Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I have picked 200gm wet so far of my POR. The first 80gm gave me a tick under 20gm dried in a paper bag. The other is drying while im overseas. The rest will probably be ready once i am back mid next week. Im guessing 60gm dried from a first year plant in a pot. Enough for two lager batches. I am going to plant it out next year in a twin planter box. Will cut a rhizome off the plant i dig up and plant it next to the main crown. Some say wait till the 2nd year of growth but hey. Rules are meant to be broken. Been gardening for a while and most of the recommenden stuff is old wives tales. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popo the Reprobate Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 13 hours ago, Titan said: Mine havent done anything but im thinking its just the position they are in. Will move them next year. Mine ended up much the same. Only a small amount of growth - less than a metre tall. I'll give the soil some more work and change positions before I give it another go next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 They like a lot of sun I'm led to believe. Mine have been in a largely sunny position and always grow well. Where they will be going at my house now will be pretty much full day sun as well. I daresay I'll just have the one plant though, not really enough room for any more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeastyBoy Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 OVB, Warrants a bit of research then. Whilst I agree that soluble is transferred quickly to the plant, organic is effective from a slow feeding technique. I use a complete organic fertiliser (COF) on my vegies & COF works a treat. Think you are wasting your money using Maxibloom as it has to much P which is not used by the hop plant and could do with more N. Potash of Sulphate (K) is probably more effective at flowering/hop formation time. As I said will dig around to see what is working for others on the high yielding Hop plants. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I'm not saying organic doesn't work full stop, but plants can't use it as nutrients until it's broken down/converted to inorganic. I usually use a mixture of both types. During the seasons I was properly growing them I'd throw on some general purpose granular fertiliser as well as chook poo. I'm gonna give the sulphate of potash a run next season during flowering time and see how it goes, however I did have good results with the Maxibloom. If the results are the same or better then I'll keep using the potash as it is more easily accessible. I have to order Maxibloom online which is a bit annoying. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#granted+brew Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 I have no experience with hop plants but do with a few close species.... I always feed with sulphate of potash come flowering time once a month on a full moon and two weeks later a dose of molasses (2 table spoons to 4 litres water) on the new moon. Then again the potash on the next full moon and so forth. You will get increased yeild and weight of flowers. Sugar cane mulch will give a slow release of the molasses too but only apply once the flowers appear. Before flowering I usually just apply a few handfuls of compost to the base of the plant and gently work it in to the first inch of topsoil once a month always on a full moon. Works for me Cheers, Lee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) On 2/22/2019 at 3:45 PM, Greeny1525229549 said: I have picked 200gm wet so far of my POR. The first 80gm gave me a tick under 20gm dried in a paper bag. The other is drying while im overseas. The rest will probably be ready once i am back mid next week. Im guessing 60gm dried from a first year plant in a pot. Enough for two lager batches. I am going to plant it out next year in a twin planter box. Will cut a rhizome off the plant i dig up and plant it next to the main crown. Some say wait till the 2nd year of growth but hey. Rules are meant to be broken. Been gardening for a while and most of the recommenden stuff is old wives tales. The 200gm dried to 45gm. Picked the rest today. Another 120gm. A lot of these were small comes. Tomorrow im going to use the lot in a double megaswill batch. 45gm dry plus 120gm wet. Dry ones for bittering and the wet in the last 10 mins left to steep for another 15 mins. Quite happy for a 1st year. 320gm wet. Hopefully quadruple production next year with a 2nd year plant and another first year next to it. Edited February 27, 2019 by Greeny1525229549 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popo the Reprobate Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 On 2/23/2019 at 11:20 AM, #granted+brew said: I have no experience with hop plants but do with a few close species.... Haha. Good tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 On 2/27/2019 at 7:43 PM, Greeny1525229549 said: The 200gm dried to 45gm. Picked the rest today. Another 120gm. A lot of these were small comes. Tomorrow im going to use the lot in a double megaswill batch. 45gm dry plus 120gm wet. Dry ones for bittering and the wet in the last 10 mins left to steep for another 15 mins. Quite happy for a 1st year. 320gm wet. Hopefully quadruple production next year with a 2nd year plant and another first year next to it. Had one of these tonight. Kegged both. One is lagering and the other i put on a week ago. Holy shit fresh hops make a big difference. I didnt think i could get a megaswill batch better but the fresh hops made a massive difference. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice79 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Its been a while between drinks. After 3 years we now have 6 crowns with three different varieties - 2 each of Cascade, Chinnook and Victoria. This year we have harvested at least 1kg of each variety dried. So far I have brewed a wet hopped harvest of each and now experimenting with dried flowers. Last batch was an IPA with Victoria as a bittering charge (estimated as 10%) and 150g of each variety at flame out no chill. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 I can now understand why people say dont plant hops directly in the ground uncontained. I have dug mine up out of the pot and put it into a larger raised garden bed. What amazed me is the size of the root structure. This plant is only 11 months old!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 @Greeny1525229549 that’s a nice crown mate. Hops are a wonderful plant. Although they say that the crowns go into hibernation, that’s not fully true as the live underground, still growing, sure slowly but still growing during winter. They truely are ravenous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Can't wait to dig up the ones in my planter box.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detroit D Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Hi All I have picked up a cascade hope rhizome a month or so back and have kept it in the fridge. In my excitement I forgot to ask when he plants them out. I am in the Perth hills Cheers DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I'd probably plant it mid August. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detroit D Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 thanks Otto, still have a bit of time to pick a spot and get it ready for planting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Got my hop planter box set up with its protective fence from the dogs, rhizomes planted today before putting that up, and just gave them a bit of water. Should see some growth in the next few weeks. I'll have to hand water them though because if I leave a hose out it won't last long 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detroit D Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Nice Set up Otto, looking forward to mine getting out of the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Thanks mate. I had them like that at the olds as well, I bought a new planter box but dismantled a trellis and put it back up here. I'm checking them each day for any shoots, nothing so far but there were buds on the rhizomes so shouldn't take long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschemad911 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 My Perle is peeping out. Think I need to spread a bit of compost and fertilise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Checked mine yesterday, we have liftoff! Just going with the one plant this year, which is Cascade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olemate Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Kelsey, I reckon I can see 4 buds popping through the soil. What do you do from here, do you trim any off, wait until they grow further then trim, or just let ém rip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Given it's essentially a first year plant again I'll just let it go. For some reason I always got the best yields from first year plants, and I suspect it's due to the relatively warm winters up here compared to the hop growing regions, so I dug it up and cut a few rhizomes off and stored them in the fridge for about 6 weeks to try to mimic the cold. I'll probably do the same thing every year now if it works. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I reckon that’s not a bad idea where you live Otto. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I guess I'll find out in February or whenever the flowers are ready to pick! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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