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Offline travjohn92

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growing hops hydroponically
« on: March 29, 2013, 02:33:35 pm »
Has anyone had any experience with growing hops in a hydroponic environment? My neighbor has a hydropnic system for growing flowers and vegetables and he said we could experiment with some rhizomes.  Before I engage in it just want to know if there is any feedback from the forum.
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Re: growing hops hydroponically
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2013, 02:37:42 pm »
Never done it, but hops are said to like dry feet. That is, well drained soil so they don't have root rot, or get a fungal infection (that may be a problem with hydroponics).
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Re: growing hops hydroponically
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2013, 03:10:23 pm »
Several years ago a guy started a thread on realbeer.com about his attempt to hydroponically grow hops.  After a long growing season he abandoned the project as a complete failure.  He managed to get a few sickly leaves to grow but that was the extent of it.  Part of the problem is having a room 20' tall for them to grow in.
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Re: growing hops hydroponically
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2013, 03:24:45 pm »
Hydroponics can be done outside...
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Re: growing hops hydroponically
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2013, 06:45:33 pm »
Hydroponics can be done outside...

Yep. Here in CO lots of people grow the dank outdoors with hydro. I got my mom to plant hops in her garden last year and they didn't do much. I expect to maybe get a harvest in the 3rd year.
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Re: growing hops hydroponically
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2014, 08:28:10 am »
So I know it's been awhile, but yes hydro can be done with hops and done well!  Our place is in Colorado!  I wanted to add some photos, but can't seem to figure that out...

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Re: growing hops hydroponically
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2014, 08:35:09 am »
So I know it's been awhile, but yes hydro can be done with hops and done well!  Our place is in Colorado!  I wanted to add some photos, but can't seem to figure that out...

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