Growing Hops Yourself

Overwinter Hop Plants

Overwinter hop plants with a layer of mulch. Leaves, grass, hay or straw will protect hop crowns from sub-zero temperatures of a Minnesota winter.

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Overwinter Hop Plants

Nugget Hops Harvest

Nugget hops harvest used for bittering sweet beer wort. These hop bines reached 23 feet tall as hop plants are fast growing plants.

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Nugget Hops Harvest

Beer Hops Harvest

Hop cone harvest - this is what it is all about. Hops are not difficult to grow. If you can grow a weed, you can grow hops. A little science and your growing hops will flourish (or you may be lucky with your soil and they will rock despite your ignorance). Like the great philosopher Nike says "Just Do It"!

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Beer Hops Harvest

Hop Cones

The hops are maturing at different rates according to the hop variety. Cascade hop cones the biggest followed by Magnum hop cones and the Nugget hops are still burrs.

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Hop Cones

Hop Garden

Hop gardens are fun to watch as they can grow up to a foot a day! Fast growing, fragrant and beautiful hops.

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Hop Garden

Hops

Hops have reached the top of the rigged hop trellis. Growing hops with this method has produced impressive hop bines. Now for the hop vines to fill in with lateral hop shoots and lots of hop cones (hop flowers).

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Hops

Hop Plants

Hop plants are growing like crazy upwards and outwards. Just a matter of time before the hop cones start appearing.

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Hop Plants

Cascade Hops

The Cascade hops overtook the Nugget hops in hop bine height. The Nugget hops had been the leader until a couple of days ago. The Magnum hops are way behind.

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Cascade Hops

Hop Bines Humulus Lupulus

The hop bine race is on, who will win? Cascades hops, Nugget hops or the Magnum hop plant? Currently Nugget followed by Cascade and in 3rd place, Magnum hops.

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Hop Bines Humulus Lupulus

First Year Hops

First year hop bines are nowhere near where second and subsequent year hop bines would be. The majority of the first year's energy goes into establishing the root stalk also known as the crown.

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First Year Hops