As the hops grow, you'll need to keep an eye on them to make sure they're climbing where you want them to. It's amazing how quickly they can grow during the peak season-sometimes several inches a day!

The hop plant is a fast-growing, herbaceous perennial, native to temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere. Only the female plants produce cones for use as hops (the male plants are the pollinators).

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McWhirt has been growing hops at the Fruit Research Station in Clarksville since 2019. She's now testing hop cone quality and yield with varying numbers of hop bines per plant.

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