Hops

Blair · 06-01-2009, 09:57 AM

Any ADV people involved in growing hops? I am interested in growing them on a small scale. Any ideas or comments?

Blair

Beerslayer · 06-01-2009, 10:03 AM

I used to grow some when I was homebrewing. You need to buy rhizomes early in the year, probably March or April and get them in the ground early. They work great trellised up the side of a house, they need full sun.

That's about all I know and it's not much.

I have never seen the plants for sale this time of year ready to stick in the ground but you might get lucky and find some.

wachs · 06-01-2009, 10:51 AM

I've got some growing around here. Full sun, plenty of water, trim'em back in the fall or they'll take over everything and I can't kill'em with the lawn mower. Very tough vines if you let them go. Beautiful buds in the late summer, quite fragrant and the bees love to visit. Don't know the strain, they were here when we bought the place 15 years ago.

Thor Hiney · 06-01-2009, 04:02 PM

I have visited this museum when at the in-laws place. Fun to drive/ride through the hop fields when they are on and fragrant. They could be a source of info for you. Good luck!

http://www.americanhopmuseum.org/

Mista Vern · 06-01-2009, 04:19 PM

That looks like a cool place to visit, Thor - thanks for posting the link~

Hammer · 06-01-2009, 05:16 PM

I grow my own and another friend that homebrews also grows his own.
Between the 2 of us we produce much more than we can use in a year.
Hops are very prolific and will take over the area they are given to grow and much more if you don't prune them.
I will have rhyzomes next year, but it is too late to get them this year, unless you are willing to severely damage the donor plant.
There is a lot of info on the 'net if you look around.

YamWOW! · 06-01-2009, 08:33 PM

I grow four varieties for looks on a pergola and for home brew. I live next door to the hop capital of the world. My hops are in shade part of the day and grow great but I also live in the desert. I bought my hops at Morebeer.com in CA which got them here. Nice huh? Farmers don't like people growing hops because of infections.

Beerslayer · 06-01-2009, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by YamWOW!

I grow four varieties for looks on a pergola and for home brew. I live next door to the hop capital of the world. My hops are in shade part of the day and grow great but I also live in the desert. I bought my hops at Morebeer.com in CA which got them here. Nice huh? Farmers don't like people growing hops because of infections.

Those look great! Beautiful outdoor kitchen.

I know the apple farmers hate hobby growers because they don't spray for apple maggot, thereby ensuring an infection vector for those who do. I guess that is understandable that the hop farmers might not like it either.

What are the hop pathogens that have the hop farmer's panties in a twist? Do you know?

wineodave · 06-05-2009, 07:59 AM

I grew up on a Hop farm in the Yakima Valley of Washington. My family had a 200 acre hop ranch in the 1970 and 80's, when the industry got into an oversupply in 1985 we switched to wine grapes. You plant hops in the early spring, using a "slip", it is a root that you cut from another hop plant and plant in the soil about 4 inches deep with the "eyes" or nods facing upward. I noticed the other day that Yellow Rose Nursery in Prosser, WA had some potted hop plants for sale, they had vines about 3-4 feet long. You might also try Hops Direct, Diana sells hops direct to customers and I am sure she could sell you different hop roots next spring. Hope this helps. David

Mr. Vintage · 06-05-2009, 01:26 PM

I have grown cascade and centennial hops for the last few years, and now have way more than I can use for my miniscule homebrew operation. They might be hard to have shipped since there are several quarantines in effect (a root fungus issue I believe), but ask around and I'm sure you can find some locally. Maybe ask your local homebrew supplier??? Or swing by my place next April, I'll set you up.

dagwood · 06-07-2009, 06:05 AM

there was Hop starts on CL a couple weeks back but I can't find them now. and they weren't cheap...

by any means...

Hammer · 06-07-2009, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by dagwood

there was Hop starts on CL a couple weeks back but I can't find them now. and they weren't cheap...

by any means...

They've been 4.50 per start at my LHBS the last few years. It's also presently illegal to import them to WA. They need to be in-state unless one chooses to smuggle them in.

dagwood · 06-07-2009, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Hammer

They've been 4.50 per start at my LHBS the last few years. It's also presently illegal to import them to WA. They need to be in-state unless one chooses to smuggle them in.

they were in the PDX CL

don't know where but they were plus 25 bucks a start i'm thinking.

what is a LHBS?

