If you're new to growing hops, or if you've had mixed success in the past, September planting might be just what you need to turn your hop-growing efforts into a fruitful harvest.

Hops may look like buds, but they are actually small flowers that grow vertically on bines. A perennial plant, they thrive between the 50th and 40th parallels, but can grow as low as the 30th ...

Hops may look like buds, but they are actually small flowers that grow vertically on bines. A perennial plant, they thrive between the 50th and 40th parallels, but can grow as low as the 30th ...

Dietrich Gehring, owner of Indian Ladder Farms Cidery and Brewery, checks over the hops growing at Indian Ladder Farms on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, in Altamont, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) ...

High above the narrow dirt rows lie future beers waiting for a home.

But growing hops on a commercial scale is labor intensive and expensive. Adapting to a region’s challenges, like installing LED grow lights and an irrigation system, is a financial investment ...

Hops grow best when given a minimum of 16 hours of sunlight, which is available at latitudes of 35 degrees and above. Florida’s uppermost latitude reaches just 31 degrees, UF/IFAS said.

Growing hops is big business. In 2016, the Yakima Valley hop crop was valued at about $380 million. The crop has a far-reaching economic impact on the local economy—things like farming equipment, ...

Not long ago, enthusiasts foresaw a day when many San Diego beers would feature San Diego hops, the oily cones that lend beer numerous enticing flavors and aromas. When the San Diego Hop Growers ...

Hops may look like buds, but they are actually small flowers that grow vertically on bines. A perennial plant, they thrive ...