How Are Your Hops Going?

[BigAl]

Hi All,

This post is for those who grow their own hops. This is the thirst year my two hops plants have been growing.

Season 1 - Planted hop rhizomes, minimal growth, spindly plants grow till about 2m high by the end of summer
Season 2 - Plants grew till about 2m, then died, came back to life with some tlc by fellow brew gardener extrodenair.
Season 3 (this season) - Hops grew till about 2m, slowed up a bit, but after watering twice daily have taken off again.

This is how they look now:

 

[sosman]

Planted last August:

Full details:
http://brewiki.org/HopGrowing

 

[kungy]

Planted my first rhizome late november, started slowly, thought it actually died in the mail,but has come back to life. Now about 2 m. Just need to find some more space for it to grow up to, and a way of dispatching a possum that seems to be crawling over it each night. Woke up this morning to find possum fur trapped on all the leaves

Will

 

[Jino]

What time of the year are the rhizomes available to buy?

they don't seem ot be available at all the places on the net i can find. I really want to grow some this year.

 

[kungy]

The easiest place it seems is Grumpys around june and july. They come with free shipping. Check out the following link

https://www.grumpys.com.au/phpshop/?page=sh...871d08ca6bfda7e

Will

 

[Jino]

Thanks. I'll order some chinook and hersbrucker when they are in at Grumpys.

 

[berto]

Sorry to hijack, but what are rhizomes exactly?

 

[big d]

berto
its basically the root stock that will produce new shoots when planted.

cheers
big d

 

[kungy]

Think Ginger, or galangal. These are rhizomes

Will

 

[tdh]

Here are my Cluster and Hallertau, they spent a year in pots and now they are 2nd year in ground.

tdh

 

[tdh]

...and here is Cluster up close

 

[tdh]

...and now the Hallertau

 

[tdh]

...and now Hallertau up close.

tdh

 

[bonk]

well only into my first season and the ol POR is going pretty good (as far as i can tell) up here in the NT. just had another growth spurt and is begining to look good. Can't wait for my first hop cone

 

[Kai]

I received an SMS today that says there are 50-100 flowers on my chinook 'bush', with more still coming out the leaf axils. What's the usual flower-to-cone success rate on a first-season plantt?

 

[BigAl]

TDH,

Theyre going great guns . My experience with them in pots is that they very very quickly dry out and need watering almost constantly. Its probably a bit cooler in Adelaide, maybe that helps a bit also. I think i will one day plant them in the ground in a place im happy to let the roots take over.

Cheers.

 

[Bionic]

OR just get a drip system setup so there is dribble of water going in there at certain times

 

[tdh]

I use my old plastic mash tun to water the hops (I'm sure there's a synergy that the hops can feel). I open the tap to a slow drip and it gets about 10 litres in a cuppla hours.

tdh

 

[Goat]

Here's a closeup of my Hersbruker - 1st year and in a pot.... in Perth. It would have around 50 flowers at this stage.

 

[Goat]

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