Growing Hops 2021

Food dehydrators. One can hold 2lbs, set to 105 degrees F for 7 hours and check at 6 to see the weight. Was doing just one, then bought another this year. It is about 2x the size, but due to it having racks instead of trays or baskets, I actually get less in it... Guess I will have to find baskets or make some to utilize the full space better.

 

If one has a greenhouse, you can build a hop oast or dryer, cover the top with plywood and set up a blower to send air through the green hops.
I built one and can dry 3 five gallon buckets at a shot.

I am no carpenter but it works real nice.

 

Yep, you can over fertilize any crop. Look up hop growing requirements at UVM or other agricultural college wed site for
Guidelines and get the soil tested early this spring

 

My shed was going to get a back table to it which was going to act in much the same way. When my basement flooded I never got the space back. Was hoping to be about the same size maybe a little bigger.

 

Starting to look halfway decent...

 

An exciting and learning day. I sent some Comet off to be tested, and got the results today. I learned that my understanding of % moisture was off, and I am very high, thus my storage index is low. Otherwise, it appears I can grow fairly typical comet. . What photo site do people use for pictures and I can share it for people to see?

 

Lots of folks on BA use Imgur.com
If you decide to go that route, ask if you run in to a snag.

 

My Centennial set glorious fat cones this year. My Chinook haven't set good cones since the first year I planted rhizomes. As per the last couple years they are going to waste. I don't have time due to work and family taking up time. It's a damned shame. The beginning of the school year is always crazy, maybe I will get a shot in 14 years or so...

 

My favorite part about comet

 

Harvesting my comet this week

 

Ya know, they make a nice addition to a tea. I find they pair well with chamomile for an evening brew. They are also an interesting and not unpleasant addition to eggs. I bet they could be part of a mean marinade, along with citrus flavors, for a light meat.

Also, a traditional European use is to fill an eye pillow with dry hops to encourage restfullness

 

I have been dry hopping blonde ales with them in my French press.

 

Hell yeah. I gotta actually harvest my single hop plant this year. That's a great use for them

 

Question regarding transplanting hops. I moved this past spring and transplanted my 5 year old cascade to a perfect spot at the new house around memorial weekend. The already existing vines withered within a week so I cut them all back and new growth started. What I have now basically looks like vines and leaves similar to my first year of growth. Very small with no noticeable burrs. I’m assuming I won’t get anything this year but I’m hoping for a robust 2022 season since they spent all summer re-rooting. Any similar examples turn out ok?

 

I had a similar experience. I used a ton of liquid root stimulator on the transplanted crown and it took off the next year.

 

I imagine transplanting in spring is less than ideal, but it sounds like your plant survived and should be good for next year

 

Spring is when I plant rhizomes, seems logical to transplant a crown at the same time.

 

I plant in the spring as well. Usually dig rhizomes in late March, plant in the greenhouse, transplant in late May.

 

Rhizomes can certainly be transplanted in the Fall. My Cascades, which I have for more than 20 years now, were fall transplants. Even the first year (next summer) I had quire a good crop. Cheers!