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My 1st hop harvest
I got a nice blend of Chinook and Cascade. I say blend because I put the hop bine supports too close together and everything grew together. There was really no sense in trying to separate them out, but I figured these two varieties would make a dry hopping combo. Anyway, this looked like a lot to me, but when everything was nice and dry it only amounted to 11.5 oz of hops! I'm certainly satisfied with the harvest and can't wait to see how much comes out of these next year.
Unfortunately, my Fuggles and Mt. Hood didn't produce enough to bother harvesting this year. It was only the 2nd year for all the hops, so I'm crossing my fingers for the 3rd year to produce a good quantity. Self-sufficiency is great! Cheers!
Looks good! I thought the same thing when I harvested my 2nd year hops this year. I had a couple buckets full of hops and ended up with 12oz dried. Oh well, it was a dramatic increase from last year and I can't wait to see how well they do next year. FWIW, my Fuggles didn't amount to much this year. Maybe 1 oz after they had been dried. Seems like some take their sweet time while others, like C - hops, hit the ground running.
It's beautiful... tear... How did you dry them?
very cool. I think we planted at the same time. I only got 6 cones of cascade this year, and planted 4 varieties. something has been eating them. What did you use for insects, and when did you start to use it. Mine will come right up about 6 feet, just about to bear cones, and then somthing will start eating them from the bottom up.
Looks great.
I did not have any luck with mine this year either - although all 1st year. I also had a problem with ants eating the leaves. Need to find a good remedy for this come spring.
I dried the hops just as you see them. They are lying on flattened out paper bags to help wick away the moisture in the hops as it evaporates. They just sat on the table in my garage for about 4 days.
I didn't use anything on the hops to deter pests, but I didn't notice any bug damage throughout the year either. When I did harvest the cones they did have some aphids on them but there was no apparent damage and the bugs left as the hops dried. I did use a ton of spent grain as mulch on the mounds as well as grass clippings from the yard, so I think they got plenty of nutrients to help with growth over the summer.
A good way to dry your hops is to lay them flat on a clean window screen and if possible hang them in the rafters of your garage.
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