Which Hops Are You Planting This Year?

Starting my fourth year with my cascades, which were out of control last year so I pruned the rhizome last weekend.

 

The only thing I have left from last year's plant is the main bine that ran completely vertical. Did you just trim the smaller bines that came off the main?

Edit - Just reread your post and noticed you pruned the rhizome itself...

 

I've got 4 Cascade and 4 Centennial in the ground, plus a Nugget and Glacier on the way. Might pick up a couple CTZs soon.

 

I have 2 Willamette coming in. First time for me. I really only have one patch of sun in my yard for these to grow, hopefully it works out. I guess I should read up on taking care of them, lol.

How much yield can you except on average from the first year?

 

I just ordered some rhizomes, and it was then brought to my attention that my neighbor has a small dog who likes to run around off leash. Have any of you had problems with dogs eating hops off the vine? I'm going to talk to my neighbor (and landlord) to make certain they are both comfortable with me planting the hops in the first place, but have any of you had experiences with this in the past?

 

My dogs have no interest in the plant, vines or cones, thankfully. They seem to not like the smell of hops in general.

 

My 80# Golden Retriever has never had an interest in hops at any stage... My understanding is that dogs care more about hops that have been boiled as they are covered in sugars, and that is what they are really after. Have you ever seen a dog eat plants (other than grass to cleanse)?

 

Dogs like the spent hops from the boil covered with sweet wort. If you grow hops, how do dogs get to the cones 6 or 8 feet off the ground?

 

Glad to hear. My mother had a problem with her two golden retrievers eating cherry tomatoes straight off the vine, and that made me a bit nervous. Makes total sense that the sugar is what they're after. Thanks for the input!

 

I have centennials. Since its been so friggin warm in MO this winter, I got them back in the ground about a month ago, since I moved in the late fall. Hopefully, they'll go nuts this year.

 

Any suggestions/plans for trellising? I'm planting hops for the first time and i'm not sure what to do for our trellis.

 

I've ordered a some Centennial from Niko Hops. They won't ship until April Fools Day it appears. How appropriate, they must know I've no experience in this sort of thing. I chose Centennial as they're one of my favorites for both bittering and flavor. I've been told that Centennials are pretty versatile and will do okay in avariety of climates and soil conditions. About the only spot that I have on my property that gets a goodly amount of sun is near a wooden yardlight pole. I guess when, and if, the hops start growing I'll attach some type of brackets to the pole at the 15'-20' and fashion some rope trellising to the brackets. The weather here, Upstate South Carolina, is already approaching summer temps, and I really wish I already had the rhyzomes for planting. If I have any success, I might even learn to spell "rhyzomes" without needing to look it up everytime.

 

I've ordered a some Centennial from Niko Hops. They won't ship until April Fools Day it appears. How appropriate, they must know I've no experience in this sort of thing. I chose Centennial as they're one of my favorites for both bittering and flavor. I've been told that Centennials are pretty versatile and will do okay in avariety of climates and soil conditions. About the only spot that I have on my property that gets a goodly amount of sun is near a wooden yardlight pole. I guess when, and if, the hops start growing I'll attach some type of brackets to the pole at the 15'-20' and fashion some rope trellising to the brackets. The weather here, Upstate South Carolina, is already approaching summer temps, and I really wish I already had the rhyzomes for planting. If I have any success, I might even learn to spell "rhyzomes" without needing to look it up everytime.