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- Pull hops as a climbing plant in the garden
- Pull hops in a pot or outdoors
- So big is hops as a climber
- Hops are twisting in a clockwise direction
- Do not put too close to property boundaries
- Tips
Hops is a fast growing climber
Pull hops as a climbing plant in the garden
Hops belong to the fast-awake climbers, which are very well suited as a screen for the balcony or the pergola. The perennial plant grows very fast and reaches several meters in height.
Pull hops in a pot or outdoors
Hops can not only be cultivated in the field, but is also well suited as a container plant.
In the pot, the climber needs a little more care. It must be watered regularly, and waterlogging is essential.
So big is hops as a climber
Wild hops manage to reach nine meters in one summer. Cultivated hops, which is pulled as a climbing plant, it brings on at least seven meters. If the site and weather conditions are correct, the hops grow on average ten centimeters per day.
Hops form many sprouts from which creeping shoots develop. Except for four to six tendrils, you should remove all new branches. If more shoots remain, the climber will not be so high.
For growing, hops need a climbing aid. It can consist of tensioned wires or plant rods. When planting on balconies or on the pergola, the balcony railing or scaffolding is used as a climbing aid.
Hops are twisting in a clockwise direction
This point is very important if the hop is to grow tall. The tendrils always wind to the right around the plant support. If they are turned to the left, the climber does not grow at all or only very little further. Only when the tendrils are led back to the right, the normal growth sets in again.
Do not put too close to property boundaries
Hops not only grow very high, they also spread strongly through their roots.
If you want to plant a screen at the fence, keep enough distance to the neighboring plot. Otherwise, the neighbor may feel disturbed and annoyed about spurs in his garden.
How big the distance to the fence must be, is regulated in the regulations of the local municipality.
Tips
From the female flowers of the hops develop in late summer, the typical, cone-shaped fruits. They can be harvested and used in the kitchen or for brewing beer. Use only ripe fruits that have not turned brown yet.