2016 Hop Plantations, Show Us Your Hop Garden!

[Mardoo]

Dayum. What's it like fresh? That there is high on my favourite hops list.

 

[The Judge]

Smells spicy, quite grassy, touch of fruitiness and the lup is golden and plentiful.

 

[Spohaw]

Sounds great judge

 

[The Judge]

Sadly I don't brew when I'm holidaying over here so might go into a teapot :-S

 

[flave_7]

Not even a quick 5L SMASH brew?

 

[The Judge]

I really should just buy a couple of bits and pieces and do that one time. Given I'm here once a year that'd give it plenty of time to lager!

 

[Belgrave Brewer]

Cascade here in Victoria, a good 8 inches. Won't be long now for the rest of them.

 

[mofox1]

Cascade here in Victoria, a good 8 inches. Won't be long now for the rest of them.

Slightly jealous I'm missing out on the early excitment... same part of town, but my 'zomes don't get much sun on the ground right now. ETA for first shoots is late October at best. They do alright once they start to grow into the "sun zone" though (~1m high due to shadow tracks of house, garage, trees, etc).

Going to have to put up with a lot of "look at my shoots!" posts before I see any....

 

[Alex.Tas]

Going to have to put up with a lot of "look at my shoots!" posts before I see any....

Yeah I hate those posts!
But i still check this thread all the same.
Maybe I'm a hop masochist.

 

[blekk]

This is going to sound like a stupid question but what is considered first, second and third growth?? For example the attached pic, would this all be considered first growth?

 

[Spohaw]

Guessing it is , unless you have cut shoots off prior to these growing

 

[AJ80]

Slightly jealous I'm missing out on the early excitment... same part of town, but my 'zomes don't get much sun on the ground right now. ETA for first shoots is late October at best. They do alright once they start to grow into the "sun zone" though (~1m high due to shadow tracks of house, garage, trees, etc).

Going to have to put up with a lot of "look at my shoots!" posts before I see any....

Am hearing ya mate. Nothing poking through in my garden yet.

 

[Hazzy J Blaze]

First growth of Hallertau....

....and Goldings. All this after being away for only a week!
Going to have to get the scissors out.

 

[BottloBill]

Still powering on here too!

 

[Belgrave Brewer]

Slightly jealous I'm missing out on the early excitment... same part of town, but my 'zomes don't get much sun on the ground right now. ETA for first shoots is late October at best. They do alright once they start to grow into the "sun zone" though (~1m high due to shadow tracks of house, garage, trees, etc).

Going to have to put up with a lot of "look at my shoots!" posts before I see any....

Am hearing ya mate. Nothing poking through in my garden yet.

If it makes you feel better, the majority of mine are yet to poke their heads up, and most that have, are just sitting there waiting. My 1 Cascade that has taken off must be a mutant.

 

[Danscraftbeer]

1-2 foot tall already? Is this climate change or something? I thought my 4 inch tall Victoria sprout (in SE Vic) was a freak.
I still think it is! Many 2nd season nodes poking up but still dealing with top temps of as low as 11c. First 20c day is forecast.

 

[Spohaw]

Cascade starting to get some leaves coming out

 

[user 36151]

Cascade pushed through this week
i think its them

 

[Spohaw]

Getting some leaves on them ..... Wish they would grow quicker ...... Want to try clone some

Flinders


Red earth


Different cascade ... I should be able to clone a few of these shoots

 

[mistermillennia]

Since it has been a while (like, a whole month I think?) since I updated you guys on how my Victoria is going, here is a little update:

I did get worried there for a bit because they flat out stopped growing, but they have started to grow again now that they are in the pool area and a few hours more sun.

Also I have a bug problem. I think I'll have to order one of those containers full of 1000 lady bugs to sort things out if the insecticide doesn't sort them out this time.