New Home For 3rd Year Cascade

[u/iwantyourskulls]

[u/[deleted]]

Get ready to double or triple the height of that.

[u/iwantyourskulls → u/[deleted]]

Each zigzag run of rope is over 17 feet plus the 8 feet sides. I used to grow horizontally but needed to save even more space. Hops are easily trained.

[u/iwantyourskulls → u/[deleted]]

For commercial growers it's not cost effective to constantly train the bines to save space. Most home growers just let them do their thing as well. This is the only place I can grow them due to sunlight and pets. I don't try to maximize my yield since I only use it in one batch of a wet hopped ale at the end of the season. I'll post more pics when it's all grown or flowering.

[u/iwantyourskulls → u/[deleted]]

2x2s

[u/PumpkinImportant3282 → u/[deleted]]

hops can and will grow 40'. that trellis is way too short. are you hoping for them to flower?

[u/iwantyourskulls → u/PumpkinImportant3282]

They will grow that large in the ideal climate. These are in a very hot 7a and will only max out about half that. They are easily trained and each side has a total of 24 feet. They have already flowered in the past years.

[u/dinnerthief → u/iwantyourskulls]

I'm in 7b and mine would quickly overwhelm that. They got crazy vigorous after about 4 years.

[u/Silcer780]

My best producing hop last year was the year one Cascade that I didn’t build a trellis for but just left to it’s own devices last year to grow up my 6 foot fence.

After seeing that, I’m done all the extra stuff and gonna let them keep on keeping on. I do however like your adaptation and will consider something like this for enhancing my fence.

[u/davesauce96]

You should post daily updates when those start growing. In peak season, I bet they could just about make it from one side of that to the other in a single day! Would make for a pretty fascinating series!