Chinook

Chinook hop sprouting up. Warm then cold. They may be confused.

Chinnok hops from first year bines

We went down to the hop field, this evening. Roasted some hotdogs and picked a row of first year Chinnok hops. The row of Chinnok did very well. They were the first planted this spring and were at the bottom

First year chinook hops

This first year Chinook hop plant has done exceptionally well since starting from a rhizome just a few months ago. It’s vined over 8 feet tall and has some big beautiful hop cones. I think it’s a combination of the

First year Chinook hops climbing and forming burrs

Starting to climb

Chinook Hops starting to climb. It’s gone back to being a dry week in Kansas. Have been irrigating every other day.

Hop Signs

Holly has the new hop signs up. I kept threatening to forget what was in each row.