Growing Hops??

[screamlead]

+1 for petes answer, also if you find any ladybirds in the garden stick them on the hop plants they love aphids.

 

[mixale]

Thought this thread needed a bump so here are my pics.

Fuggles is doing the best and always has done and now in its 4th year.

View from the top deck as it climbs over the hand rail!

Bramling X is also in year 4 but was very slow to get started.

This one is Willamette in year 3 having been grown from seed and will be the first year of producing hops - hopefully!

And a family picture
Fuggles on the left, Willamette in the middle and BX on the right.

 

[evanvine]

Bramling X is also in year 4 but was very slow to get started.

Same here, nice to know I'm not alone!

 

[prolix]

my fuggle got all three braches snapped in the wind the other week, so had to train new shoots, they are already five foot long, that is about 4" a day!

the goldings in much slower grower it is just past 12' now.

will have to dig them out and rebed them next winter, root stock is huge!

 

[evanvine]

will have to dig them out and rebed them next winter, root stock is huge!

No need to dig the main root out, just get rid of all the rhizomes/horizontal roots.

 

[prolix]

cheers evanvine, thats saved me alot of work :thumb:

 

[evanvine]

thats saved me alot of work

You will also have plants to sell/give away!

 

[jonewer]

I cant believe how well the fuggle and phoenix and growing. Its actually a bit frightening. If I grow old and die in this house, the people who buy it will have a hell of a job cutting their way through the impenetrable mass of hops out the back!

 

[Vossy1]

:lol:

 

[evanvine]

I know it's very late in the season, but have been playing about with Rhizomes and have ended up with quite a few growing Goldings.
These are free to collect by anyone who is interested.

 

[jonewer]

I love to play with my rhizome....

 

[Mark1964]

If you bring a couple to the hot break Jim ill have some off you. Our Goldings are not well

 

[evanvine]

I think my attendance at the Hot Break may have been scupperd, we have a couple of Canuks visiting us that weekend!

 

[Mark1964]

no chance of using the great Royal mail. Of course i would pay for postage maybe a bit risky though. Never mind maybe next year

 

[evanvine]

Attendance is not entirely ruled out, but don't hold your breath!

 

[Mark1964]

Ok no probs

 

[screamlead]

Jim i wouldnt mind some cuttings if poss - got the mrs over in uk at the mo, looking for flights back now too prob end july begining august. Will pay postage np.
Also Mixale where did youget the seed from for the willamete??? :thumb:

 

[Cyclops]

I wouldn't mind some too Jim if you have any spare, don't mind paying postage on it too or can collect from Hot Break if you attend :)

 

[evanvine]

They are growing, so cannot post!
Still hoping to attend HB sat PM, will bring them if I do.
B on T not that far away.

 

[tazuk]

if you have some hop plants going i would love to have some cheers :thumb: