2019 hop crop

Workload has put the kibosh on much of my homebrew activities and my rhizomes aren't even in the ground yet. I'm shooting for next week but can't wait much longer than that or mrs. riptorn will commandeer the arbor for tomatoes and pole beans.
No big loss if they don't produce much (if any) this year, but maybe it'll give me a good jump on 2020.

Tried to hook up with a local NC grower for some cascade and nugget but our schedules didn't match, so I went with MoreBeer for Cascade and Crystal in GA, and Goldings in NC....just a couple rhizomes of each.

 

Long winter here in the foothills of the Sierra’s. Still snowing over the summit. Cold and wet. But I have my Cascade climbing good and my 2nd year Chinook establishing.

 

Citra and centennials are only around 5 ft but the cascade is out of control up around 9/10 ft. It even popped up a foot from where i planted it.

 

I thought Citra was available only to commercial growers due to proprietary status.

 

I missed the memo that cashmere rhizomes were available this year. I’ll have to get them next year. Just one lonely comet plant here about 5 ft up the twine

 

@Brewday, remember that the 'answer' is: "These are not the Citra hops you are looking for".

Cheers!

 

Woops. Meant crystal.

 

I transplanted my Chinook, Columbus, Centennial, and Blisk to 25 gallon planters in the backyard. Cut everything back and have 2-5 new shoots each popping up.

Should be ready to train by mid June. My Santiam and Cerera are still in the ground beside the planters and are training already. Going to kill off all my others, including what's left of the transplants.

 

https://www.facebook.com/Timilton/media_set?set=a.10160308169850527&type=3

Mine are here. look for the newer ones. Last years could be fun to look at. I have a Nugget and Galena that are over 40" tall already. Looking at this weekend to get some strings up and do some pruning.

 

Liquid Nutes are your best friend

 

Hear the rushing sound of my enthusiastic return to hop-growing leaving my body.

 

Damn! That got me excited...

 

When planting rhizomes, any of you know if there's a rule of thumb for N-P-K (nitrigen-phosphorous-potassium) if a soil sample analysis has not been done?
I'd like to provide enough nitrogen but don't want to burn them.

 

Ten years or so back, in a presentation, it was said they need a lot of N from mid May through mid late June. From old memory.

 

Weekly dosing with a light all round fertilizer is the best way to go until you get a soil test. You always want more nitrogen (3-8), between phosphorus (1-5), and low potassium (0-3).

I use a product that is at 3-2-1(I believe) for general fertilizing and used bone meal type products for flowers as the big doses but about every 1-2 months.

 

In South Florida, can’t grow hops here from my understanding. Seems like a lot of work though. But also seems really cool.

 

There's been some measure of success in Central Florida. Maybe there's hope for a cultivar suitable for S. FL.
http://allaboutbeer.com/florida-looking-next-hops-powerhouse/

This snippet was interesting:
“We cannot grow as many cultivars, but we were excited about the oil content of Florida hops,” says Pearson. The results were pretty standard—Florida’s hops tested similarly in compounds, until the essential oils. The essential oils came back with double the concentration of those hops grown in Yakima. While research is ongoing, this could be the reality of Florida hops.

 

I'm in Pa. and have a Cashmere in ground hard to get growing well couple years. Maybe it's the Northern brewer in it as I have some of those that also don't like the environment. Other varieities like cascade, nugget, magnum, centennial grow like mad. Anyone growing cashmere with success?