Hop Growing 2013

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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by barneey » Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:53 am

Looking good Baz :)

Just one other question fot you all, if I need to stop the growth as the vine is getting too long should I just pinch the top off?

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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by gnutz2 » Tue Jul 09, 2013 10:25 am

barneey wrote:Looking good Baz :)

Just one other question fot you all, if I need to stop the growth as the vine is getting too long should I just pinch the top off?

Cheers
I snapped one of mine by accident and it stopped growing.

You can turn them round (180) and thread them back in though.
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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by scuppeteer » Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:57 pm

barneey wrote:Looking good Baz :)

Just one other question fot you all, if I need to stop the growth as the vine is getting too long should I just pinch the top off?

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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by barneey » Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:33 pm

What should be done then?
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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by greenxpaddy » Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:54 am

barneey wrote:Looking good Baz :)

Just one other question fot you all, if I need to stop the growth as the vine is getting too long should I just pinch the top off?

Cheers
Don't see why not. It will just create side shoots instead, like mine has
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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by chivelegs » Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:22 pm

Loads of aphids on all my hops...but here comes the cavalry! Hundreds of ladybird larvae. Going to be write a few of them flying about soon. Image
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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by Befuddler » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:21 pm

I've got a serious aphid problem as well. :(
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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by seymour » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:45 pm

It appears I don't have any insect pests at the new house, but I still haven't decided on a permanent spot, so I have six hops plants growing in 5 gallon buckets up bamboo canes. They're becoming a huge tangly mess, but appear to be quite healthy. I've always grown them in the ground, trained to 16' strings, so help me out here: do you think I'll still get to harvest any hops this year?
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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by jmc » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:13 pm

Befuddler wrote:I've got a serious aphid problem as well. :(
+1

I tried a new spray mix with Quassia wood, garlic and liquid soap
See topic Greenfly / White Fly

Its kept them at bay since Friday [-o<
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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by Blackaddler » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:41 pm

There seems to be a serious lack of ladybirds this year, too.

I've only seen one, so far.
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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by jmc » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:44 pm

Blackaddler wrote:There seems to be a serious lack of ladybirds this year, too.

I've only seen one, so far.
+1

I think it was the cold snap we had.

Heat is stessing them too so not confident of a good harvest this year. :evil: :(
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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by Jocky » Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:34 am

Blackaddler wrote:There seems to be a serious lack of ladybirds this year, too.

I've only seen one, so far.
You can buy ladybirds, fully grown or larvae - larvae sit leaves instead of flying away and as chivelegs photo shows above, they have an appetite for aphids.

Buy them from here: http://www.greengardener.co.uk/product. ... roduct=177

Set up the right environment for them and they'll stay around your garden and breed for the future too.
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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by barneey » Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:59 am

Good signs with mine they have now started flowering
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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by scuppeteer » Wed Jul 17, 2013 2:29 pm

barneey wrote:Good signs with mine they have now started flowering
What, The Ladybirds?!? :shock:
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Re: Hop Growing 2013

Post by Jocky » Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:44 pm

chivelegs wrote:Loads of aphids on all my hops...but here comes the cavalry! Hundreds of ladybird larvae. Going to be write a few of them flying about soon. Image
Those look like Harlequin ladybird larvae, a non-native species imported from the USA (originally from Asia) which is well on the way to becoming the dominant ladybird out there. Shame about the non-native bit (there's nothing to do about it now), but the good news is that like the USA stereotype they have big appetites!
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