Hop Cloning - Grow Your Own!

[@David-sb7vg]

Good garden clinic mate - cheers!

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

Thanks for watching mate! Cheers!

[@fishmut]

Gosh been meaning to get a hops plant , ebay has some for those that want to know. usualy buy the hops for my brews but i think its time to grow my own . cheers drink your beers . thumbs up liked and subscribed, very good video to by the way.

[@steve45ca]

Great video Gash. I hop grower in Ontario posted last fall they were cloning hops. I was planning on do that this spring with a few of the new shoots when mine come up. I use my hops, although for bittering its a gamble, but mine have turned out great. Cheers!

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

Cool Steve, Mine are nearly ready but we are getting hammered with hot days again around 40c for a week, not sure they make it through! Cheers!

[@deanclapham123]

great to see some aussie grown backyard hops. just picked half my cascades & used in a no chill brew. can't wait cheers gash.

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

Cheers Dean! This was filmed last week the first crop isnt quite ready still!

[@deanclapham123]

Gash Slugg, I'm in the huntervalley nsw, got 250g dried so far n more to come as they ripen. 2 years prior i got 1.4kg dry. love the cat comment at the start too. Cheers

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

nice! I haven't picked the last 2 or 3 years be interesting to see this year, although been hammered last few days with wind and heat.

[@deanclapham123]

True mate, i recon in total I'll get 600gs. Heat has been killer up here too. Enjoy your vids, u do a great job. Haven't done AG for 2 years so getting back into it

[@Zulanderr]

thanks for the vid- when i was cutting back my own plant growing on a veranda in central tokyo, I didnt intend to propagate the plant but for some reason i cut off about 4 inches and stuck it in a pot, curious to see how long it survived, and it is now thriving. Repeated several times to give plants to friends.

[@andrewthomas3985]

Mate that video quality was fantastic!!

[@TonyYates]

Great advice and nice looking hops! Video quality is great actually, probably best I've seen from you. Cheers!

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

Cheers Tony, I think being outside helped a lot with the lighting, in the garage everything looks a weird hue from the light reflecting off the driveway, and yep the phone has a better camera then my cam does by a mile! Cheers mate

[@chrisa3525]

The hop plant looks great, I've never had fresh hops in a beer. I must get planting. Cheers

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

Its a different flavour but a good flavour, actually prefer pellets lol I guess you'd call it 'green' Cheers Chris!

[@HuntsmanBrewing]

they look bloody good mate. Cheers Tim

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

They should be! Cheers Tim!

[@Jasbo001]

Top stuff! Nothing like home grown freshness! What happens in the picking and storing process before boiling or dry hoping in the FV? Do you just cut them up and store in glad bags? Thanks Gash!

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

You just pick them when they are ready and you can dry them on fly screens or in a dehydrator, or use them immediately. Once dried yep just vacuum pack and freeze or fridge! Cheers!

[@94Vape]

Nice video Gash, I'm new to brewing, like when I say new I mean I just bottled my first brew, I used 1 can of Thomas Cooper Brew A IPA, 1kg of beer belly light dry malt and 5 days on I dry hopped with 100 grams of galaxy, I love hoppy beers and love my coopers session, does Bunnings still sell hop plants? Would buy a s**t load as I have a pretty sizeable back yard. Cheers for the great content mate and cheers 👍

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

They do, but often hard to find, go and talk to some one in the nursery that has some pull or does the ordering and ask, other wise I'm not sure I can send stuff like that across the border, but there are places you can buy the rhizomes, even check ebay, though be careful, check reviews etc

[@benfuller3073]

Great Video mate, i've got cascade and Chinook on the go at the moment, first time so looking forward to the result. They've started properly climbing now, the growth is crazy! Bit worried about the excess trub of whole hops but reckon its worth a go.

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

They grow like mad when happy, easy 6 inches a day sometimes! They soak up a lot of wort, good to put them in a big grain bag so you can pull em out and squeeze it at the end if you feel the need. Cheers mate!

