2017 Hop Plantations, Show Us Your Hop Garden!

[tugger]

It's a weed isn't it.

 

[barls]

sorry yeah its a weed.
they come up ether purple or white not green.

 

[spog]

Just finished getting my hops sorted for the coming season. Already a few little heaps popping through! Growing Saaz and Cascade. Hoping for a better season with my Saaz this time, if not I'll ditch them and run with all Cascade.

I see wires and a telegraph pole in the background which could be handy if your crop takes off !

 

[Stu Brew]

Good progress today.....more photos around but tired....

Almost planting time.....got it ripped into rows too...seems nothing needs to grow deep here due to the water being abundant on the surface!

 

[WayneCP86]

Almost cried tears of joy seeing these start up last week, the progress really well! Gotta thank everyonr for all the help getting going!

 

[WayneCP86]

Has to be one of the biggest emotional roller coasters Ive ever seen on a forum... bit of a giggle then hit of heartbreak...

I planted 2 rhizomes about 3 weeks ago and today I found this sticking out of the mt hood pot.
The chinook hasn't come up yet but I'm pretty stoked.
My first hop plant. ImageUploadedByAussie Home Brewer1472453297.087259.jpg

Who's gunna tell him?

 

[WayneCP86]

Sorry phone!

 

[WayneCP86]

Sorry phone triple posted...

 

[Rocker1986]

The first bine of my second year Hallertau (third pic :blink has found its way to a line and attached itself to it, and even trained itself around clockwise (why do they have to be clockwise by the way, is there any issue if they climb up anti-clockwise?). The other few should catch up over the next week or so by the looks.

First year Cascade shoots (second pic) are coming along nicely at least from what I can tell. Given they're first year I didn't expect them to jump out of the blocks like the others have.

Second year Fuggle (first pic) has shot up a heap of shoots this year compared to last year. Maybe I'll actually get a worthwhile harvest off it this season.

 

[Stu Brew]

Right more from yestd.....This is how we're looking now....Daylight hours are starting to crank up....Still a long way to go before Summer Solstice though....and I have massive amounts of work to do!!

Really great a lot of you have early stuff coming up already. Still cold, wet, cold and miserable here mostly. Couple of weeks and things will be pushing up though. Time to get onto climbing and rigging now!!

 

[tugger]

At least from the pics above I know what to look for.

 

[Mardoo]

and even trained itself around clockwise (why do they have to be clockwise by the way, is there any issue if they climb up anti-clockwise?). .

They naturally grow clockwise, by what I've read, heard, and seen. Anyone seen otherwise?

 

[Stu Brew]

They naturally grow clockwise, by what I've read, heard, and seen. Anyone seen otherwise?

Clockwise in the southern hemisphere, anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere

 

[Mardoo]

Actually all mine in Australia have always grown clockwise. I'd guess after enough generations here they might shift over.

 

[BottloBill]

Few different varieties pushing up in the last week or so.

 

[Stu Brew]

Actually all mine in Australia have always grown clockwise. I'd guess after enough generations here they might shift over.

Same deal as flushing the toilet....if we had the same type here as the US they would go in opposite directions...beans do the exact same here. And the exact opposite in the Northern Hemisphere too....as in climb clockwise.

 

[Stu Brew]

Looks relatively anticlockwise to me in a green house up north of the equator. Meaning us south of the equator experience growth of the clockwise variety on most deciduous and annual climbing vines. There are always exceptions to the rule....thats how plants work. Certainly Hops do follow this trait of growth.

https://youtu.be/2DaQSRQB_tw

 

[Belgrave Brewer]

Actually all mine in Australia have always grown clockwise. I'd guess after enough generations here they might shift over.

Clockwise in both hemispheres.

 

[Fylp]

Checked mine this morning and then this afternoon. The chinook grew about 10cm today. I'm guessing they like the powerfeed I gave then on Sunday. The POR and Cascade seem to be getting fatter rather than shooting up.

