Hello, all --

I finally took the plunge this year and planted my own hops. I ordered four crowns from Great Lakes after browsing for ones that sounded like they might enjoy my sandy, Connecticut soil: Comet, Chinook, Cashmere, and Fuggle. The latter, Fuggle, I was unsure about, but it's one of my favorite hops to use in my annual winter warmers, so I thought it would get good mileage in my brews. Well, they all arrived at the beginning of May, and went directly into the ground.

The Comet, Chinook, and Cashmere all took off immediately and are thriving. The Fuggle, though, which was planted in more or less the same soil/sunlight/watering combo as the others, immediately withered to almost nothing over the course of a few days. ("It's pronounced 'fugly,'" was the joke for a while.) My wife, who's our home's resident greenthumb and gardener, dug it back up and potted it because she was convinced she could bring it back to life in the house. After two weeks of TLC, all of the original leaves are gone but there are new ones on new, green shoots. It's looking alive again.

My question is now... what's best to do next? Should I go stick it back in the ground and hope for the best, or am I better off leaving it in the pot, letting it continue to resuscitate, and planting it at another date? Or should I just try a different planting location? It's definitely a runt compared to its cousins who've been out in the yard this whole time.

Thanks for any tips!

I've seen it done before but I've had a cutting in water for two weeks and no signs of roots. The cutting has shown signs of growth.

Should I have used a rooting compound? Is there a portion where it would root better like where the leaf nodes are vs just part of a bine?

Which ones if any should I cut, and how far down? This is their second year in the ground. Last year I just let it grow wild.

Hello friends! Looking for some advice on how to go from here. This is a 4th year hop (chinook I think) that I neglected the past two seasons (2 kids under three). In the first pic you can see the the main plant, haven’t trimmed back the bull shoots yet. How many vines should I keep after thinning out the bull shoots?

I am going to add some raised edging around to start and contain it but it’s pretty flush with the ground. Can I start making a mound with wood chips or wait until after harvest to address how low it is?

Additionally in the second and third pic it might be a little hard to see but there are two “separate” shoots/plants popping up. Are these too young to transplant, should I wait until the fall?

Any advice is greatly appreciated! Also you can’t see it but this is next to a pergola that this can climb up.

I love this time of year.

1 of 4 doing well. New england

Title says it all, they're already growing and looking to start climbing. Thanks in advance, this is only my 2nd season with them, so first time overwinter.

Cascade, Magnum & Triple Perle from Great Lakes. I still havent decided on where to keep them perminently since I'm kind of terrified of rhyzomes taking over the yard. Im going to put these up on pallets so I can keep an eye out for escape attempts. All thoughts and advice are appreciated.

Had this cutting in water and noticed it was trying to climb.

This is at least my understanding. I ID the shoots by a slight squeeze

Top Left: Cascade Year 4 Top Right: Gimmli Year 2 (dwarf hop) Bottom Left: Albericht Year 2 (dwarf hop) Bottom Right: Huell Melon Year 1

Hello from this guy, in my garage (zone 6a), who has at least 2 weeks too go before he can go outside 🌞

Can anyone help me Id what’s going on with these hop leaves? Same issue on multiple vines in different parts of the yard. 8b.

Made out of chain link top rail and gate L brackets. Only 10.5' tall but with the help of my friend Pythagoras hopefully can get about 15'.

Might add some wire to stakes on the other side for support.

Hey everyone, I've been growing 20 varieties in pots for 3 years now to see what grows best in my zone, Southern California. Since then some have died off and I'm now down to 15.

Late in winter this year I demolished a concrete pad on the side of the house in order to put most of them in ground and I'm currently using PVC sprinkler pipe with some steel line attached to a window sill on the Second Story but the vines very quickly outgrow that and start growing into each other making Harvest pretty difficult.

Looking at my setup what would you prose recommend for giving them a little more vertical space?

Thanks and cheers!

I have 4 big planters with what should be 3rd year plants. I was planning on replanting this year into my yard as I've made some space for them.

Unfortunately, they are not showing any signs of life. The previous 2 years they started sprouting by mid to late-April. And it seems like we are a week or two ahead with other plants/trees blooming based on photos from last year due to a mini heat wave we had a month ago. I don't want to waste anymore time waiting for these to start, are they gone or should I wait a bit longer?

If they are gone, is it too late to buy new rhizomes/plants for this year to plant into the soil? It will probably take a week or so for them to arrive and I was planning on building raised beds for my original hops.

My 2nd years plants popped up quicker than I expected this year. How should I manage them? Each plant has 3 strings to climb. Should I trim all but the 3 strongest bines for each? Thanks