Growing hops at home for brewing or ornamental purposes can be quite rewarding. However, consistently producing healthy hop plants with good cone yields is a bit of an art, but with experience, it is ...

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.

Hop bines grow well along a natural organic rope, Robinson said. Some looking to enhance their backyard might want hops to grow along a trellis, but that move may produce inconsistent results.

Hops can grow up to 25 feet long with thick heavy vines and broad leaves. If you have an area of over-exposure to sun and want to shade the space, hops work very well.

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) ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

A community hop growing scheme in east Kent is set to expand. Hop Along Thanet, a non-profit making organisation which ...