2019 hop crop

Took some good pictures of my cones today... need a better photo sharing website as face-hole doesn't really allow sharing anymore...

 

I used photobucket for a long time, but for several reasons they became a chore. Imgur is my current photo-sharing service du jour.

 

Brewer's gold is like one of the top breeding hops for all the "modern" verities.

Here's those shots i mentioned:

 

Here's a thread link https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/trouble-with-uploading-images.620136/ that discusses pic hosting sites. Imgur.com has been very popular, and it's the one that I normally use, although it's been awhile since my last use. However, discussion in this thread makes it sound like it might have changed for ease of use. A site that I have not tried yet, https://postimages.org is mentioned as an easy one to use.

 

I'm on my 2nd year of Cascade and Centennial, so far no cones. First year didn't produce any either. Maybe mine a late bloomers?

 

Maybe you got bad plants or it's the location. I'm on the CT border and have a lot of cascade cones.

 

Can't believe it. There are actually two lonely hops on my first-year crystal....we cookin' wid gas now

A follow up on my post here about side-bines:
Some of them are now 24" - 30" long and don't exhibit any signs of burr potential. I can't help but think those are taking nutrients and energy away from cone development along the main bine, and should be removed.
Am I wrong?

 

I use imgur often and have for quite some time. I haven't noticed any changes in terms of user friendliness. Actually, they make it very easy. When you're viewing one of your photos, just click on "direct link" and it's copied to your clipboard, suitable for pasting into a BA post "Image" dialog box.

 

Evidently I pasted the wrong link before. It should've pointed to:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/2019-hop-crop.615437/page-2#post-6586256

 

Hmm... I would wonder what I got for plants, not saying that it couldn't happen, but it seems odd. Details on where purchased, and care you have given them, if you don't mind sharing. Also they don't have actual flowers on them do they?

If they are really first year plants, I would leave the lower growth, particularly if all you have is a few cones. This will aid in the roots getting what they need to survive and come back next year. If it were earlier in the season, I would suggest pruning back the whole bottom 3-4 feet of the bines as much as you can to help support the cone producing top of the plant. But on first year plants, I let them do mostly what ever as long as they don't get sick.

 

That's identical to the way I do it too. Maybe the other posters who wrote about recent changes are doing it wrong.

 

They're fist year from MoreBeer rhizomes that were planted late, didn't get in the ground until early June.
Too late to not cut back the bottom 3' - 4', did that about a month ago. But it is what it is, and I'm still tickled to see even a couple of cones taking shape.

 

If they grew like that then you are good. After a few of my plants did not come back after the same kind of pruning last year, I figured I would let their replacements kind of do their own thing. And it paid off. I am sure I could of gotten more cones on them, but figure good roots make good plants.

 

Cascades looking good. The centennial and i think chinook or crystal are getting better. My plants are all mixed up so i'll have to do some kind of ipa.

 

I have cascade, centennials, chinook growing. Like everyone else the cascade is on crack and almost 20 ft tall. Why doesnt anyone wet hop with these?

 

They do in Maine. I am actually bringing most of my crop to a local brewery since my drying abilities have been compromised due to a basement flood....