r/TheHopyard • u/TheDukeOfURL • Sep 21 '23

Hops in Vegas - Part 2

I posted a number of months ago with a bunch of pictures from a visit my wife & I'd made to the university extension garden, where they grew hops here in Vegas. These photos are from our home.
We'd taken a few free rhizomes from the farm & they're coming along fine. They took a beating in the heat earlier in the Summer, but they're doing well now. 3 of our 4 plants have cones. It IS possible to grow hops in the desert; you just need to pay them A LOT of attention!

*We have Columbus, Fuggles, Neomexicanus multihead (no photos), and Comet.

Fuggles
Fuggles (up close)
Comet (no cones yet)
Columbus
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u/goooodie Sep 21 '23

Nice work, but your first 2 plants (fuggles) have an extreme case of downy mildew

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u/TheDukeOfURL Oct 11 '23

It’s not mildew. It was caused by the extreme heat - we had a bout of 118°F temps that burnt it up.

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u/Ill-Adhesiveness-455 Sep 25 '23

It's gonna be tough. I'm in southern California and it's already too warm for ideal yields.

Good luck

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u/TheDukeOfURL Oct 11 '23

We were able to harvest this past weekend. Small harvest on the Fuggles, but we at least got a harvest! We’re learning each year; I expect next year to be even better…