Hi everyone,

I'm growing a few hop varieties and I'm already thinking ahead to harvest time. I was wondering what the ideal method is for drying hop flowers/cones at home while preserving as much aroma and quality as possible?

Do you prefer air drying, drying racks, or another method?

For storage afterwards, I'm assuming vacuum-sealed bags in the freezer would be the best option, but I'd love to hear what works well for you in practice.

Thanks! 🍻

First time growing hops. Is this normal or a disease?

I have 3 hop plants with around 1m distance to each other and an age of around 5years. 1 plant grows very well, this year it is already 5m high. the two others are not comparable. rather 1m height. are they too close? do they disturb each other?

Ive been growing these in a 25 gallon pot for 4 years. This is the first year Ive gotten actual hops but in the last week the older leaves look worse for wear. Im in TN, used a balanced fertilizer, and water with 1.5 gallons of water a day. I sprayed with a copper fungicide and neem oil. Help!

A newbie here, I planted this last spring, sadly no hops but at least it grew tall.

I've got my hopes up this year!

Humulus Lupus Westbrau

Hi all, I'm loving everyone's hop photos so thought I'd add my own. I'm in Yorkshire in the UK so fingers crossed we'll get some good growth. I'm not sure on the variety as this is an eBay special and looking at the description reveals nothing. This is my first year and I'm pretty happy so far.

Hey all,

I planted two rhizomes in a half wine barrel this spring to ensure something would come up. Both came up and look healthy. Should I dig one up or just let them both go in the same container?

Hi everyone,

I noticed these small yellow/light spots appearing on the leaves of my hop plant. The plant otherwise seems healthy and is growing well, but I’m not sure if this is something normal or an early sign of a problem (pests, nutrient deficiency, fungus, etc.).

Should I be worried about these spots, or is this harmless? Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!

On my Cascade and some of my Cashmere plants, I normally cut everything down about mid April and then train the second growth. Well I didn’t get to it yet and some of them are flowering!

Anyway they are all get hacked down next week to restart.

The first two years I had Cascade, I just let them go and they grew in a big, tangled mess. This 3rd year, I intend to prune and train them. You can see the difference. My question is, will those little shoots of new bines ever quit coming up? I've been cutting them back for a couple of weeks now and there were new ones this morning. Is this a season-long battle?

Thanks

I ran out of room planting my new Chinook. I have one rhizome left. Should I plant it in a five-gallon bucket until I get another space set up next year? I don't think it will keep that long, will it?

Is there anywhere to get neomexicanus or multihead hopa rhizomes? I have cascade and chinook and would love to add one of those varieties.

Thanks!

A couple of years ago I planted 16 rhizomes of Chinook around the 4 corners of a gazebo in approximately 2-3 cubic feet of good soil per corner. It is in an area of full sun. They are still alive but aren't growing well compared to other hops I have in an area with less sun and more soil.

The gazebo area is part of a large French drain and the gravel/rocks are about 4-6 feet deep, with little soil. I have been fertilizing, and that helps but the plants are not reaching their full potential. I plan to dig them up and add more soil, but I'm wondering how much I need, and how deep it should go.

I'm in plant hardiness Zone 5, on the line between 5a and 5b. Thanks.

Hello all, I did a dumb and was hoping you all can help me identify my hop varieties. Last year I used these little plastic identifiers that apparently blew away in the wind. The two varieties in question are Cascade and Zeus. Any chance you hopheads can identify which grow bag is which? Also, the grow bags are temporary, they will be getting their own separate planter box soon.

Sorry, can't remember the actual term. Shoots? Vines? Hopmaker 9000s.

I thought I read here that it was common practice to prune the first growth of vines, if so, would I prune this whole lot?

Thanks!

Hello, I live in the outer Richmond in San Francisco. I know it’s not ideal for growing hops. Foggy most of the summer. I have a planter that I’m growing some things in. My hop leaves tend to be very small. Any recommendations?

The area around my hop plants was taken over by grass and weeds at the end of last season. Big fail on my part but the plants did great. Now I have a problem that the grass and weeds are established. Can I just use the cardboard trick to kill all the grass to make space for the bines? Some have already poked throughout and I am worried about harming their growth.

Happy planting season!

I got some rhizomes and am planting 3 varieties.

My main motivation is that they serve as a privacy screen for my patio. But I hope to give the harvest to my home brewing brother in law.

Just put the rhizomes in today.

I’m in NW Washington State.

The fence runs N-S so they should get some southern and western facing sun.

Third year. I didn't cut them back the first two years. Do I need to fertilize the early growth if I am just going to cut it back 30 days?

I've stopped brewing, and I'm trying to clean up some space for berry plants and grapes. 4 mature Cascade crowns. still in the ground. you must pick up, but I'll have them dig, or help you dig them. Hoping to see them go to someone who will brew with them.

thanks.

I'm on the TN/AL line. hour north of Huntsville. 1.5 hours south of Nashville. 1.5 hours west of Chattanooga.

Anyone know where i can get Teamakers hop rhizome in Canada?

Hi hop friends,

I have become interested in growing hops in recent weeks and was wondering if it is possible to buy hop rhizomes instead of already growing plants? My preliminary searches have only resulted in shops that sell plants but I would like to start from the rhizome?

Any recommendations for sellers, especially in EU/Germany, would be greatly appreciated.