Hop Rhizomes

Dr.J20

Dr.J20

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Just ordered my hop rhizomes for the spring. can't wait til planting day, it'll be my first time growing hops! anyone have experience they'd care to share about it?
be easy,
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LIBERTYCHICKEN

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I started them 2 years ago Nuget, cascade, magnam , and a unknown I found growing wild

In my zone 7 climate they grow like weeds with just a little water , They must be trellised I could not get them to grow up trees

The only problem I had with them is the deer eat them , but I cant blame the deer the tender tips and leaves are tasty


What varitys did you get ?

They have started growing hops commericaly not far from me , Im going to try and get some cuttings some time this year
 
WhiteRooster

WhiteRooster

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My bro started some Cascade and Centennial rhizomes last year and I helped him fed them 100% organically with Pure Blend Pro a few organic supplements and pH balanced water... They sprouted a few weeks ago and they got transplanted into bigger containers I'm going to push them the nutrients to get some massive plants
 
littlegiant

littlegiant

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Have been growing hops about 8 years now. only have my tettnang left now.Good for wheat beers.If you dont water or feed them they will eventually die off or produce wimpy vines.They will spread very far underground too.
They love full sun lots of water and good organtic soil. Lots of water!!!Definetly have to trellis them as they will grow 1 foot a day i shit u not.
I had cascade,mt hood.Cascade were my favorite.Im talking this plant pumped out thousands of large hop cones. Get ready to pick your ass off.Good luck.Cant remember when places start selling rhizomes but it is soon.
 
littlegiant

littlegiant

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LIBERTYCHICKEN said:
North west is said to be king of hops rizomes and hops themselves , I can tell you I have had a good experiance ordering from them , and a bad experiance from high hops

http://www.northwesthops.com/


Anyone intersted in trading rizomes next fall ?????
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Thanks for the info! They have good prices.I should order soon.
Still have my trellises out back.I will try and revive my tettnang out there this spring.Its still out there,but very neglected for a few seasons.I have a compost tumbler full of good stuff i can give it soon.
Sorry wont be no tradin this year.
 
Balke Buds

Balke Buds

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I grew hops in Alaska several years ago.
Mine grew over 20 feet tall, ran string trellis up to the roof of my 2 story home.
The flowers never got vey big, might have been the cooler temps (average high rarely got above 70F) and I think it is moose crack...man, they tore it up!!!!!

Very easy to grow and very nice fragrance.
 
Dr.J20

Dr.J20

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Nice responses thanks friends! I'm looking forward to it, but i guess i'll ahve to figure out something for deer prevention. I'm doing a pergola style enclosure for my front walkway and training the hops to grow to cover it. I'll harvest what hops I can and figure out brewing this summer/fall. cascade and glacier are what i'm growing!
 
dannyboy602

dannyboy602

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Anybody got any hops pix? I could look it up I guess. I personally have no exp growing them but do love drinking beer.
 
Balke Buds

Balke Buds

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Growing them on a pergola is a good idea, the plant itself is actually quite pleasing to the eyes, nice leaf and can be dense growing.

The aroma is what I like best, man, they smell so good!!
i never have been able to figure out why American beer (read Budweiser) companies have dissed "skunky" beers...that is hops all day long and what I look for in a good beer.

Yummy.
 
Dr.J20

Dr.J20

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Balke Buds said:
Growing them on a pergola is a good idea, the plant itself is actually quite pleasing to the eyes, nice leaf and can be dense growing.

The aroma is what I like best, man, they smell so good!!
i never have been able to figure out why American beer (read Budweiser) companies have dissed "skunky" beers...that is hops all day long and what I look for in a good beer.

Yummy.
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my theory is that its a marketing scheme: hopping beer (and brewing it in general) is an art that requires skilled artisans to accomplish the task successfully (and deliciously). It is therefore more cost effective to minimize this step and convince your market that quality beers produced in the age old way taste "skunky"--i wish i could find that "bitter-beer face" commercial one of the big brewers ran several years back; now that the term "bitter" has been more socially understood as a common metric for characterizing the taste of any beer, and that all beer should have some degree of bitterness (hence the IBU system), I think such a commercial decrying "bitter-beer-face" would make the brewery that produced said commercial quite embarrassed!
 
greenlikemoney

greenlikemoney

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As an old homebrewer, I wish i had the space to grow hops, the aroma is incredible. Real beer has finally come back around, I'd love to see Budweiser go bankrupt, those rice water phonies !!!!!!!
 
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