2013 Hop Plantations, Show Us Your Hop Garden!

[sp0rk]

Bugger, how did that happen?

Apparently i may have watered it too much before the rhizome was well established
The Hallertauer I got from you is going gangbusters, though

 

[kevo]

Thanks for the heads up W.E.A.L.
Checked out downy mildew and it looks exactly like what I have !
The offending bine has been amputated.


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And my understanding is to take that bine far away and burn it/dispose of it thoroughly - chucking it in the compost keeps the mildew and it's spores in the vicinity of the rest of your garden and healthy hop plants.

 

[Mr. No-Tip]

Cascade already ten feet tall and showing tiny cones:

I blame global warming.

 

[hoppy2B]

I'm keen to see pics of the cones on your Cascade when they are ready Mr. No-Tip.

 

[Northside Novice]

My lonely chinook zome . Sprouted about 6 weeks ago .

 

[unclebarrel]

And my understanding is to take that bine far away and burn it/dispose of it thoroughly - chucking it in the compost keeps the mildew and it's spores in the vicinity of the rest of your garden and healthy hop plants.

Thanks kevo.
Good advice, I did just drop it on the ground.
Now I will bin it.


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[bullsneck]

Anyone have any tips to keep the possums at bay? They're eating the growth nodes

 

[Yob]

cage and release 10=km away if you are friendly

Cage and release after 5 minutes at the bottom of the lake if you are not so friendly

or there are >THESE< sorts of things

:icon_cheers:

 

[technobabble66]

My Chinook from a few weeks ago (i just worked out how to upload pics), ~9/10/13.
A single Rhizome from the Doc (planted ~14/8/13) produced the 3 bines in the pic. Bines first appeared ~5/9/13.
It grew a little bigger & leafier after the photo was taken, but hasn't really grown at all in the last 2 weeks due to the cold weather (i think).

Mind you, all the other plants are much bigger now, especially the tomatoes <_<

 

[carniebrew]

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My lonely chinook zome . Sprouted about 6 weeks ago .

Wow...has that been in the ground a few years, or is it a first-timer?

 

[Northside Novice]

It's in a big pot and on its third season I think , could be forth .

 

[Weizguy]

A German-origin hop style. I think it's Perle. Only been out of the ground maybe 2 weeks.

And my bamboo frame hop trellis. Still needs to be secured and strings attached, but you see the general intent


<edit> Bushfire-ravaged trees (black trunks/ brown foliage) can be seen in the background and sideground (hey I made a word). </edit>
Les from the fiery swamp

 

[Mardoo]

Anyone have any tips to keep the possums at bay? They're eating the growth nodes
You could try fox urine:

http://www.traps.com.au/lures.htm

Towards the bottom of the page. Not the lures, the urine. Lures and your cats/chooks/chihuahuas are toast.

 

[Camo6]

You could try fox urine:

http://www.traps.com.au/lures.htm

Towards the bottom of the page. Not the lures, the urine. Lures and your cats/chooks/chihuahuas are toast.

Wow! Cool site. Pity they're out of skunk quill as I know a few blokes who deserve a drop of that in their plenum chambers. And a bit of Musk might help around home if ya know what I mean.

 

[Mardoo]

You really should not have put that skunk quill idea in my head...

 

[sp0rk]

hmmm, little white specks on my leaves, hopefully it's not some sort of mildew

 

[Weizguy]

hmmm, little white specks on my leaves, hopefully it's not some sort of mildew

Maybe it's bugs underneath, sapping the chlorophyll?

 

[Bats]

I'm sure it's recorded in here somewhere....

I'm interested to know what you guys feed your hop plants with. I have a chinook about 10 feet now and have only ever watered it.

What should I feed it to give it the best chance of a decent yield?

 

[Northside Novice]

I use Dynamic lifter . It is good stuff.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

chook shit occasionally, seasol every 2 weeks, and a bag of mushie compost at the start of growing season. I have no idea what I'm doing but they seem to be growing quite happily (as is the parsley bush next to them, it has a 'trunk' as wide as my wrist)