hi all, has anybody got a hop plant for sale (female) or else do you know where i could buy one?
I live in bray, co.wicklow.
Cheers
Colin
http://www.thesecretgardener.com/5724/general/humulus-lupus-fuggle/
try this place as a long shot
I get my plants from essentiallyhops.co.uk , 8 pound approx per rhyzome.
Cheers man
Willingham Nurseries (UK) and Eickelmann (Germany) are great also.
Ask nicely and you might get something from the forum. But not for another couple of months, I'd say.
will wait patiently so 8)
I see the beerguru.ie is selling hop rhizomes ! 2.50 euro might but 1 of each myself.
Challenger and goldings
Quote from: beer buddha on January 30, 2014, 09:48:37 AM
I see the beerguru.ie is selling hop rhizomes ! 2.50 euro might but 1 of each myself.
Challenger and goldings
I cant seem to get onto "beerguru.ie" . . . whats the exact address?
Is it the homebrewguru.ie ?
Aye, just seen it. The last thing I need is another feckin' hop plant, but for two fiddy and max 4 bucks postage? I'd be stupid not to.
thanks for the heads up - think i will get some - whats the craic - plant inside now and out in April?
Quote from: Danny(00833827) on January 30, 2014, 11:14:24 PM
thanks for the heads up - think i will get some - whats the craic - plant inside now and out in April?
in short words - yes.
Man can never have too many hop plants. With two I'm going to pick up from hbg tomorrow itll be five. Shell go mad. Btw ivy is in the way but thankfully its three year old plant so it has to go.
If you're near the sea and unlikely to get a frost, outside is fine. Otherwise pot up and keep wrapped up in something like newspaper, or in a shed or something. No need for the windowsill though.
They work ok in pots long term, but if you can get it in the ground...
I've got about 40 hop plants. :-[
Got a bit hop-happy.
cheers - i left it too late last year to get anything going so keen to get something planted this year. Im not near the coast so will put them in at night till the risk has passed - the garden is decent sized with plenty of light and the soil is good - i grow veg pretty successfully every year so i would hope for a few cones from these.
cool if anyone has them spare i will give them a good home ;-)
Sorry about the wrong name but you found the correct one so all good.
Some info i found usefull for planting my hops. I planted 2 more plants last week. I was advised by the hop farm to use john inns no3 compost. Description below. Hope its usefull for someone.
John Innes No.3 is the formula developed for re- potting or planting out mature plants.
Vitax John Innes No.3 is a loam-based compost with a reduced peat mix and a plentiful supply of nutrients for heavy feeding plants, vegetables and fruit. The high quality peat used in the compost is from an exclusive Irish source and, combined with the loam, provides an ideal air/water balance, retains water whilst allowing adequate drainage, and is easy to rewet.
The rich nutrient content includes high quality Vitax Q4 fertilisers which are approved for use in John Innes mixes.
John Innes No.3 is the perfect choice for most mature plants including heavy feeding vegetables, salad plants, foliage and flowering plants, shrubs and containerised trees.
Excellent!
Checked out that site - the prices aint too bad either!!!!
now to spend an hour trolling through the site buying stuff . . .
I got my co2 regulator and 2 heating elements from that site worked out at a good price but must stop spending now .....so hard. Picked up hop ryzomes also so I'm gonna bung them in the ground like magic beans and see what happens come summer :D
Got the Goldings and Challenger hop rhizomes from homebrewguru.ie Great deal, Mick knows how too look after customers ;) He'll possibly have more varieties to come soon. So watch his site.
Question I've got to advanced hop gardeners is:
What's the best thing to do with em now? plant them in pots and keep indoors till march/april? or wait another few weeks and plant it outside? ???
I ordered mine last nite and will start them off in my little greenhouse in the garden to begin with
A lot depends on where you live and how exposed the site is!
Anyways:
Pot them up in a potting compost using a suitable sized pot (ie. The rhizome fits), if there are any fresh shoots showing just be carfeful handling them.
Water them and let them drain.
Now find a sheltered spot outside or in a cold greenhouse (this is where your location comes into the equation)
they don't need to indoors!
So if you are not too windy/baltic then find a sheltered corner. If you have a cold greenhouse or poly tunnel then in they go.
By March they will be growing nicely and then again you ned to check the weather forecasts
HTH :)
So put in pots, fukk out and wait till march, then plant into beds. Cheers Will.
Anyone still looking for hop plants?
I have a few rhizomes looking for a home.
I plan on planting one of these wild to see how well nature takes care if it.
Quote from: johnrm on February 16, 2014, 02:32:34 PM
I plan on planting one of these wild to see how well nature takes care if it.
Guerilla gardners in the Rebel County - Whatever Next!
Ye'll be trouncing Italians next!
Quote from: johnrm on February 16, 2014, 02:32:34 PM
Anyone still looking for hop plants?
I have a few rhizomes looking for a home.
I plan on planting one of these wild to see how well nature takes care if it.
Hi John I would be very interested in some rhizomes if still available - any variety at all.
Whereabouts are you Danny?
I'd be interested if any available.
(Bray)
Im in Clonmel
I know a lad that is in MSD in Clonmel daily.
I could get him to bring one up.
Bray? I'll weigh one and see what it will cost.
you are a gent - i pass MSD every morning on way to work -
much appreciated
whatcha got John?
They're either Cascade or Fuggles.
Cascade would be great if its not too much trouble (if its hassle posting, then don't worry about it :))
I got my 2 rhizomes (challenger and goldings) from homebrewguru a couple of weeks ago.
Have them potted up in the greenhouse, their little shoots just sticking up out of the soil.
I presume once the weather gets warmer they will really shoot up.
Quote from: fishjam45 on February 16, 2014, 07:53:08 PM
I got my 2 rhizomes (challenger and goldings) from homebrewguru a couple of weeks ago.
Have them potted up in the greenhouse, their little shoots just sticking up out of the soil.
I presume once the weather gets warmer they will really shoot up.
if its anything like last summer, you can nearly watch them grow by the minute
john do you have any left?
I will need to check.
I have a bunch of root cuttings that in potting compost which MIGHT be viable.
@Danny, I've not heard back from my Midleton-Clonmel transporter yet. I must chase him.
no worries John - i can sort out postage if we want to go down that root? (see what i did there? O0)
Never sent text, oops.
the bit of sun over the last week (on and off) has started my rhizomes, they've popped their buds up through the soil
i have seen some folks coating Rhizomes in hormone powder prior to planting - available in Aldi yesterday for 3.99
https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/thursday-27th-february/products-detail-page/ps/p/rooting-powder/
Seriously, no need!
Some of mine are up. Woop!
"Use pesticides carefully/Read the label" :o
Surely as homebrewers most of us are trying to get away from dodgy chemicals in beer/wine/cider etc! Think miller use some sort of modified hop extract that is unaffected by light iirc