growing hops for decor

[rajung]

So I bought 2 Chinook hop roots, not sure what they are called. I plan to grow them in 2 half whiskey barrels one on ea side of a screened in Gazebo.
Am I creating a monster? just thought they look nice but worried they might attack and ruin the screen fabric.

 

[jtburf]

Since you are growing in a container you can limit spreading. if they go to seed remember mother nature will send them where ever you do not want them.

They should look great though, A lot of harvestable crops can look great in a small container setting!!

John

 

[rajung]

thanks, do want to contain the growth and not a creeping Charlie or pampas grass outbreak effect.

 

[Rattus Suffocatus]

I moved from Iowa, and most hop varieties do reasonably well there, but certain ones like Cascade do grow like weeds. Compared to other plants there, though they are relatively tame. I planted Centennial and got nothing for two years. Only when selling my house did I have something I could have brewed from. Oh well. You should be fine, prune off any that becomes a problem. I used to live 20 miles north of Cedar Rapids, so same sort of weather as Cedar Falls.

They are called rhizomes, btw. That guarantees you got a female plant, which you want if you are going to use the hops for brewing.

 

[rajung]

Arizona huh! been trying to get the wife to leave the winters here for that same place, no luck. Planted them in containers about 3 weeks ago, showed very slow growth, now about 1" a day.
Do they like dry or moist soil? have been getting a lot of rain but with containers as with raised bed gardens, they do dry out faster than direct soil placement.

 

[Rattus Suffocatus]

They like it like the climate of the pacific northwest, so I would say wet and partially shaded. They are peculiar in that they need a hard freeze yearly so even though they do grow them here in Arizona I am about 2000' too low to likely have any success here.