Re: climbers for a southeast facing pergola
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- Subject: Re: climbers for a southeast facing pergola
- From: M* &* L* D*
- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 19:02:30 -0800
>Hops used to be grown commercially on what is now the
> Cal State College campus in Sacramento CA.
>The temperature there was often in the low 100s F.
>The soil was and probably is adobe.
>Liz
>Oakland CA
>
To expand on this, I visited one of the commercial hopyards outside of
Sacramento (at Sloughhouse) in the 1980s. I think the commercial hopyards
are now gone. The hops had no trouble growing under those conditions.
Last year I planted some hops along a west-facing fence where they got a lot
of hot afternoon sun (that was where I had some empty space). Here we are
about 2 or 3 degrees F hotter than Sacramento, but the hops did OK and I was
able to harvest some cones last fall. However, hops need a lot of water,
especially during the heat of summer (they are _not_ a drought-tolerant
plant). Some of the leaves did have some some dieback around the edges.
Also, some cultivars did better than others.
Finally, hops are a very interesting plant!
--Mark
Mark Doster
central San Joaquin Valley, California
USDA zone 9; Sunset zone 9