[@toddtab3048]

Gash, you da man! i always thought i had to be in Tassie to grow these, but am just about to go to Bunnings and try my luck. here in Newy, we get pretty cold winters (i think your on the CC yeah?) love the vids mate. keep up the good work. cheers

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

I live in melbourne now mate, but I think you should give it a go to grow one in newcastle, you'd get at least one year out of it, if the winter is cold enough you might get more. I dont think you'll find them in bunnings now though they have all died off now, maybe in spring. Cheers mate! I might dig mine up soon and see if I can divide it. Cheers mate!

[@toddtab3048]

Gash Slugg cheers. your the guy that taught me how to keg (through youtube). sorry you moved to mexico. 😉 go the blues!

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

GO the BLUESSSSSSSSS

[@andy1982222]

I have never seen hops in Bunnings what type of weather do they like

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

I guess moderate temps, they grow best in the southern states of Australia, they like a cold winter as they go dormant. Cheers!

[@andy1982222]

The Home Brew Network so trying to grow them in Townsville would b a silly idea then lol

[@FloorSweepersUnion]

Cheers for a he cutting tips! Mine hasn't flowered after 2 years....maybe not enough sun!? I've just got a bushy hop hedge HHBW

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

I had one for over 5 years that never flowered, that's why I replaced it with this one. Cheers!

[@jcinsaniac]

Most awesome - video quality excellent. I always learn something from your channel. It is rhizome time here in the US, I thought about starting some hops but decided I was not prepared this year...maybe next year. Do you think it might be successful planting and producing hops in a greenhouse/hothouse? I wonder if you might simulate 2 seasons' growth in 1 year in a hothouse? And as always - thanks for sharing your techniques and tricks - it is much appreciated!

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

I don't think they would, they aren't really humid type plants and they need that cold spell over winter to die off so they grow healthy each year. Thanks for watching mate!

[@grahamrdyer6322]

Thanks for uploading mate.

[@rob5831]

Thanks for the info Gash, top effort.

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

Cheers Rob!

[@nickhenley8040]

Always wanted to grow some hops. Now to find a plant!

[@StassBrewing]

nice - your cascade is looking way better than mine. however, it has been attacked by catapillars and then got scorched in summer. taking a cutting or two would be a cool idea. Cheers!

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

Cheers Stass, thanks for watching mate!

[@bradbutler53]

I'll give it a go ...cheers mate

[@kevinstanton7338]

is that the tree, or vine?

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

Just a regular hop vine, I havent heard of hop trees? Cheers Kevin!

[@kevinstanton7338]

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[@bradbutler53]

Hey Gash do think there is any chance hops would grow in Brisbane or is the climalte not suitable? Cheers mate.

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

Really depends on where in brissy you are and the spot you have for them, they need a fairly cold winter, but I know it used to get to near bloody zero while I was on night shift at the EKKA! Worth a shot. Cheers

[@Peersy_23]

Looks dead easy mate. cheers!

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

Simple Nick, it grows like a weed if its happy! Cheers

[@Peersy_23]

Good news. I'm picking up a couple of plants this week, bit late but it'll be fine I reckon.

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

YEah chuck em in, bit late but they'll grow a bit

[@bansilalmali9127]

Where can we gate Hope plants

[@surfshaggy]

good work with the vids champ keep it up and help out us newbies :)

[@lockie172rocks9]

Hey Mate. How do you know when they are ready to pick?

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

They get really papery and the yellow lupin or pollen starts falling out, and they smell really good!

[@jasonburns1407]

Can you buy the plant in a pot? If you can where from ?

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

I got that one from bunnings, but you can get them from www.whitehousenursery.com.au/hops/ . Ebay often has them too. Most are sold as the rhizome Cheers

[@norfolkhillbilly]

hopefully do this with mine next year

[@beanhamhomebrew1808]

Nice update gash will give this a go

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

Thanks for watching mate! Cheers!

[@kegkingdom8966]

40c wow we struggling to get over 3c here in the uk brrr 🍻

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

yep bloody hot! :)

[@MSKChess]

you are so lucky we cannot grow hops in Scotland :(

[@HomeBrewNetwork]

bugger!