Growing Hops
June 22, 2009 12:05 PM Subscribe
Growing Hops
Growing hops yourself project documented from soil preparation through harvest. This is a first year hops (2009) blog and will continue in subsequent years. If you are a homebrewer, growing hops yourself will save you a lot of money, especially if you are into IPA's, Imperials and other highly hopped beers and ales styles. Hop shortages in the recent past made hops hard to come by and when you could find them, you would pay through the nose (cost increase up to 1000%). If you are interested in how to grow hops, stop on by. Aside from beer making, hops make a relaxing tea, a great climbing cover plant for arbors, pergolas or any structure - up to 40 feet high! You can almost see them grow they grow so fast. Great for privacy and a pleasant aromatic vine or hop bine as is the correct term. Watch hops grow at a rate that will amaze you - up to a foot a day!
Growing hops yourself project documented from soil preparation through harvest. This is a first year hops (2009) blog and will continue in subsequent years. If you are a homebrewer, growing hops yourself will save you a lot of money, especially if you are into IPA's, Imperials and other highly hopped beers and ales styles. Hop shortages in the recent past made hops hard to come by and when you could find them, you would pay through the nose (cost increase up to 1000%). If you are interested in how to grow hops, stop on by. Aside from beer making, hops make a relaxing tea, a great climbing cover plant for arbors, pergolas or any structure - up to 40 feet high! You can almost see them grow they grow so fast. Great for privacy and a pleasant aromatic vine or hop bine as is the correct term. Watch hops grow at a rate that will amaze you - up to a foot a day!
I'll be following your progress with interest, as I just planted my first hops this year as well: one Cascade and one Nugget.
posted by usonian at 1:37 PM on June 26, 2009
posted by usonian at 1:37 PM on June 26, 2009
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