Qwik · 06-07-2009, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by dagwood

they were in the PDX CL

don't know where but they were plus 25 bucks a start i'm thinking.

what is a LHBS?

Local Home Brew Store?

dagwood · 06-07-2009, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwik

Local Home Brew Store?

gotcha.

06-01-2009, 09:57 AM	#1
Blair ^OP . Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Margaritaville Oddometer: 689	Hops Any ADV people involved in growing hops? I am interested in growing them on a small scale. Any ideas or comments? Blair __________________ tengo un cohete en el pantalon!

06-01-2009, 10:51 AM	#3
wachs just passin' through Joined: May 2005 Location: Tumalo, Oregon Oddometer: 4,157	I've got some growing around here. Full sun, plenty of water, trim'em back in the fall or they'll take over everything and I can't kill'em with the lawn mower. Very tough vines if you let them go. Beautiful buds in the late summer, quite fragrant and the bees love to visit. Don't know the strain, they were here when we bought the place 15 years ago. __________________ Wait till you see what's next!

06-01-2009, 04:02 PM	#4
Thor Hiney Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Southwest Washington state Oddometer: 227	Here may be a source I have visited this museum when at the in-laws place. Fun to drive/ride through the hop fields when they are on and fragrant. They could be a source of info for you. Good luck! http://www.americanhopmuseum.org/ __________________ In absentis of lux lucis obscurum increbresco Dominican SW with Haiti on the side RR Dominican deal of a lifetime RR Twilight Vampire tour RR Confidence is the feeling you have before you really understand the problem. B.O.G.C.

06-01-2009, 04:19 PM	#5
Mista Vern Knows all - tells some. Joined: Dec 2005 Location: McMinnville, Oregon Oddometer: 12,972	That looks like a cool place to visit, Thor - thanks for posting the link~ __________________ - "The turd follows the fart as surely as the rain follows the plow." Emily Bronte

06-01-2009, 05:16 PM	#6
Hammer Hawlin' aZZ Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Pacific Northwet Oddometer: 2,299	I grow my own and another friend that homebrews also grows his own. Between the 2 of us we produce much more than we can use in a year. Hops are very prolific and will take over the area they are given to grow and much more if you don't prune them. I will have rhyzomes next year, but it is too late to get them this year, unless you are willing to severely damage the donor plant. There is a lot of info on the 'net if you look around. __________________ Hammer “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” George Orwell '06 525 XC "Sledge" '04 KTM 950 Adventure Thunder Enough yappin'! Let's ride!

06-01-2009, 08:33 PM	#7
YamWOW! Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Kennewick Washington Oddometer: 459	I grow four varieties for looks on a pergola and for home brew. I live next door to the hop capital of the world. My hops are in shade part of the day and grow great but I also live in the desert. I bought my hops at Morebeer.com in CA which got them here. Nice huh? Farmers don't like people growing hops because of infections. __________________ YamWOW. It's made in Japan, you know the Japanese make good stuff! Check out the WR250R/X forum: CLICK HERE Check out the Pacific NW DualSport Forum: CLICK HERE KTM 530 EXC-R BMW F800GS

06-05-2009, 07:59 AM	#9
wineodave Adventurer Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Desert of WA Oddometer: 14	Hop Farmer I grew up on a Hop farm in the Yakima Valley of Washington. My family had a 200 acre hop ranch in the 1970 and 80's, when the industry got into an oversupply in 1985 we switched to wine grapes. You plant hops in the early spring, using a "slip", it is a root that you cut from another hop plant and plant in the soil about 4 inches deep with the "eyes" or nods facing upward. I noticed the other day that Yellow Rose Nursery in Prosser, WA had some potted hop plants for sale, they had vines about 3-4 feet long. You might also try Hops Direct, Diana sells hops direct to customers and I am sure she could sell you different hop roots next spring. Hope this helps. David

06-05-2009, 01:26 PM	#10
Mr. Vintage Family Dude Joined: Jan 2007 Location: The Palouse Oddometer: 807	I have grown cascade and centennial hops for the last few years, and now have way more than I can use for my miniscule homebrew operation. They might be hard to have shipped since there are several quarantines in effect (a root fungus issue I believe), but ask around and I'm sure you can find some locally. Maybe ask your local homebrew supplier??? Or swing by my place next April, I'll set you up. __________________ - Jeff (Mr. Vintage) - Quota, SL350, MW250, MT250, CT90

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