We had a bad year for hops (and crops) in 2025- very early hot spell stunted everything. This year is much better; my Centennials are happy and doing great along the front of our deck:
Hops coming along nicely
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I definitely can't grow tomatoes or hops during the summer here. Too damn hot.
Tomato tomatoes.
The plants have plenty of water and sunshine, I find no insects, and they continue to flower…just no fruits, and the plants are browning and wilting a bit. Could be too hot for them. Some varieties cannot handle the 90s (40s C) well.
Plus, here in the US, there is currently a scare for a disease, so far they think it’s linked to lettuce from Mexico, but they’re not sure, so lots of people are avoiding all fresh fruits and vegetables until they get a better handle on it. Thousands have gotten sick and a couple of even died. It’s not that prevalent here in Georgia, but having my own vegetables kind of takes the scare out of it.
Plenty of jalapeños, though, and the eggplant seems pretty happy
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Let's just call it a Canadian Tomato
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I just harvested for the 4th time on my Cascade bines about an ounce and there is what looks like 1 more small harvest left, probably 3-ish weeks out.
That will put me close to 20 ounces of hops this year, a personal best.
I'm in Texas, so the hops can break ground as early as President's day in February, or as late as week 1 of March. The other varieties a bit later. Typically the first harvest is about May time frame, then late June or early July, then early August. Nothing just comes in at the same time.
My prolific bines produce, then, the main bines produce offshoot bines, so I train those and let them run up the rope.
It's a chore, I have them on drip irrigation, I think now it's 20min. every 3 hours for the peak summer temps.
When I was in VA, I got one harvest and that's it. Here, they can grow well into November, but I've never seen production later than ... I think mid Sept. and that was a weak one.
That will put me close to 20 ounces of hops this year, a personal best.
I'm in Texas, so the hops can break ground as early as President's day in February, or as late as week 1 of March. The other varieties a bit later. Typically the first harvest is about May time frame, then late June or early July, then early August. Nothing just comes in at the same time.
My prolific bines produce, then, the main bines produce offshoot bines, so I train those and let them run up the rope.
It's a chore, I have them on drip irrigation, I think now it's 20min. every 3 hours for the peak summer temps.
When I was in VA, I got one harvest and that's it. Here, they can grow well into November, but I've never seen production later than ... I think mid Sept. and that was a weak one.
