Zeus hops growing in a halved wine barrel.

Hop plants are technically bines and not vines; vines use tendrils to grow and bines do not.

Nevertheless, this bine is a Zeus hop (Humulus lupulus var. whotheheckknowsii, part of the CTZ–Columbus, Tomahawk, Zeus–hops triad). I have planted approximately 20 hop rhizomes inside containers around the house. I have hung wire from my decks down to the containers, a drop of ten to twelve feet. The few that have popped up seem to migrate to the wires pretty readily.

For more information about growing your own hops:

• Growing Hops in Containers. (byo.com)
• Growing Hops. (growinghopsyourself.com)
• Where to Buy Hop Rhizomes (growinghopsyourself.com)
• Hops in Southern California. (rootsimple.com)
• Hot water treatment of hop rhizomes for nematode control. (californiaagriculture.ucanr.org)