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[CaptRon]

So I have a buddy that is renting quite a large greenhouse. He offered me a bit of space so I can grow some hops there. He is totally in to plants and is very good at growing anything - he took a lot of college courses on these subjects. So now I need to figure out which ones to grow. I was thinking Cascade for sure, Amarillo, Centennial, Nugget, Magnum and Mt. Hood. If you had this opportunity, which ones would you choose? Mind you I have never grown my own hops, I just usually go buy the ones that a recipe calls for.

[RommelMagic]

How much room will you have? Grow all of them if you want. If not, how many would you rather?

[Stout_fan]

How tall is the greenhouse?

[CaptRon]

How tall is the greenhouse?

That, I think, is the only problem is that it isn't very tall. So I was thinking that either A) we could trim them at whatever height (I think their cousin plant reacts well to this) or string something up to guide them or something.

[denny]

That, I think, is the only problem is that it isn't very tall. So I was thinking that either A) we could trim them at whatever height (I think their cousin plant reacts well to this) or string something up to guide them or something.

I wouldn't trim them. I have good luck training them horizontally. And keep in mind that the root balls get huge. That's one reason they don't do as well if they're in pots.

Edited by denny, 14 October 2009 - 11:18 AM.

[Stout_fan]

... And keep in mind that the root balls get huge. ...

Yea, I can't believe the size of the roots on my 4 year Cascade. 1/2 to 3/4" thick....I guess that means I have to post pictures.

[Rustybrew]

I run a string along the top of my 6' wooden privacy fence for them to run horizontally on. It works well. Doing that in a greenhouse, though you might have to be careful that you don't cut off light to other plants.

[al_bob]

You also have to manually wrap them around the twine when they go horizontal. They only do it on their on if they're growing vertically. But, they will keep growing, no problem.