2010 Hop Plantations

[drsmurto]

Update on my hops/weeds.....

Left to right - Goldings, Chinook, Cascade (POR and Victoria not in the picture)

 

[Sydneybrewer]

I too have these holy leaves and cant see any signs of bugs at all, dam near killed my chinook, have sprayed with this oil, but the holes keep apearing. Am at wits end atm just about consigned to the plant dying, its growth is damwell stunted at 30cm high

 

[Murcluf]

Update on my hops/weeds.....

Hey Mark,
See your hop plants are lookinf as sexy as ever. feeling a bit green with hop envy there mate.
Wish you all the best for a bumper crop this season.

Cheers

Wayne

 

[matho]

Sydney
It could be earwigs look at the 2009 hops thread to see how to make a trap
Im on my iPod otherwise I would find you the link. I think the trap was as simple as beer in a container
They crawl in and drown

Cheers matho

 

[mxd]

hey doc, how high is the trellis ? do you just leave them at that hight ? My "trellis" (old swing set) is about 2 mtrs tall I was just usure what to do to let them grow ?

thanks
Matt

Update on my hops/weeds.....

Left to right - Goldings, Chinook, Cascade (POR and Victoria not in the picture)

 

[raven19]

Smurt's trellis looks about 3m high. You can trim the top of the bines once they get to the top so you encourage side shoot growth - which is where most of your hop flowers will grow from.

Love the guard dog in the bottom right.

Edit - speeling

 

[drsmurto]

The best earwig trap i have used is newspaper that you wipe on the bbq to get some of the grease. Roll it up tight and tie it up. Chuck it somewhere near the hop plant.

Each morning unroll it over a bucket of hot soapy water and drown the earwigs.

Trellis is 3m high, it's the first year i have had it. In the past the hops grew to the top of the existing fence (~1.8m) and then i ran string across to the other side of the chook run and manually wound the hops along. Royal PITA.

My plan is to just let them be. Odds are i will have more hops than i can use in a year so i wont be making any attempts to prune them, cut them back to x number of bines etc.

Lazy arse hop growing 101.

If all goes well i will be hosting a big brewday next year inviting brewers to pick fresh hops straight from the bine and chucking them into the kettle. It will save me having to pick tens of kgs of hops, dry and bag up! :icon_cheers:

 

[MaltyHops]

...
Love the guard dog in the bottom right.
...

Er... that would be guard-puss (though its probably called Andrew )

T.

 

[tommygun]

Sydney
It could be earwigs look at the 2009 hops thread to see how to make a trap
Im on my iPod otherwise I would find you the link. I think the trap was as simple as beer in a container
They crawl in and drown

Cheers matho

The best earwig trap i have used is newspaper that you wipe on the bbq to get some of the grease. Roll it up tight and tie it up. Chuck it somewhere near the hop plant.

Each morning unroll it over a bucket of hot soapy water and drown the earwigs.

Trellis is 3m high, it's the first year i have had it. In the past the hops grew to the top of the existing fence (~1.8m) and then i ran string across to the other side of the chook run and manually wound the hops along. Royal PITA.

My plan is to just let them be. Odds are i will have more hops than i can use in a year so i wont be making any attempts to prune them, cut them back to x number of bines etc.

Lazy arse hop growing 101.

If all goes well i will be hosting a big brewday next year inviting brewers to pick fresh hops straight from the bine and chucking them into the kettle. It will save me having to pick tens of kgs of hops, dry and bag up! :icon_cheers:

Agree with dr for controlling earwigs they like a cool place to rest and love vegetable oil but I'm pretty sure earwigs aren't so much of a problem as it warms up. Could be a type of caterpillar in which case you can try putting a heshian bag at the base of the plant they hide there in the heat of the day and then it's just a matter of putting in a bag a throwing away or spraying with Mortein if you have to.

 

[jbirbeck]

I'll have to get a pic up but the update is...

cascade is a useless piece of junk that has been pulled out, Columbus has burrs and it at 2+m of growth :icon_cheers:, Cluster a bit wispy but growing well, Flinders 2+m with bines as thick as a baby's arm, Fuggles, Goldings, Super Alpha and Victoria have all stalled - lazy buggers but they had some good growth before and all are at the 1.5-2.5m metre mark, Saaz is taking its time but starting to go crazy and the Chinook is growing like its late for an appointment on the moon...

If I remember to get that pic of the Columbus I will.

 

[Sydneybrewer]

Thanks for tip guys going to have a dig at all sugestions to try and save this plant, cheers.

 

[Pennywise]

I'm really chuffed that my Chinook that did bugger all last year is now steaming along, got about a metre of growth and 3 main bines growing, got another couple shooting off those but don't think I'll keep those as I don't have the space for much more than 3-4 bines. Will wack up some piccies tonight while getting starters ready for the weekend

 

[Pennywise]

Well, here it is in all it's glory

Already it's looking very promising, hopefully it stays that way

 

[Housecat]

Here is my new Cascade offering. A big thanks to Malty Hops for supplying them :icon_cheers:





My next problem is to work out a good place for them to live and a trellis for them to grow on!!





reason for edit: forgot those pesky pics!!

 

[jbirbeck]

early morning phone pcis so they look ordinary but...

Flinders


POR


Burrs on Columbus


Chinook

 

[white.grant]

Just got a new digital camera so can at last reveal my hops. Left to right we have 2nd year Tettnang, 3rd Year hallertau and 2nd year POR. The recently went apeshit and grew a metre between tuesday and thursday this week.




cheers

grant

 

[MaltyHops]

Here is my new Cascade offering. A big thanks to Malty Hops for supplying them :icon_cheers:
...

And thanks for helping to chip in with the buy from hopswest - and thanks hopswest
also, esp. for sending 6 rhizomes instead of the advertised 4 - so we (incl. widdley) all
got two each.

Did you end up separating the 'zomes or just planted the bunch as one? (could get
quite tangled if so, I imagine).

T.

 

[Housecat]

I didn't split them up (ooops) but i also managed to snap one of the shoots, not realising how brittle they are :unsure:
I have put them in a 100 litre pot so I hope that it's enough room for the ladies!

 

[fraser_john]

Goldings, Tettnang, Cascade, Chinook and POR no particular order

 

[Weatherby]

Goldings in the middle, other 2 are chinook.

If I dry hop with these, do I need to sterilise them to kill any bacteria that might be on them? should I add them to the boil at 1 minute maybe?

Do the commercial growers kill beer spoiling nasties on theirs before sealing them in those silver packs?

EDIT: THIS THREAD ROCKS :super: