2017 Hop Plantations, Show Us Your Hop Garden!

[BottloBill]

This may sound like a silly question, but do hops twist their way up the cord clockwise or anti or whatever way the want? I'm starting to train my 30cm high Chinook, but don't want to start it up the wrong way round...

clockwise mate

 

[Stu Brew]

77 in.....that takes us to 107....plus the rest.....Thanks for the support! Love all'yall!!

 

[Danscraftbeer]

This may sound like a silly question, but do hops twist their way up the cord clockwise or anti or whatever way the want? I'm starting to train my 30cm high Chinook, but don't want to start it up the wrong way round...

If you get it wrong training and winding them manually the Hops will unravel themselves.
Clockwise in their direction they are growing vertically or horizontally.
Hehe so that means you have think lying on your back looking up the vertical string they are climbing. I'm sure some people get confused with this. Or did I say anticlockwise? :huh: I just looked at my first climbing Tettnang and its going anti clockwise!!!
Actually I just let my hops train me then. Whatever way they like to go... -_-

 

[Mardoo]

Edit: Repetitivewise. Didn't notice there was another page.

 

[Rocker1986]

I just let mine do what they like and they all trained themselves around the lines clockwise.

 

[hidara]

Any more detail on the setup. I have been thinking about setting something like this up.

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/92502-hydroponic-hops/#entry1407728

I found it hard to get scientific info online, so will keep the topic above alive in the hope that people with more experience than me will their in their two cents worth.

 

[A.B.]

I just let mine do what they like and they all trained themselves around the lines clockwise.

Cheers. I'd had a couple of beers when I asked that question, wondering if they twist the other way in the northern hemisphere.

 

[RelaxedBrewer]

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/92502-hydroponic-hops/#entry1407728

I found it hard to get scientific info online, so will keep the topic above alive in the hope that people with more experience than me will their in their two cents worth.

You got me excited and I did a heap of reading and research into it last night. I am going to setup my own system with ~3 plants as a test.

I will keep you updated.

 

[hidara]

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[hidara]

You got me excited and I did a heap of reading and research into it last night. I am going to setup my own system with ~3 plants as a test.

I will keep you updated.

Please do. I'll warn you though.... You may find yourself checking in on them a few times a day and in my case, failing miserably to get my wife as excited as me when they have a growth spurt!

 

[Danscraftbeer]

Cheers. I'd had a couple of beers when I asked that question, wondering if they twist the other way in the northern hemisphere.

This did my head in a little so I checked my new Tettnang and some growth photo's of Victoria from last year and its confirmed. My hop bines spiral counter clockwise.
As long as this little piece of info is correct for clarity: http://namethatplant.net/article_asthevinetwines.shtml

Yep. that's counter clockwise.


So is that.


$0.02

 

[Mardoo]

That's actually clockwise. No, really. Messes with your head, doesn't it?

 

[kaiserben]

That reference is surely wrong.

Take a look at good ol' wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bine_(botany)

 

[Danscraftbeer]

Oh boy... :unsure:
so the argument simply is: Do you reference it as the direction is growing to. Or the direction it is growing from?????
Perfect example of contradictory information there. I'll take Darwin over wiki.

Quote: Twining direction can be determined by looking at (or imagining) the vine twining around a branch or pole. Look at the pole or branch from the base (from the direction from which the vine is growing).

 

[drsmurto]

The correct answer is, whatever the plant wants to do. If you attach it one way and it wants to go the other way, it will.

You people need to start herding cats.

 

[Lyrebird_Cycles]

I think it would be easier to simply say that the direction is the same as a left hand screw thread.

 

[Mardoo]

So, foliar feeding. Does anyone do it and can you explain what you use for hops?

 

[Camo6]

So, foliar feeding. Does anyone do it and can you explain what you use for hops?

Haven't done much foliar feeding with my hops but witnessed great success using Miracle Gro sprayed directly on the leaves of their cousins. Bought some the other day for my veggies and it's not as blue as it used to be but hopefully still as effective.

 

[BottloBill]

Haven't done much foliar feeding with my hops but witnessed great success using Miracle Gro sprayed directly on the leaves of their cousins. Bought some the other day for my veggies and it's not as blue as it used to be but hopefully still as effective.

I am somewhat disappointed with the performance of the new miracle grow formula tbh.

 

[Camo6]

I am somewhat disappointed with the performance of the new miracle grow formula tbh.

Not what I want to hear. The old stuff was the bomb.

 

[BottloBill]

Not what I want to hear. The old stuff was the bomb.

The old stuff also used to state that it contained minerals and such found on the moon. I used the old formula with my first year crop and it outperformed 2 part Canna solutions. I brought the new stuff for 2nd year cropping and it actually caused burning.

 

[ein stein]

First year hops.
Clockwise from right:
Cascade (something has been chewing the leaves overnight)
Chinhook
Chinhook

 

[Futur]

Does anyone know what this is on my cascade plant?

 

[ein stein]

Does anyone know what this is on my cascade plant?

Caterpillar or grass hopper chewing on your leaves, check the underside of your leaves the little bugger may still be there, i found a small grass hopper on mine.

 

[Futur]

Caterpillar or grass hopper chewing on your leaves, check the underside of your leaves the little bugger may still be there, i found a small grass hopper on mine.

Great, thanks!

 

[fdsaasdf]

I wonder what's going on with my Victoria plants... Still have a couple of dozen shoots from the main plant but have had for over a month now and none are above 6 inches yet; have some small leaves emerging from the harvested rhizomes but nothing substantial.

Close to full sun from 9am-5pm, leaves are bright green in colour, soil is primarily potting mix conditioned with cow + chicken manure... In large concrete pots that seem to be well-drained, have had great success with chilli plants in the same pots before so I don't think wet feet is the problem.

What am I missing?

 

[drsmurto]

What am I missing?

Patience.

 

[fdsaasdf]

Fair enough DrSmurto, can't ask for advice from a more credentialed source so I'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Danscraftbeer]

If they look that healthy above ground but aren't growing much the growth is happening underground in the root system.
Preparing for the above ground performance. B)

 

[Belgrave Brewer]

Clockwise. Both Hemispheres. I've probably done more research than needed on this subject. I've seen conflicting evidence to this which was later corrected.

All of my hop plants are bursting with growth, other than Chinook and Centennial which have yet to arise. No vertical growth yet, they are just sitting around and waiting for the right time to surge. This is what they do, so be patient as Dr Smurto has said...they'll start growing soon.