Growing hops

[Steve B]

I was just wondering about growing hops. I am at 3700' elev. We have cold
winters, and hot summers. There seems to be a nice window both in the
spring and fall. What's a good site or read on this subject?

Steve

[Ecnerwal]

Post by Steve B
I was just wondering about growing hops. I am at 3700' elev. We have cold
winters, and hot summers. There seems to be a nice window both in the
spring and fall. What's a good site or read on this subject?
Steve

Kinda falling apart with old age and non-updatedness, but good where it
hasn't fallen apart:

http://www.uvm.edu/~pass/perry/hops.html

While they do have a commercial interest, good info at

http://www.freshops.com/

The book "The Homebrewer's Garden" is also decent.

Mostly, they are a happy weed, though they can be prone to Powdery
Mildew. I also get some sort of caterpillar, but not the point of being
an actual problem.

[b***@ureach.com]

latitude is crutical for hops - they need long summer days of the
higher latitudes.

roger

[Steve B]

Post by b***@ureach.com
latitude is crutical for hops - they need long summer days of the
higher latitudes.
roger

I'm at 37 6 15, St. George, Utah, elev. 3700'. Sorry, don't know how to do
the degree symbol.

Is that a good area for growing hops?

Steve

[Dan Logcher]

Post by Steve B

Post by b***@ureach.com
latitude is crutical for hops - they need long summer days of the
higher latitudes.
roger

I'm at 37 6 15, St. George, Utah, elev. 3700'. Sorry, don't know how to do
the degree symbol.
Is that a good area for growing hops?

People around Lat 42° seem to do pretty well..

[Doug Freyburger]

Post by Dan Logcher

Post by Steve B

Post by b***@ureach.com
latitude is crutical for hops - they need long summer days of the
higher latitudes.

I'm at 37 6 15, St. George, Utah, elev. 3700'. Sorry, don't know how to do
the degree symbol.
Is that a good area for growing hops?

People around Lat 42° seem to do pretty well..

Let's see if I understand that right - So it's not the climate it's the
length of sunlight? Therefore higher altitude won't help.

When I lived in LA metro I read I was too far south to grow hops so I
grew an obscure citrus tree for fun. Not useful in brewing that I ever
tried.

Maybe we'll retire to near Portland, OR. Looks like I have a plan for
at least one plant in the garden.

[Étienne]

Hi,

I've been living by 46d 15' north and growing hops for many years very
succesfully : centinial, mount hood, perle and willamette. Every
variaties did well. The essential thing was to have full sunlight for
the very lenght of the day. As trees grow with years, my willamet got
les and less sunglight and produced less and less until I cut a tree so
it got more sun and it produced again.

Cheers,
Étienne

Post by Dan Logcher

Post by b***@ureach.com
latitude is crutical for hops - they need long summer days of the
higher latitudes.
roger

I'm at 37 6 15, St. George, Utah, elev. 3700'. Sorry, don't know how
to do the degree symbol.
Is that a good area for growing hops?

People around Lat 42° seem to do pretty well..

[George]

Post by b***@ureach.com
latitude is crutical for hops - they need long summer days of the
higher latitudes.
roger

Many years ago I drove trucks in Oregon and Washington. Several times I
picked up ~60,000 pounds of hops from warehouses in the Willamette
Valley (~45 degrees N) and hauled them to warehouses in Yakima, WA (~47
degrees N). Those are probably the two biggest hops growing areas in
this country.
The hops were baled in burlap bags that IIRC were about the size of a
typical household water heater and weighed 200 pounds. The smell in the
trailers was unbelievable!

George

[Bob F]

Post by George

Post by b***@ureach.com
latitude is crutical for hops - they need long summer days of the
higher latitudes.
roger

Many years ago I drove trucks in Oregon and Washington. Several
times I picked up ~60,000 pounds of hops from warehouses in the
Willamette Valley (~45 degrees N) and hauled them to warehouses in
Yakima, WA (~47 degrees N). Those are probably the two biggest hops
growing areas in this country.
The hops were baled in burlap bags that IIRC were about the size of a
typical household water heater and weighed 200 pounds. The smell in
the trailers was unbelievable!

LOL! I can believe that!

[b***@ureach.com]

good story