Let's see your cones!

[mr x]

I've had just enough hops to be practical to cut the hops off and leave the bines up.

[HopGrower]

HopGrower - where are you growing those?

The 1st year Nuggets, Galenas, and Mt Hoods are here in Lantz, while the 2nd year Cascades and Fuggles are on the farm near Antigonish.

That's a pretty sweet setup, how many plants is that? I hope you'll have some help when you go to harvest them starting year.

New harvesting question, what do you guys do with your plants after the harvest? I know the commercial growers will cut them down to the ground, but that just doesn't sound like what's best for the plants. Mine are still around 12 feet tall, I cut off the horizontal part and the side branches from the vertical part. I always cut them to the ground in the fall, save for a few inches to tie next year's trellis to, but I never know what to do until then.

15 each of the cascade and fuggles, then 10 rhizomes each of the nuggets, galenas, and mt hoods.

Cut the bines off at harvest, they're going to die off in the fall anyway. I've heard if you plant the cut-off bines in the fall (while still fresh) and cover them in straw/mulch/etc for the winter, they'll turn into rhizomes and sprout in the spring though I've never tried it.

[Jayme]

Cut the bines off at harvest, they're going to die off in the fall anyway. I've heard if you plant the cut-off bines in the fall (while still fresh) and cover them in straw/mulch/etc for the winter, they'll turn into rhizomes and sprout in the spring though I've never tried it.

I did try that one year and they just rotted in the ground. May not have done it right though.

[wortly]

For first year plants, just let them die back to send stuff back to the roots. For 2 yr.+ plants just cut them off.

You should be pruning off the first flush of shoots when they are 4-6" tall in the springtime anyway (even a bit later if you think you have downy mildew); string the tallest of the second flush when they are ~18".

[amartin]

I've never cut off the first round of shoots, but I may try that next year. I've heard of southern growers letting them get several feet up before cutting them back, just because they'll taste grassy if harvested too early.

[Jayme]

You shouldn't cut back first year plants at all, but once they are established to reach maximum yield you should cut back the first growth and limit the number of bines on the second growth to 2 or 3. It would be interesting though to try picking your main bines from the first growth vs. second growth if you have 2 of the same variety/age and compare the final results.

[homebrewcrew]

Will post some pics of my plants when I get home. I planted my hop cuttings in between the grape vines because I assumed they would not grow that big or tall this year. Boy was I wrong

[Jayme]

These are my 3rd year Nuggets.

[homebrewcrew]

very nice

[wortly]

Nice cones, they are huge. How many plants are in that pic?

[Jayme]

It's just one. There are others but they are in a different spot.

[Dirt Chicken]

Cascade!!!

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[amartin]

That's going to take awhile to harvest.

[Dirt Chicken]

already done!! I want to do a fruity ipa with galaxy if i can, and use the cascade for later additions. Anyone have a recipe i can work with, using galaxy or citra and cascade?? I liked the one that Ryantron brought to the last meeting, i believe it was all galaxy. Either way a big Ipa using lots of cascade will suffice, but i want fruity sweet notes to be able to take lots of cascade wet hops. any suggestions will be of course, awesome !!

[sleepyjamie]

first year hops by sleepyjamie, on Flickr

first year eroica and cascade

[RubberToe]

Great work guys!

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[Jayme]

I liked the one that Ryantron brought to the last meeting, i believe it was all galaxy.

He said it was a clone recipe from Aus or maybe NZ (I can't remember that part), all Galaxy, added pretty much every step along the way (mash & fwh as well). 50% 2-row, 50% wheat. That is enough to get you in the ballpark I would imagine if you wanted to brew something similar.

[BarNone]

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[mr x]

Nice!

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[wortly]

Beauties! I have heard that there was a wall of green going on out there. Looking forward to seeing them in a couple of days. Good work!

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[LiverDance]

My plant seems to be dying from the bottom up, must be some kind of bugs. Looks like no hops this year.

[mr x]

The plants tend to drop leaves from the bottom first.

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[HopGrower]

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Brings tears to my eyes!

[RubberToe]

Left, fuggles. Right, cascade. I have only a few Mt Hood to pick next.



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[Jayme]

Looking good!