Growing & Harvesting Hops

Gene L'Etoile of Four Star Farms gives a tour of his hop yard in Northfield, MA. Gene shows how hops climb at fascinating speed up tall, vertical trellis' and explains which varietals grow best in Northfield. Watch how fully-matured hops are harvested using a contraption developed by a team of hop growers, brewers, agronomists, and Christopher W. Callahan of Callahan Engineering. It was a project of the University of Vermont, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture and the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources through the USDA Specialty Crops Block Grants Program. Get a better appreciation and understanding of the beginning stages of your favorite beers.

[@DontStopBrent]

This guy did great. I normally won’t watch 7 min of anything. But off the cuff, he didn’t stammer around. He packed tons of info into his time and it was interesting and a pleasure for this homebrewer to watch. Kudos.

[@doogiek13]

I stopped by today on a bike ride and chatted up one of the family, a young woman. Thank you for taking time to indulge by questions and interest. My wife and I have some hops growing on our arbor over our deck and we will be traveling to Yakima Washington to my wife's cousins 850 acre hop farm next September. Looks like a great operation you have going. I hope your investment pays off. I will do my best by drinking local beer!

[@ВладиславКононов-л5н]

So many information in such a short video! Thank you very much!

[@krismeese3541]

This was a fantastic video thanks from High Altitude Hops in Larkspur Colorado growing hops at 7,600 feet

[@donthavetoargue]

Thank you for this video, I cant stop admiring the openness and passion for the topic!

[@Mr13Gauthier]

Wow! Thank you for that. Got right to the point.

[@ChuckInReno]

What a great introduction to commercial hop growing. I've been growing in my backyard in Northern Nevada for about 10 years, and I'm thinking about going commercial. It looks like a pretty serious undertaking! Thanks for the insights.

[@Vunderbread]

So much valuable information here, A+ video

[@freedok]

Very informative. Thanks!

[@TheRobertralph]

Really nicely done video. It was fun watching and I liked learning.

[@angelise3188]

This is so random and awesome

[@mic88ed]

Great Video from being to end. Thanks

[@Qingeaton]

Put some hops in a few years ago in mid Missouri and they never really made much here. This year, I'm getting a few and I wanted to see how they look when grown professionally.
Oh, so you need more than a farm fence for them then. lol good to know.
Black locust should work for poles. Thanks.

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Yes, very informative... thank you!

[@sonicbooom5387]

Learned alot by watching this video thank you

[@captain_the_puggy8486]

Thanks for posting this video. Loving your work :)

[@Ash-pe7kx]

Thanks this is a nice overview. I have 2 questions about the initial phase. When you started do you buy seeds or rhizomes? And do you use the same rhizomes each year or do you have to buy new ones each year?

[@Withnail1969]

very interesting video.

[@lilcurtie]

hello I watch your video and I learned alot for it I live in upstate NY and I want to start growing hope what is a good starting point for a first time grower

[@boatbuilder1954]

Very interesting Thank You!

[@dakotablackstone4486]

Great video

[@the4thj]

I LOVE YOU SIR beer!

[@edwardbly877]

I watched some large scale harvesting. The hops in large scale operations go through significant ly more time in processing . Your hops are probably fresher with less oxidation and loss of Lupulin glands.

[@fryloc359]

Do they need a lot of direct sunlight?

[@Montecitodesign]

How about vacuum packed with a N2 flush?

[@Kwin9]

Thanks for sharing

[@BenjaminRadoslovich]

where do I get your plans for this?

[@Doormaster77]

how far apart are the poles? How wide do you make the rows for equipment to drive through?

[@jamesvaughn6399]

How much does a hop seperater like that cost?

[@andriuslaboka6488]

Hola everybody. Can anyone recommend dry hop seller for hop export to Europe?

[@josephdupont]

I have some vines which kind of look like hopes. the vine has spines to grab other plants.

[@discountvacationrentals]

Gene, Thank you for the video. A lot of information and motivating to have my own hop-farm one day. Thanks for all the tips!

[@surajeyyanithara]

I would like to get hops rhizomes for home garden

[@brandonchasesmith3934]

Degree on that freezer is crucial*. You wanna go cold but not too cold boss☆

[@HopsteinerDeutschland]

Yeah! Very informative :)

[@arunvishwakarma8538]

Where we get seed??

[@DontStopBrent]

Follow up video?

[@nagasreenumallipudi183]

Sir I want seeds of hops. How can I get them , where can I get them sir ,please give me information

[@Adol666]

You dont really want the seeds. With seeds you will get some male hops plants. They will also end up seeding your female cones. You dont want hopes with seeds in them. Buy Hop Rhizomes(roots) and grow female clones from that.

[@nagasreenumallipudi183]

How can I buy rhizomes, where can I get them

[@Adol666]

Google: Hop Rhizomes

[@singalarajuyadav2990]

We can try these in India

[@thomasLG2]

Can we smoke beer out of it bruh ?

[@HaikuAutomation]

Very nice video indeed. Growing hops for the past 3 years at 8650+ feet in CO. My HAH is higher than your HAH :)

[@newbiegardener3980]

I would post a comment but I see you don't reply to any of them- darn it!! I just posted a comment!

[@rexbahr3416]

4 U that do not know HOPS is for BEER

[@richardmarquez7349]

Can you top them to promote horizontal growth