How's everyones hops plants doing so far?

[johnrm]

Figures not exact.

Thats a bit like E&OE then or IMO 

[Tom]

Exactly.

[imark]

I got no burrs on my fuggle plant but I think the cones are nearly ready for picking.
Cascade on the other hand is still all burrs. No sign of a cone yet. I presume its cos fuggles are a more local variety? Anything that will help the cascade cone?

[imark]

Wasn't me Shane. Only have cascade and fuggle. My EKG rotted in the ground.

[delzep]

I picked about 7 or 8 cones the other day as they were browning, put them in a paper bag and into the hotpress....the shrivelled to about half their size and are sorta like crepe paper now so I bagged them and put them in the freezer. Does this sound like the right thing to do? I've loads more cones and burrs turning into cones on the plant too. Does the plant kind of indicate when the cones need to be picked? Is it getting to the stage where the cones would need to be picked on an almost daily basis, a few at a time?

[brenmurph]

Different hops crop at different times and are classified as early, medium or late croppers.

yep my hallertauier aroma ( Magnum?) are the size of small bananas and the Saaz that was bare a few weeks ago is now full of cones the size of grapes. the others like saphir are only startin to flower. My Target in the polytunnel is only startin to show good growth in the cones after the hairy things arrived a few weeks ago. My Hersbruker is only startin to produce signs of cones now and my taurus is F***** coz the whitefly had a party last month and the lazy B****** ladybirds only woke up a week after the flies appeared.

all in all 5 outa 6 aint bad ... Ill be picking hops for weeks.

Anyone down this weekend for the beer weekend can witness a glorious hop production and maybe even pick a few thats ready

[brenmurph]

wat dates that?  my hallertauer will be harvested first...i fully intent to make a fresh hop beer

[brenmurph]

thats loads of time... thought thats only for medal winners?

[brenmurph]

ye it says only for medal winners

may be nice to do the harp clone with my homegrown hallertauer and saaz ( original recipe) from my garden.. Lager malt from MCI and yeast from Pat the Baker

thattll b Irish

[delzep]

thats loads of time... thought thats only for medal winners?

Have a look
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,3678.0.html

Each beer is a medal winner, and the elusive Ormeau Dark stout national homebrew competition winner will be present on cask!

[LordEoin]

my smaragd has a load of small green cones, the hallertauer hersbrucker is covered in burs from about 4 fet off the ground to the top

[delzep]

yep, and from that link you also posted this one

http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/ai1ec_event/homebrew-beer-festival/?instance_id=505

[LordEoin]

Think this digital moisture meter would be of any use for checking hops after drying? probably not, just doing a little Aldi dreaming...

[Shane Phelan]

My first year hops are fairly small, I assume next year they will be more substantial.

TT

[brenmurph]

seems like a lot of leaves and not many flowers?  Could it be wrong fertiliser ?


have a look at my saaz is the opposite...its all flowers and no leaves.