2013 Hop Plantations, Show Us Your Hop Garden!

[JB]

Really happy with my hop babies growth. First year of flowers - cascade & chinook.

 

[sp0rk]

And now all my leaves are starting to turn yellow
I think I'm not skilled enough to grow hops...

 

[Martrix]

And now all my leaves are starting to turn yellow
I think I'm not skilled enough to grow hops...

I think that happens anyway at this stage of the game as all the energy is directed to the flowers. Lots of my leaves are turning Brown also. Must get some more nitrogen into them

 

[sp0rk]

No flowers have even started to form yet

 

[sp0rk]

I was looking at the Bunnings website investigating drip feed systems, but found this gadget instead
http://www.bunnings.com.au/holman-adjustable-watering-spike_p3110295
If figure if I grab 2 and put 2 x 2L coke bottles of water on to drip, I can just fill them every afternoon
I can also fill one with seasol and some trace nutrients every 2nd week for fertilising

 

[HBHB]

If you're living within about 20klm of the coast and used garden soils or loams for the basis of your planting, your soil is most likely lacking magnesium and Iron. A tablespoon or each dug into the soil and watered in well will improve the plants ability to take up and utilize nitrogen applied. End result is much lusher green growth, & more robust plants all round. Not a hops only issue, applies equally to anything in the garden.

Martin

 

[hoppy2B]

No flowers have even started to form yet

Which varieties did you plant and how tall did they get?

You need to give very large plants as much as 100 litres of water in hot weather depending on how much you are watering them between hot spells. A 20 litre cube with a tap set to drip if you are away at work for the day and want to give them a trickle.

Liquid manure on a regular basis should get a yield out of most varieties.

 

[carniebrew]

When to pick eh? The top part of the bines seem to have hops ready to go, they feel kind papery, and when i break one open it's got yellow lupulin all through it. Here's some shots:



The lower part of the bines have a heap more that are half the size, so I guess I'll be harvesting a few times over the coming week(s)?

 

[Tex083]

Brewhardware or bobby from nj has a good YouTube vid on when to pick the hops. He explains it well for the non plant person.

 

[carniebrew]

Brewhardware or bobby from nj has a good YouTube vid on when to pick the hops. He explains it well for the non plant person.

I assume you mean this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlsT-x19III

Good video, my most mature hop looks like the one he plays around with first, that he says is still a week or so off from being ready....I'll hold off, thanks Tex!

 

[Spiesy]

Old mate Bobby needs a faster auto focus. Good informative video though.

 

[unclebarrel]

Helpful vid.
Thanks Tex and carnie.
Going on his instructions I reckon I am a week or so off also.

 

[sp0rk]

If you're living within about 20klm of the coast and used garden soils or loams for the basis of your planting, your soil is most likely lacking magnesium and Iron. A tablespoon or each dug into the soil and watered in well will improve the plants ability to take up and utilize nitrogen applied. End result is much lusher green growth, & more robust plants all round. Not a hops only issue, applies equally to anything in the garden.

Martin

I used a premium gardening mix from a landscaping joint

Which varieties did you plant and how tall did they get?

You need to give very large plants as much as 100 litres of water in hot weather depending on how much you are watering them between hot spells. A 20 litre cube with a tap set to drip if you are away at work for the day and want to give them a trickle.

Liquid manure on a regular basis should get a yield out of most varieties.

Hallertauer, they're around 7-8 ft tall
I might give the cube idea a good

 

[Mardoo]

Bunnings, soaker hose $35. My hops are over the moon with it. Nice damp, not soaked, soil. Didn't even have to trust the housesitter. The flow-rate dial is a nice touch.

http://www.bunnings.com.au/pope-30m-water-weeper-soaker-hose-with-flow-control-dial_p3138581

 

[Pogierob]

 

[technobabble66]

And here is Rob.P's post-modern masterpiece, titled "Hops Under Ominous Sky"
:lol:

 

[technobabble66]

Helpful vid.
Thanks Tex and carnie.
Going on his instructions I reckon I am a week or so off also.

Many +1's for this
Great suggestion Tex - it's v helpful
And thanks to carnie for imbedding it, so i don't have to trawl youtube.

And definitely thanks to BobbyfromNJ i guess. Great bit of work.

I'm just going out to scrunch-test my hops...

 

[Pogierob]

And here is Rob.P's post-modern masterpiece, titled "Hops Under Ominous Sky"
:lol:

Actually I was thinking something along the lines of "storm brewing"

He he

 

[hoppy2B]

Hallertauer, they're around 7-8 ft tall
I might give the cube idea a good

I've heard a few people mention not getting any cones on their first year Hallertauer.

Mt Hood is a better option. It is an American hop bred from Hallertauer to be higher yielding.

Cascade is one of the better craft type hops to go for if you want a yield first year. There are a few good ones.

 

[Camo6]

My cascade seems to be the only one with a half decent yield this year. The Goldings might produce enough for a batch or two, but my treasured chinook has only a smattering of cones. It grows in front of the north facing side of the house, close to the brick, and it seems Melbourne's late season and subsequent heat waves have burnt the laterals just as they were forming. :angry:

Next year I'll split and transfer the cascade to the ground and piss off the Goldings. The chinook will just have to deal with it's position cause it shields the house nicely.