and water in the summer....

 

[johnsnownw]

Hops are finally in the ground, and I have the anchor portion of my hop trellis in place.





My son thought he'd help with the anchor installation.

 

[+HopSpunge+]

This is my hop garden. I planted the ones under the sputnic satalite looking trellis about 6 years ago. Mixed up blob of hop love now , got alot of pruning to do. The "X" ontop of the pole has a sleve in the middle of the "X" and slides up and down the pole.

Then the ones in the recicled cut up truck tool box are my newest babies planted last week both Saaz.

 

[jethro55]

Modified the fish cleaning table for some more hops growing. Am hoping for some shade over the table in late afternoon.

 

[brewmcq]

And centennial

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I'm not the sharpest bulb in the shed, but isn't that a marigold..? ;-)

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

I'm not the sharpest bulb in the shed, but isn't that a marigold..? ;-)

I dont know if it was put there on purpose, but it is a great plant to have near hops.

Ladybugs love Marigolds and if you release a box of ladybugs they are more likely to stick around longer if theres marigolds and some other plants around...and then eat all of them aphids....

 

[Hockeyhunter99]

Here is what Fargo, ND looks like

 

[basementbrewbrad]

they are coming up everywhere. all but about ten of them are showing above the dirt now

 

[twofieros]

Second year hops going strong in WV.

 

[ProstheticHead]

Second year hops going strong in WV.

Looks like a house up in The Ridges

 

[DerCribben]

Here's my little hop "garden" up in Brentwood NH. These are my first year Cascade, Nugget, and Zeus hops planted about 3 weeks ago and my second year Centennial transplanted from its hard pot into its new and larger fabric pot about 2 weeks ago.

 

[twofieros]

Looks like a house up in The Ridges

Sure enough!

 

[Eshorebrewer]

I got my magnum and goldings strung, going to get the glacier and chinook taken care of this afternoon. Need to get some mulch down as well.

 

[ProstheticHead]

Sure enough!

Wow, that was a wild guess. I live in Huntington, but I've done a lot of Drywall in the Ridges. Recognized those steep hills haha. Good looking plants.

 

[RUNningonbrew]

How many vines per line do you guys usually do?

 

[drh146]

Thanks for the thread everyone. Thought id share mine. First year, month old.

 

[Punx Clever]

She's coming along... probably set back by being dug up and re-panted to eliminate the mushroom infestation that got to the top layer of potting soil though...

 

[Rockindaddy]

Just built my first year trellis. I only have one spot on the side of the house that I used for my Cascade. This trellis will have Centennial & Fuggles. About $100.00 worth of materials and a sore back.

 

[BeerMikeW]

2nd year centennial

 

[SPR-GRN]

Just built my first year trellis. I only have one spot on the side of the house that I used for my Cascade. This trellis will have Centennial & Fuggles. About $100.00 worth of materials and a sore back.

That's a nice looking trellis; I was lazy and used my deck; I mean I was efficient and used my deck, yeah that's it

 

[BigGoat]

Just a couple of the taller ones. Kansas weather has been frustrating. 80 degrees one day then 26 degrees two days later. I need To get my poles up and get these guys out of the pots.

 

[BigGoat]

Hey, quick question. how are you guys anchoring the twine to the ground. I am thinking just a tent stake or wire bent over or something like that. Once the bine gets up there what are the chances that not having the bottom well anchored will result in a problem?

 

[Matteo57]

Subscribed

 

[lemy]

HopCam

This is supposed to be one picture every hour, but for some reason I'm only getting the last photo of the day. Need some time to work on it. This is located on the outer edge of the Yakima hop growing region. About a 30 minute drive from the nearest commercial hop fields.

 

[AndMan3030]

First time Hop Grower here... Will regular twine be OK to use for my bines to climb??

 

[jeepinjeepin]

First time Hop Grower here... Will regular twine be OK to use for my bines to climb??

Should be just fine. It just needs to be a bit rough for the bines to grip and strong enough to hold the weight.

 

[Looper]

3rd year Chinook, Centennial, Cascade, and Sterling plants. Out of 8 plants, 7 have broken the surface.

On the plants that have grown long enough to train, I've selected 3 bines to train on each side of the "V".... Trimmed all of the other bines back..

 

[Blackeydsloth]

Planted Magnum, Nugget and Centennial last Thursday, 1st time growing hops. can't wait!!!

Here is my Magnum today!!!!

 

[jethro55]

Planted Magnum, Nugget and Centennial last Thursday, 1st time growing hops. can't wait!!!

Here is my Magnum today!!!!

Magnum was my first to sprout as well !

 

[RUNningonbrew]

3rd year Chinook, Centennial, Cascade, and Sterling plants. Out of 8 plants, 7 have broken the surface.

On the plants that have grown long enough to train, I've selected 3 bines to train on each side of the "V".... Trimmed all of the other bines back..

So do you have 3 bines going up each twine? I'm trying to figure out how many I can put up each one?

 

[Blackeydsloth]

@jethro55 Awesome it feels good to see something popping out.

 

[jeepinjeepin]

So do you have 3 bines going up each twine? I'm trying to figure out how many I can put up each one?

Do as I say, not as I do. 2-3 is recommended. Any more than that and they will sometimes pinch each other off. I have between 3-6 going up each right now.

 

[Cpanco]

Just received my Hops Rhizomes......Just finished my Hops trellis/ girlfriends veggie garden.. planter boxes... Cascade in this one just starting to poke thru the mounds... I will be building 3 more for the Golding, Tettnanger and Centennial amongst other things that the girlfriend wants to grow..

First post..

Cheers!!

 

[jeepinjeepin]

Here are my two, Zeus and Cascade. Perspective is odd. The box is around 3'x6'. The tallest bines are 6-7' right now.

 

[Indytruks138]

Got my new trelis up yesterday. I love the idea, I just hope the Harbor Freight flagpoles stay up. I put some tension on the top line on purpose to they won't swing in the wind so bad. 5 plants, 1st 2 are 2nd year cascade, then I have 3 crowns from great lakes hops.

 

[cram]

@ indytrucks...you might want to consider adding guy lines from the sides of your poles while you still can. Perhaps, you could put eye-bolts on the fence adjacent and tie into them. Those bines will get mighty heavy through the season and I'm not sure those HF poles will support that kind of weight. Guy lines do a lot to help disperse weight and tension. There's nothing worse than having to band-aid a fix mid-season when the bines come tumbling down. Just an idea...

 

[Indytruks138]

@ indytrucks...you might want to consider adding guy lines from the sides of your poles while you still can. Perhaps, you could put eye-bolts on the fence adjacent and tie into them. Those bines will get mighty heavy through the season and I'm not sure those HF poles will support that kind of weight. Guy lines do a lot to help disperse weight and tension. There's nothing worse than having to band-aid a fix mid-season when the bines come tumbling down. Just an idea...

I have thought about that, I am just wondering if I need to drill a hole through the pole or if I can just loop a wire around it? I have plenty more of that wire leftover from making the top line.