For this new chapter of our technical column ‘Valente Solutions’, we came to Piombino Dese, on the border between the provinces of Padua and Treviso, to the hop farm of our customer Lup Farm.
The system was built in 2019 using coloured pre-stressed concrete poles which are 6 metres high above ground.
This system features a 10 x 6 post scheme and an inter-row spacing between plants of 3 metres.
The hop variety cultivated is the American Chinook, a quality valued for its bittering power and very strong grapefruit aroma. It is also a variety that performs very well in hot weather; in this case, we can see that it is very lush and is in the pre-flowering phase; despite the heavy rain this year, the plant in the field was very productive and easy to manage.
The customer chose Valente, and particularly the coloured prestressed concrete post, for its strength and stretch characteristics and because it is ideal for those with landscape constraints or looking for a product with a low environmental impact.