I am thinking about growing some hops

[colterw]

Hey OTMP’s,

I am thinking about growing some hops and was curious, what are the best ones to grow in CO? I am
Sure there a bunch of varieties I could do but I courteous what grown the best here.

Cheers

Serving: Brooks Irish Red 4.8% ABV
Serving: Robert's IPA
Fermenting: We Are The Dreamer of Dreams (NEIPA)

[evan.sherlock]

Talk to Andrew Voss. He is the hop king. I know he is willing to trade rhizomes for labor.

I have done hops in my front yard for 3 years now. I currently have Cascade, Chinook and Pacific Gem. The Cascade and Chinook do fantastic and produce well, the Pacific Gem grows well but the hops are so tiny that they dont work out that well to harvest and brew with.

I do have some more on order as of this week. I ordered up some Nugget, Magnum, Mt. Hood, and Goldings. Hoping these new ones work out as these varieties are much closer to what I do brew with.

[Spauld]

Yep, Voss will know for sure. I have a bunch of Chinook that I’ve had in the ground for about 25 years. They seem to do quite well.

[colterw]

Chinook are great hops I am curious are they like tree trunks after 25 years?

Cheers

Serving: Brooks Irish Red 4.8% ABV
Serving: Robert's IPA
Fermenting: We Are The Dreamer of Dreams (NEIPA)

[Spauld]

LOL, yes….well, at least the rhizomes are!

[Spauld]

LOL, yes….well, at least the rhizomes are!……btw, in my experience, they need to be planted EARLY in the season. Others may have had more success with late plantings, but every rhizome I’ve planted late always seems to struggle.

[colterw]

Like April early?

Cheers

Serving: Brooks Irish Red 4.8% ABV
Serving: Robert's IPA
Fermenting: We Are The Dreamer of Dreams (NEIPA)

[Professor_Sherlock]

You will probably do okay that early. It is sort of like other plants. Year one it makes a home, year two it figures it out and year three total domination.

I elected to keep mine in large pots to keep them contained.

[Spauld]

Yes… EARLY! Mine are already coming up.

[discmonkey]

I’m growing Sterling, Crystal and Multihead. This is their 4th year and they all seem to be handling the environment well.

[colterw]

I got my ryzomes today 2 Cascade and 2 MT Hood. I am going to plant them this week.

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Cheers

Serving: Brooks Irish Red 4.8% ABV
Serving: Robert's IPA
Fermenting: We Are The Dreamer of Dreams (NEIPA)

[Spauld]

Nice! They will want to climb right away. The quicker you can give them a line to wiggle up, the better. If left to wander about on the ground, they tend to struggle.

[Spauld]

They were barely out of the ground last Friday….now they’re going nuts! They love this warm weather.

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[evan.sherlock]

Got some new rhizomes in the mail today.

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[colterw]

We may need to start a garden hop swap!!!

Cheers

Serving: Brooks Irish Red 4.8% ABV
Serving: Robert's IPA
Fermenting: We Are The Dreamer of Dreams (NEIPA)

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