Anyone have hops up yet?

RobMac · June 28, 2017, 06:15:38 PM

I put up a trellis 10 ft tall and I guess I should have made it twice as tall. Cascade is already reaching for the sky past the 10 ft mark. Anybody got any sky hooks?

Two Wheeler · August 13, 2017, 07:59:59 PM

First cones are appearing!

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ECH · August 13, 2017, 09:08:20 PM

Mine didn't do much. The 2 centennial grew maybe 6ft and stopped. The Golding maybe 4ft and stopped and the Fuggles maybe 3ft.

First centennial has about 8-10 cones on it, the 2nd one just has a few starting.

Don't know if it is the location or the soil, or what. Going to walk the manure to them this fall and hope for the best next year!

shazapple · August 14, 2017, 06:22:23 PM

Mine are doing fairly well considering the lack of attention I have been giving them. Cones are small this year, not sure if they will size up or need more water.

The last picture is the hersbrucker I got from Roger. Thanks for trying hersbrucker, maybe next year.

Roger · August 29, 2017, 09:05:52 PM

Anyone harvest hops yet?
I harvested my Hersbrucker hops on Sunday but had a poor yield. Only 1.5lbs wet...
My cascade hops are looking decent though.

Two Wheeler · August 30, 2017, 08:36:39 AM

I've been looking at mine, they are about 8 feet above my head but look like they are ready. Didn't get much yield, maybe 50 cones per plant. Probably should have watered more with how dry the season was.

shazapple · August 31, 2017, 08:41:50 AM

I picked my Centennial last night. Got about 80oz (5lbs) wet off of the 5 plants. They are in the top of my garage drying as we speak.

Roger · August 31, 2017, 03:36:38 PM

That's a sweet drying rack! Where did you find that?

mikegraham · August 31, 2017, 06:47:46 PM

So I officially didn't kill the hops this year I got a massive 3 Oz wet hops haha not bad for a first year next year should be good

shazapple · August 31, 2017, 10:12:15 PM

Quote from: Roger on August 31, 2017, 03:36:38 PM
That's a sweet drying rack! Where did you find that?

Amazon. They are "Herb or flower" drying racks.

shazapple · September 06, 2017, 09:38:05 PM

The 80oz of centennial dried down to 23oz. Last year I only got 6oz so a big improvement. I picked the cascade tonight and only got 146oz, way down from last year so fertilizer and water are on the docket for next year.

Roger · September 06, 2017, 10:07:35 PM

I harvested my cascade hops on Sunday and got 7lbs wet about the same as last year. But the lack of rain is likely the reason for your lower yield.