 

[Mardoo]

Use the Powerfeed for flowers once the burrs start.

 

[Stu Brew]

Checked mine this morning and then this afternoon. The chinook grew about 10cm today. I'm guessing they like the powerfeed I gave then on Sunday. The POR and Cascade seem to be getting fatter rather than s00hooting up.

Bulls should probably be cut back early.....Unless you're going to 7m high! Re the way they grow.....I have never been to the northen hemisphere ...just going off what I have been told. Pretty easy to see the way they want to climb and not like im moving any time soon!!

We will be planting in the the next couple of weeks. We have opened up a bunch of ground water doing the ripping and the poles. I knew it was close. I really should be planting here late not trying to do it early! Figuring dissolved oxygen is pretty much key to getting them going now. Although you northern guys have good soil warmth and daylight hours now. We get close to 16hrs here from sun up to sun down coming into Solstice.

Is anyone in QLD planning on adding additional light at the end of the growth cycle? Would be as easy as running some warm white outdoor CFL's for a couple of hours after sun down coming into 'summer' solstice up there . Couple of ourdoor verandah lights would probably work.....No real worries about that here. Would be quantifiable is someone actually did it up north though which is two thumbs up from me!

 

[Rocker1986]

I often do sit out on the deck on summer nights with the lights on, which is conveniently near where the hops are being grown. There is some shade cloth stuff on the western end of the deck though which might block out some of the light. In any case, I'm not really bothered by it, I'm only growing them for a bit of fun and my own use so I don't really care if the yield isn't as good as it could be.

As for the way they grow, I think I'll just let them climb the lines however they like then by the sounds of things :lol:

 

[Brownsworthy]

Hey Kelsey,

Just wondering how much flavour and aroma you got from last years crop?

A mate of mine seems to think that I won't get anything from my hops (super alpha / Dr Rudi) because I'm too far north and I'm in Newcastle.

Cheers

 

[yum beer]

Got my crowns dug of 2 weeks ago and split up into smaller rhizomes and put into puts to start off while I prepared a better designed hop area.
Sent back to hospital to have a few stents/grafts repaired and now I can't dig/lift/pull for at least 6 weeks, so early season will be in pots.
Cluster has popped its head out yesterday, earliest I have had signs of growth but the last 2 weeks have been mild nights and warmer days.
Getting them out of the cold wet ground probably hasn't hurt either.

 

[Rocker1986]

Hey Kelsey,

Just wondering how much flavour and aroma you got from last years crop?

A mate of mine seems to think that I won't get anything from my hops (super alpha / Dr Rudi) because I'm too far north and I'm in Newcastle.

Cheers

Hey mate, flavour and aroma to me was pretty much the same as it was when I'd brewed similar recipes with bought pellets. It probably could have been better, but hopefully this year I get a bigger crop and can use more of them and less Magnum to get more hop flavour and aroma from them.

 

[AJ80]

After a few jealous pangs seeing hops sprouting for others I figured I probably should check out my own hop yard. Pleasantly surprised to see my first year Victoria (cheers dr Smurto!) and wild Otway hops have already sprouted as well as my second year goldings. Only cascade, mt hood and chinook (all second year) to go!

 

[RelaxedBrewer]

wild Otway hops

That sound really interesting. Is this your first year with them?
Where did you find them?
Any idea of flavour/aroma?

 

[AJ80]

That sound really interesting. Is this your first year with them?
Where did you find them?
Any idea of flavour/aroma?

Yep, first year so have no real idea what to expect. They are apparently an old English variety called Canterbury goldings which was farmed in the Otways in the 19th century. There's a few different spots according to this: http://baysidebrewers.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/in-search-of-wild-hops.html?m=1 and they are quite easy to find growing along the creeks around the town of Forrest.

 

[mccoullough1]

Hallertau 2nd year ready to do its thing

 

[doctr-dan]

No sign for me yet