Did you try cooking with them?Hanglow wrote:Hop shoots are apparently the most expensive vegetable in the world :0 . Has anyone cooked with them?
Home Grown Hops 2019
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Yeah, they were decent. Fried them off in butter with a bit of lemon juice and some herbs iirc
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I just used them in a brew where I got about 18 litres after the hops had absorbed about 8 litres! Used 3.2kg of them at 80c for a steep for about half an hour
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Well, although the First Gold, Northdown, Fuggles, Styrian Golding and Santiam came in a good 2 weeks ago, I only managed to harvest the Cascade Tuesday and last night. Fairly sure they were actually the 1st in last year but I had to move my hops to a different (dedicated) part of the garden this Spring so effectively they are all 1st year growths.
Looks like the final dried total will be around 3.5kg so not complaining. Next year, weather permitting, should be a belter
Looks like the final dried total will be around 3.5kg so not complaining. Next year, weather permitting, should be a belter
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Harvested mine last month a bit early but within 12hrs lost half my crop to a sudden caterpillar invasion. After drying not even 100g whole leaf from 3 plants.
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Can I ask the group what I do now with my hop plant? It's currently in a pot and was grown from a rhizome earlier this year. Do I cut it back now or just let it die back ready for next year?
Also do I cover what's left of the plant with some kind of fleece or cloche over the winter?
Sorry if these seem like basic questions!
Also do I cover what's left of the plant with some kind of fleece or cloche over the winter?
Sorry if these seem like basic questions!
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With it being a 1st year plant, let it die back naturally. Best to do this for at least the first 3 years whilst it gets established but that does depend to some extent and how big your pot is.
You shouldn't need to 'protect it' just because it's in a pot but that does depend on how big the pot is and how exposed the position of it is.
I had a Northdown in a 15 litre pot for 2 years. When I moved it last year the tap root was over an inch wide - in other words the root system gets as big as you let it and the bigger the better.
You shouldn't need to 'protect it' just because it's in a pot but that does depend on how big the pot is and how exposed the position of it is.
I had a Northdown in a 15 litre pot for 2 years. When I moved it last year the tap root was over an inch wide - in other words the root system gets as big as you let it and the bigger the better.
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Thanks for the feedback and I thought the most sensible thing to do would probably be to let nature take its course and let it die back over the winter month's.Meatymc wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:06 pmWith it being a 1st year plant, let it die back naturally. Best to do this for at least the first 3 years whilst it gets established but that does depend to some extent and how big your pot is.
You shouldn't need to 'protect it' just because it's in a pot but that does depend on how big the pot is and how exposed the position of it is.
I had a Northdown in a 15 litre pot for 2 years. When I moved it last year the tap root was over an inch wide - in other words the root system gets as big as you let it and the bigger the better.
The pot is 18 inches in diameter so I reckon it's capacity is probably around 30 litres. Based on your experience, hopefully I've got at least a couple of years before I need to transfer it to a larger pot. It's kept outside by our conservatory so not in a particularly exposed spot, but I could always move it to somewhere more sheltered over winter.
It did produce some hops this year, but they were quite small so I'm hoping that as it's still a young plant, the harvest will be greater next year.
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Replanted my East Kent Goldings and pearl last winter onto the allotment a massive root system more like a shrub with roots as thick as inch a half, I don't think they liked it as the crop was very poor only 300g.
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I have new shoots appearing from my hop plant so should I cut the old ones right back to the base of the plant
I've attached photo to illustrate
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Sut4enXbLbE9vCRT9
I've attached photo to illustrate
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Sut4enXbLbE9vCRT9
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I would plus you only need 4/5 bines out of the loads you've got but I'd wait a few more weeks before removing the others in case we get late significant frosts - then remove the weakest looking ones.adamzworld wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 1:17 pmI have new shoots appearing from my hop plant so should I cut the old ones right back to the base of the plant
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Thanks for the feedback and that's a good point about the frosts as I remember in recent years having snowfall in March! I'll leave it until early April and remove the weakest bines.Meatymc wrote: ↑Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:17 amI would plus you only need 4/5 bines out of the loads you've got but I'd wait a few more weeks before removing the others in case we get late significant frosts - then remove the weakest looking ones.adamzworld wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 1:17 pmI have new shoots appearing from my hop plant so should I cut the old ones right back to the base of the plant
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There are some wild hops growing near where I live and have tried to take some cuttings to grow from, but haven't had much luck.
I was wondering would I take the cutting from lower down the stem, ie nearer to the root end, or nearer the top of one of the shoots?
TIA
I was wondering would I take the cutting from lower down the stem, ie nearer to the root end, or nearer the top of one of the shoots?
TIA
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I use the layering method, or you can split the rhizome at the root.
https://twothirstygardeners.co.uk/2016/ ... -its-easy/
https://twothirstygardeners.co.uk/2016/ ... -its-easy/
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Thanks Chug, funnily enough the Two Thirsty Gardeners website was the one that I referred to originally, but it doesn't seem to say which part of the stem you should take the cutting from. Looking at the photos, it appears to be the lower part. The other problem I had was trying to find a stem with three pairs of leaves as they all only appeared to have two pairs.Chug wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:08 amI use the layering method, or you can split the rhizome at the root.
https://twothirstygardeners.co.uk/2016/ ... -its-easy/
On a separate note what do you mean by the layering method, I don't think I've come across that before.
Cheers