Weekend Postcard: Hop Vines in the Garden

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.

Published by Norm Benson

My name is Norm Benson and I'm currently researching and writing a biography of Walter C. Lowdermilk. In addition to being a writer, I'm an avid homebrewer. I'm also a registered professional forester in California with thirty-five years of experience. My background includes forest management, fire fighting, law enforcement, teaching, and public information.

4 thoughts on “Weekend Postcard: Hop Vines in the Garden

  1. Dear Norm, this is not other thing than a fucking nasty & hungry Rubus sp. (maybe, sure, I´m wrong) (Kill it !!!!!!!!) Miss you a lot. Soon I´ll be “molesting” all of you. And I would ask for help if needed. Love you. Alicia.

  2. I will agree with you, it does resemble a member of the Rubus family. However, it is similar to the others that I have sprouting from the rhizomes that I planted. If I get berries instead of hop cones, it gets the glyphosate treatment.

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