friend of mine and I are getting our ducks in a row to start farming hops on a semi large scale..1/4 acre to start. just registered for a seminar/hop tour from MSU extension http://events.anr.msu.edu/event.cfm?folder=Hops2013 anyone out there doing some large scale hop farming??if so whats your set-up? Hgh/low trellis..variety..yields..etc.
Here's one dude's larger than average grow area: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f92/2013-hop-garden-photo-thread-398999/index8.html
I just put 11 crowns in the ground this year, along with about 15 cuttings that a fellow homebrew friend got started for me in planters from his plants. Hopefully one day my hop yard will grow to a small commercial size so I can sell to some local nano breweries. Not pictured is my teepee setup on 2 telephone poles near our garage.
