2015 Hop Plantations, Show Us Your Hop Garden!

[Yob]

how much sun do they need? how big a pot?

As much sun as you can give them

As big a pot as you can manage

You cant smoke them.. Well you could bur for no return

They will produce 'fruit' Feb, march

 

[Curly79]

Well, no signs of the Chinook yet. Suspect these big suckers might have something to do with that.

Pretty sure they are Chafer Grubs mate. They are common in victoria. Not sure if they are specifically after your rhizomes. They eat the lawn roots. Google em if your worried about it. You can get a pesticide for em.


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[Yob]

Noticed my Canterbury goldings has a bine up about 300mm.. Urgent line election required, my recently repotted POR has thrown about 20 bines, cascade,Columbus and Victoria are coming through, good start to the season.

 

[Drew]

I'm enjoying reading about all your hops.

I killed my cascade last year and it took me a while to get over it.

I've doubled my odds of success this year, and have 2 chinook rhizomes each planted in a different location. No signs of them coming through yet though...

 

[BottloBill]

Noticed my Canterbury goldings has a bine up about 300mm.. Urgent line election required, my recently repotted POR has thrown about 20 bines, cascade,Columbus and Victoria are coming through, good start to the season.

Photos good man???

 

[mofox1]

The remnants of the hail battered Cascade are now being eaten away by snails... f**ken little slimy *******s!

 

[Lochem]

First is Cluster. Sprouting quicker than the Victoria in the second pic.
Shout out to Mardoo!!!

 

[Lochem]

My mini plantation

That's attractive.
I've got a similar backyard-fence-with-sun situation and you've just given me an idea.

 

[technobabble66]

Pretty sure they are Chafer Grubs mate. They are common in victoria. Not sure if they are specifically after your rhizomes. They eat the lawn roots. Google em if your worried about it. You can get a pesticide for em.


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Yep - totally right.
We'd call them both names (chafer & witchety), but i think the official name is Chafer grubs, or Cockchafer grubs. I stand corrected! :lol:

 

[Curly79]

Yeah. My dad calls em Cockchafer grubs. Wasn't sure if he made the **** part up. .


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[slcmorro]

Hmm...who to vote for this year...

Urgent line election required

 

[Curly79]

https://ladybirdplantcare.co.uk/chafer_grub.html
This might help with your Cockchafer problem


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[Alex.Tas]

Yep - totally right.
We'd call them both names (chafer & witchety), but i think the official name is Chafer grubs, or Cockchafer grubs. I stand corrected! :lol:

They look like corbie grubs to me.
I recently dug over a couple of garden beds the previous owner of our house had neglected. full of these damn grubs. My Labrador loved them.
They are related to cockchafers. Hopefully they wont find their way into my pots.

http://blog.robertsltd.com.au/2013/06/pasture-grub-infestation-in-tasmania.html

edit: added link

 

[OneEye]

My Victoria has too... Looks a little different to yours though

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Ok. Take two! Haha

 

[hoppy2B]

Pasture Chafer, Wood Grubs and Dung Beetle are all very similar looking. Dung beetles are useful because they help to break down manure.

 

[GrumpyPaul]

Eastern Melbourne... Quite the hail storm while it lasted. It finished just in time for the sun to come out for a beautiful sunset.

Fecking Melbourne weather.

Nothing to do with hop plantations...but here's my back and front yards in boronia after that hail storm

 

[slcmorro]

My 1st year POR, starting to poke up.



And the Cascade...



The whole gang. EKG, POR, Cascade, Cluster, Victorias Secret and Chinook.

 

[indica86]

My first ever attempt at growing hops. Fair chance they shouldn't do too well in FNQ but worth a try.

Chinook

Cascade

 

[The Judge]

They look like white curl grub (scarab beetle grubs) that commonly feed on lawn rhizomes.

The Cockchafer.

Seriously, what a name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockchafer#mediaviewer/File:Engerling_Melolontha.jpg

 

[technobabble66]

The Cockchafer.

Seriously, what a name.

Yeah, you gotta wonder where it comes from.
The Chafer ... Of ****.

So, i checked wikipedia to find out a bit more:
"Children since antiquity have played with cockchafers."
Um...

Then throw in a German Children's Nursery rhyme:
"Cockchafer fly...
Your father is at war
Your mother is in Pomerania
Pomerania is burned to the ground
Cockchafer fly!"

What the ...??

Oh, and guess how many ships the British Navy have named HMS Cockchafer over the years. One? Two? ...no, Five!
Admirable persistence in sticking with a name that apparently resonates with the UK Navy :unsure: