That particular plant only grew a few feet last year, and ended up pretty brown towards the end of the summer.
If it doesn’t spout I have a couple rhizomes inbound as replacements, just in case.
Today I did a little root pruning and got 8 new Cascade rhizomes transplanted.
I’m going to start a whole new hop yard in May. We inherited my inlaws’ farmhouse in France. In May we’ll go over there for a month to start cleaning it up and remodeling. It’s been unoccupied for 3 years so the yard is badly overgrown. Once we clear out some of that vegetation I’m gonna plant 2 cascade, 2 centennial, and a couple of other varieties. It’s roughly the same latitude as Munich so hopefully hops will do well.
All showing life centennials, chinook, and Columbus are my beast so far
Update
Columbus
Cent
Chinook
Willamette
So jealous. In theory, I should receive my rhizomes tomorrow from AIH pre-order. First attempt at growing hops, hope I can make room, bought 6 different varieties
Frank, if the rhizomes do not work out as well as you had planned, you will do better by ordering whole crowns or field-grade plants from Great Lakes Hops for a fall planting than waiting until next spring to plant rootstock. I never experienced an appreciable first-year yield until I planted crowns and field-grade plants in the fall. I was skeptical at first because my current hop yard was not my first rodeo, but I can confirm that the photographic results on Lynn Kemme’s website are real.
+1 I am happy to pay the premium for such quality from Great Lakes Hops.
FINALLY have some sprouts. 4-12-15 8) pics to follow
Thanks Mark, we shall see what the rhizomes do. I know to not expect much yield first year. I just hope they survive our weather and grow, even if they don’t produce right away
Here are my 2nd year chinook Columbus centennial and willamette going up to the deck
1st year comet going up to the roof
Some shot of my beast cent
My Cascades are only about 8’ tall, but I’ve been picking cones since mid May. I’ve got a couple of ounces so far.
Update the back yard
First year comet from plant
Chinook
Columbus revived from the japs
Bad pic cause of light of cent
Willamette
Harvest weekend here. Pulled a few pounds off some of the ladies - Cents, Zeus and Columbus, Cascade and the Mt Hood.
Man it takes a lot of time to pick, but will be nice this winter to reach into the freezer.
Good year overall; I underestimated the weight of a fully laden plant. The Wind took the Mt Hood’s half inch steel rod support and bent it right over. This Zeus only bent a little.
The “oast” smells pretty good and my fingers are still sticky.
Cheers to the homegrown harvest. 8)
Chinook was decent others were poor to a loss. Too wet, downy mildew was a problem.
Hops Direct said No amarillo this season …grrrr. Bought a lb. from amazon hop union
and suspect that they are 2014 crop (only 8 left) …oh well least I will have some …
Japanese Beetles did so much damage to my hills this year that I did even bother to harvest the cones that were produced. I reduced my hop yard to 6 hills two weeks ago. Twelve hills was more than I could use and more than I wanted to pick. I was 100% positive that the hop with no name was Columbus. I hate Columbus, so those hills fell this year along with Spalt Select (a waste of time to grow in my climate) and Southern Cross. Southern Cross grew well for a first year hills, but Japanese beetles love it. I am not down to Cascade, Early Cluster, and Wye Yoeman. Wye Yeoman also grew well for first-year hills, which was surprising because British cultivars are not fond of my soil and climate.
Japanese Beetle Damage to Spalt Select (they were nice enough to leave me with a skeletonized large leaf in the lower right-hand side of the bine)
