Hop rhizomes

Yeah in my 35 years of being here I have noticed a little bit of heat here and there .. . I will report all findings and results !. Im going to plant them at my mom's house since she has really tall trees that are in and out of the sun light. I want to stake the plants about 20 feet away from the trees and run the twine into a tall branch at an angle. IF it doesnt work I gained experience and lost 9 bucks.

 

I didn't think hops would grow well that far south. Wrong day length--am I wrong?

 

Hi there. I just wanted to chime in with some constructive criticism regarding what you posted.

3 rhizomes per string is overkill. Regarding line, certaintly dont use yarn because it is weak and dont use wire as it will damage the bines and be difficult to train the hops on to. You want to use a type of string that is fiberous so the bines can cling to it. I use hemp twine and even that sometimes breaks if i allow more than 2 bines to climb each string. If you put 3 rhizomes in the ground, you are going to have a mess on your hands. I put 1 cascade rhizome in the ground 4 years ago and I cant kill it even if I wanted to. I live in central PA and planted it infront of a shed I have and it now sprouts up on all 4 sides of the shed, not just infront of it where I originally placed it.

If you do the teepee sort of setup, you can make harvesting very easy if you rig all of your lines from the ground to a ring or carabiner. Then affix the ring or carabiner on its own rope and pulley sort of like a flag pole that you can raise and lower it. That way you dont need to cut and retie anything.

 

That's a great idea with the carabiner thing to make harvesting easy. I misspoke previously as i meant to say 3 rhizomes per Pole and one per twine. Thank you very much for the feedback !!!

 

My buddy down here on the Texas Gulf Coast is successfully growing Cascade, Centennial, and Zeus... I'm going to give it a go this year too.

 

At one of the local brew houses (katy,Tx- No label brewery ) They had several stringers outside the beer garden with hops growing. At the time we went the cones were out and full .. we picked some and rubbed them together .. smelled like beer !

 

Texans: Mark me educated...

 

Cascade are pretty hardy and have had pretty good success in Southern Michigan, just need lots of water.....working on auto watering system for mine with rain barrels and solar powered timer..

 

I hope to have results to show at some point.

 

How many rhizomes or crowns do you all buy at once? How do you know if you get both a male and female? Is it a wait-and-see if cones develop?

 

All rhizomes for sale are female...or should be...2 of the same variety are usually planted together on the same hill for a little insurance.

 

Thanks.