Growing Hops??

[Chris_1984]

Noticed these going cheap on ebay - anyone know if they're worth getting?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hops-Plan...arden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item5892ef3910

 

[Northern Brewer]

Raised bed in and the 3 hop plants dropped in last night when the sun cooled down a bit. I will put a bit of string up but dont expect them to go far this year...........

 

[Mark1964]

you will be surprised how far they will go. Has your raised bed got decent soil underneath?

 

[evanvine]

Noticed these going cheap on ebay - anyone know if they're worth getting?

They could be anything, Humulus-Lupulusis just the genus + is there any gaurantee that the seeds are fertile.

 

[Muddydisco]

Just spent an hour deweeding and training my hops up the ropes and cutting back the stuff i don't want. My tallest which is Northdown are 4m already! All others are around 2m.

 

[hedgerow pete]

Noticed these going cheap on ebay - anyone know if they're worth getting?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hops-Plan...arden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item5892ef3910

the words are barge pole and touch not
what they are is , wild bog standard hops, i brough 50 seeds of them several years ago, great to make a garland with or to look good the flowers are naff and the beer from them is rats urine, as i found out to my cost unless you get a set named variaty even if its just one at least you can then sort out from there.

the seeds are not infertile but what they are is normal bog standards which means as i learnt the hard way, untill its a year old you dont know if its female or male, i ended up with three plants in each pot producing several steams with mixed sexs and to try to cut out the ones you dont want was a nightmare. the hops also grow in differant ways aswell, some quick some slow some short others long you dont have the genetic standard a name produes.

i did buy a load more of them though to plant as hedgerow the gurrilla gardener, brilliant for that, bad or indifferant for beer

 

[Chris_1984]

I did note that they seemed to be cheap with a generic name; i've just been buying freeze-dried off the 'net and usually whatever is cheap that month. Can anyone recommend an online supplier for seeds in the london/essex area?

 

[screamlead]

You are better off with rhizomes in spring then you know it will grow and exactly what type of hop it is too. :

 

[Northern Brewer]

you will be surprised how far they will go. Has your raised bed got decent soil underneath?

Hi Mark

Not too bad, a bit heavy so I mixed in some grit sand and horse poo. a foot or so under that it is clay for another foot or so then shale and big rocks largely millstone grit. I know this because I dug the footings for the steel pillars on the barn by hand, t'was very thirsty work :

I'll stick up some rough twine for the plants to grow up.

Cheers
NB

 

[Mark1964]

They will be ok. A guy near us is growing a field full of hops on very chalky soil and they seem to be growing well
www.eastyorkshirehops.co.uk

 

[hedgerow pete]

its extreamly difficult to get names variaty hop seeds as the industry that grows the whole plant does not do seed collecting they just do rhizome cuttings or root cuttings as propigation.

even if you were able to buy seeds you still might have problems with the ratio of male plants, you might have 50 female plants or 50 male plants, you would have to grow all of them to produce one or two females.

where abouts are you, in relation to me in brum.

what i have been considering is starting a hop bank of six variaties and then doing cuttings from them,

i brough three varaiaties off john for a tenner, progress, challenger, target, speak to him and see if he can do some more for you, my next buys are going to be either fuggles, cascade and then may be whitbreads

i can see someone making a small earning from doing small postal cuttings from them

 

[Mark1964]

I'm near hull a long way from Birmingham

 

[hedgerow pete]

hulls just next door for the postal service :lol: :lol: :lol:

i see a calling for hop plant cuttings via the postal service

 

[Mark1964]

The 2 progress cuttings are growing in pots well i will plant out as soon as they start to climb the sticks and will have to kill off the slugs around our other hops too they are eating leaves as quick as they grow. Winter is the best time for taking a snip at the rhizome.

 

[evanvine]

Winter is the best time for taking a snip at the rhizholme.

Is this for making Larger?

 

[unclepumble]

I'm glad this thread is up, it reminded me to go out and water my new hop plants, a First Gold and A goldings. 3rd year trying lets hope I get some plants with flowers this year, as the past two years I just got subterranean roots with no shoots

UP

 

[Mark1964]

Winter is the best time for taking a snip at the rhizholme.

Is this for making Larger?

Ok Jim spelling mistake corrected :thumb:

 

[jonewer]

Bloody greenfly has been at my fuggle and stunted its growth! :evil: :twisted:

 

[Northern Brewer]

Bloody greenfly has been at my fuggle and stunted its growth! :evil: :twisted:

nice to know but what about your hops? :grin:

 

[hedgerow pete]

forget the chemicials just use washing up liquid and water as it seals there skins and kills e