2016 Hop Plantations, Show Us Your Hop Garden!

[mofox1]

Put the bamboo poles and strings up for the victoria today. Cascade Cluster Chinook and Goldings all got dug up and rearranged last winter so not expecting much from them this year

Bamboo is bloody great, right?

 

[Curly79]

Sure is. Cheap as chips and strong as

 

[real_beer]

When the seasons over you can use it for doing your house renovations.

 

[LiquidGold]

+1 for bamboo

I got some strings up today which I doubled using the drill trick, bloody annoying to work with though because anytime its not tight it coils on itself.

 

[soniusly]

Hi,
I have been thinking it would be great to try plant my own hops!
does anybody have any spare rhizomes or do you know where to get them from?

Thanks!

 

[Curly79]

Where are you soniusly?

 

[nathan_madness]

Hi,
I have been thinking it would be great to try plant my own hops!
does anybody have any spare rhizomes or do you know where to get them from?

Thanks!

I've got some Goldings and Saaz rhizomes for sale. Will post. Check out my ad on the Buy and Sell forum.

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/88408-saaz-and-goldings-rhizomes-for-sale-post-or-pick-up/

Cheers

 

[NikZak]

Well, I have to thank Steve (user DU99) for the 3 year old Victoria he gave me last night on my way home from Mildura...

It's currently sitting on top of my trampoline because it's the only place in the sun that I can keep it away from the 3,000-odd rabbits that occupy my property until I can get my hands on some chicken wire.

Project for tonight or tomorrow night is to build some strings and get this girl climbing, I'll post a couple of pictures of her when I get home from work

 

[nathan_madness]

Upgrade complete!!!!

As a HSE adviser I do not condone these activities.

 

[mofox1]

Some little bugger has been eating the stems on my cascades! Anyone know what would cause this?

There was also one spot where it looked like an incision had been made across the bine, and a drop of sap was coming out.

 

[Pogierob]

Upgrade complete!!!!

As a HSE adviser I do not condone these activities.

looks like you have your Aussie work boots on too?

 

[Spohaw]

Upgrade complete!!!!

As a HSE adviser I do not condone these activities.

Hahahahahahahaha bloody hell mate

That looks deadly as ....... wouldn't catch me doing anything like that

For the love of hops hey Nathan ?

Great looking trellis though

 

[goatus]

Some little bugger has been eating the stems on my cascades! Anyone know what would cause this?

There was also one spot where it looked like an incision had been made across the bine, and a drop of sap was coming out.

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I had slaters chewing on mine when they first emerged. Genocide ensued with some generic slater killing powder from bunnings. Nobody messes with my hops.

 

[Mardoo]

Aussie work boots and the ladder in the bucket. Perfick! Gotta love gettin' it done.

 

[soniusly]

Where are you soniusly?

I am in Wollongong, NSW

 

[Curly79]

As Nathan says he has Saaz and Goldings. You can also try gumtree. The bloke from Bendigo looks like he still has a few left.

 

[NikZak]

Well, I have to thank Steve (user DU99) for the 3 year old Victoria he gave me last night on my way home from Mildura...

It's currently sitting on top of my trampoline because it's the only place in the sun that I can keep it away from the 3,000-odd rabbits that occupy my property until I can get my hands on some chicken wire.

Project for tonight or tomorrow night is to build some strings and get this girl climbing, I'll post a couple of pictures of her when I get home from work

We'll I'm close to set up. Took a little trial and error (this being my first time stringing hops) but I found a nice structure on my property that faces roughly north to northwest so should get a decent amount of sun and set up a makeshift rabbit proof fence around it to keep the hungry buggers at bay

 

[Yob]

Mate, they'll get a lot of reflected heat off that tin

 

[NikZak]

Damn, I didn't think of that... OK, looks like this weekend I'll be moving them to the other location I had planned which was in front of the kitchen window

 

[Bridges]

Finally got around to moving mine today, into a 900 x 900 raised garden arrangement. They should love it after the little pot they were stuck in. I hope it's not too late as they were just about to poke through the mulch when I turned it over. Time will tell. 2nd year cascade got all of about 45gram dry last year so I'm keen for a bigger return this year.

Seem to be going OK so set up some ropes to a tree with some bungy cord up top to allow some give. Looking forward to seeing how it all goes.