hey everybody,
I didn't realize there was such an interest in the cascade plants.
If anybody who wants them lets me know in the comments here Ill know how many i need to pot up and get rooted for next month. if i get enough notice i should be able to get as many as needed.
Also anybody interest in Bramley X plants, there a bit more accustomed to Irish climate but grow a lot slower, I should be able to start taking cutting from it by the end of the month
next year i should be able to have target cuttings (thanks ColMack :)), and something else that I have no idea what it is but took cuttings from it growing wild in a hedge.
I have a goal to have as many variety's as possible and slowly collect them over the year and ofc share with all the brewing lads, so if anybody has any to share or trade let me know (im especially interested in getting some Golding or fuggles)
note on cascades:
There a US hop and love high amounts of nitrogen and heat and little wind, so basically a south facing wall(preferably sheltered from winds) . slugs annihilate them very quickly outdoors so they need protection from them, i find broken up eggshells around the base of the plant effective.
I'll take a cutting of both thanks
If you are ever down in Cork, give me a shout, as have fuggles, challenger, target, progress, cascade and a young chinook plant. I've recently passed on a good few plants to the Fran Well, so once they get established there, there should be plenty of root stock for anyone who is interested.
Fuggles seems like the best performer in our climate.
Thanks for the Brambling Cross Pat. Love the idea of the mini green house from the waqter bottle. Will photo it and stick it up as a brill idea.
Quote from: buttercups on May 13, 2014, 09:15:37 PM
note on cascades:
There a US hop and love high amounts of nitrogen and heat and little wind, so basically a south facing wall(preferably sheltered from winds) . slugs annihilate them very quickly outdoors so they need protection from them, i find broken up eggshells around the base of the plant effective.
Interesting that you say that - I have a selection of cuttings planted outside, a variety of English, German and a Cascade. The English varieties (Fuggles, Challenger and EKG) are all flying, the German (Hallertau and Saaz) are up but nowhere near as good as the English ones. The Cascade started off earlier than the rest then got blitzed to the ground by something, probably slugs. I protected it with a cut-off bottle top and it took off again, then it just recently got done again, and isn't showing any signs of any more growth, reckon it's gone. Will try the eggshells but it's probably too late at this stage.
@Dr Horrible
yea slugs love the variety for some reason, I love the gardening so it lends an advantage when trying to grow hops. if its over a year old it could likely come back again, I find there quite hard to kill... my outdoor one sprouted about 6 new heads and grew a foot this week alone with the heat we have had. other hops dont seem to have the problem but also as you've seen dont start for a month or two after the cascade.
@Taf
That sounds awesome ill certainly be down that way mid-late summer if you have a few rooted for me :) ill bring you down a bramley (and a few pints ;))
@Will_D
no problem, I generally use them for cuttings instead of standard clear plastic bags, useally more effective and you can tell when its properly rooted :) cheers will have to let me know if it take soff well for you
You can make a slug trap by putting a plastic cup in the ground and half filling it with beer. They can't resist it normally.
Are they fussy? Maybe there's Craft drinkers among them...
They think the blue pellets I put down for them are Viagra WOOO HAAAAA AAAA!!
Stupid fekkers >:D
Hi Pat,
do you still have you any shoots to give away?
Keep me in mind if you do.
Cheers.
@Buttercups
I got back from the tasting night and went to plant my hops - only to find the plant missing !!
I then found it on the floor on the kitchen clear of all soil
"Who the heck did that", but after some sherlock holmes deductions I realised I was alone in the house and it was probably me !
Anyways I proceeded to plant it and went to stockholm for the week (expectations were pretty low at this point!!)
The original spur was dead but a new shoot and grown up for the corpse !
So I now have a 3 inch plant growing, I have it in a lot of light so fingers crossed !!
I think it was cascade - right ??
The strength of the beverages makes me question that now !
Do you at remember that you took 'my' plant and said that you'll give me some cuttings? :P
Did I ?
How outrageous ! :P
I will do you up a nice flower pot with cuttings growing - might take a few weeks to get to that stage though !
My Bramling Cross is doing nicely.
@Nigel: Was that a Hallertauer cutting? I seem to have forgotten!
It was a tettnanger. Is it doing alright?
Quote from: nigel_c on May 26, 2014, 07:40:28 PM
It was a tettnanger. Is it doing alright?
Cheers Nigel,
Yes, hanging in there!
Mine looks like something out of little shop of horrors last time i saw it. Its already much bigger than last years. Thicker more sturdy. Its in a greenhouse and is to the roof and half way down the length of it. Should be a good crop this year.
Here is mine, which I kidnapped from Jacob !
Jacob, you are allowed visitation rights, and should she have children.... ;)
Don't want to hijack the thread but you seem like the fella to ask Buttercups. I found hops growing wild last year, would now be a good time to take a cutting to try and grow on at home?
yea Id say so i took a cutting of one i found growing in a hedge I noticed last year had hops on it about 3 weeks ago and its taken off now. no idea the variety but its gonna be interesting XD
Good stuff, no idea what these are either. I found them growing along a train track. Took about two feet of cuttings and divided them up into pots with compost from a grow bag, don't want to jinx it but all seem to be growing on. Hope they take root now.