Hop Growing

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BourbonDrinker · #1 Post by **BourbonDrinker** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:12 pm

Any recommendations on what hops would do well in the Lawrence area if I decide to grow my own?

cog_nate · #2 Post by **cog_nate** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:45 pm

Cascade. I planted two rhizomes over at my folks' place six years ago, and they've done extremely well. I had to thin out the rhizomes this spring -- they spread aggressively -- and had some cuttings a few weeks ago, but some other enterprising folks claimed them.

Mr. Blues · #3 Post by **Mr. Blues** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:25 pm

The Perle and Chinook I planted years ago did pretty well.

One of 'em keeps coming up in the same location after a few years of neglect, problem is I can't tell which one.

grasshopper · #4 Post by **grasshopper** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:01 am

Ask Shane, he has some lovely hops a-growin', cascade and one or two others.

Pissytiffy · #5 Post by **Pissytiffy** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:39 pm

This is their first year, but I have cascade and nugget hops growing to beat the bandwagon. I've thought about putting up a web cam just to watch them grow.

shane · #6 Post by **shane** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 8:06 am

My first year also. Ive got 6 Nugget @ 6ft , 1 Centenial @ 6in and one Zeus @ 4 in. the nuggets are growing about 6 inches a day!