trimming my hops
#1
Posted 27 May 2010 - 08:15 AM
#2
Posted 27 May 2010 - 08:45 AM
#3
Posted 27 May 2010 - 08:53 AM
That's what I did. I trimmed them a little bit below ground level and then covered them up.i have never grown hops, but i would imagine it's about like anything else. trim the vines you don't want as soon as you realize you don't want them. this way, the plant doesn't waste energy on the parts that eventually get cut out anyway.
#4
Posted 27 May 2010 - 08:53 AM
This. Once you've chosen the lucky bines that will grow, you can cut the others away. I've already got some cones on mine. A few of them are going over 20 feet already. I may have to harvest early and more than once.trim the vines you don't want as soon as you realize you don't want them. this way, the plant doesn't waste energy on the parts that eventually get cut out anyway.
#5
Posted 27 May 2010 - 09:09 AM
#6
Posted 27 May 2010 - 11:07 AM
#7
Posted 27 May 2010 - 11:25 AM
I haven't trimmed any of the lower growth stuff. I've only trimmed excess shoots. Should I cut right up next to the main bine?I've got 6 different hops, about 16 bines.I try to trim as much of the lower foliage as I can, like up to 3'-4', forces the growth higher up, where the cones are.More work, but I think, more hops.
#8
Posted 27 May 2010 - 11:58 AM
#9
Posted 27 May 2010 - 07:45 PM
#10
Posted 28 May 2010 - 05:41 AM
#11
Posted 28 May 2010 - 06:25 AM
I just trimmed all the leaves about 1.5' my hop bines. Makes it much easier to see what's going on under there now. There were a few side shoots so I left those and just trained them to go upward so hopefully they'll stay out of the way.I think I may have killed mine. We had a couple of weeks where it rained almost constantly and the hops grew uncontrolled the whole time. The were starting to climb up gutters and were twisted all around each other. I couldn't get anything untangled, so I cut it all off at the ground - expecting it to come back. That was a week ago, and so far nothing.
#12
Posted 28 May 2010 - 07:18 AM
You can't kill it George, it's a weed!I knocked mine back after harvest in Oct. Cut the suckers back to a foot or two high. Two weeks later, they came back.Your harvest will be less this year, but they'll be back.I think I may have killed mine. ...
#13
Posted 07 June 2010 - 06:27 AM
#14
Posted 07 June 2010 - 10:30 AM
#15
Posted 07 June 2010 - 10:47 AM
I'm already there! Right now I'm just letting them keep going and flop over.I try to keep it to 3 per plant, but two (magnums, I think 3rd year) of my 5 keep putting up new ones. It's an almost daily task trying to keep it to 3. My 2nd year Cascade is growing over 6 inches per day now, but still only has 2 bines. That's an easy one. I'm not sure what it'll do when it reaches the top of the rope.
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Posted 07 June 2010 - 01:36 PM
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Posted 08 June 2010 - 07:07 PM
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