Hop Growing 2011 time

scuppeteer · Post by **scuppeteer** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:38 pm

A hop garden!?!

WishboneBrewery · Post by **WishboneBrewery** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:47 pm

Johnny_Red wrote:Where's the best place to go to get uk hops (live plants).

http://www.essentiallyhops.co.uk/acatal ... lants.html Though its not the time of year for selling plants.

Johnny_Red · Post by **Johnny_Red** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:31 pm

scuppeteer wrote:A hop garden!?!

Theres always one isn't there!!!!

Beer O'Clock · Post by **Beer O'Clock** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:01 pm

http://www.willingham-nurseries.co.uk/index.html

The next batch is expected in early 2012.

Walrus81 · Post by **Walrus81** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:02 pm

Here are my hops (2ns year) fuggles and goldings

Appologies if they are too big, I've checked and seemded to be fine on my connection, if not then mods please delet!

IMG_2916 by walrus81, on Flickr

IMG_2925 by walrus81, on Flickr

IMG_2924 by walrus81, on Flickr

IMG_2922 by walrus81, on Flickr

This one is probably my fave:

IMG_2923 by walrus81, on Flickr

Sort of hard to show the scale of the invasion though!

WishboneBrewery · Post by **WishboneBrewery** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:14 pm

they look blooming good

kane · Post by **kane** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:47 pm

Holy Hops Batman!!!

Hope mine overtake like that next year. How many people have you fed to them?

How do people train theirs to grow horizontally? my ekg was having none of it lol.

Cheers
Kane

Walrus81 · Post by **Walrus81** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 8:10 pm

Blooming good hahaha

You could say I very hoppy!!

(IGMC)

Anyway I have to say that I have no secrets, training horizontally was a pain. I snapped loads of shoots off in doing so.
It really is a case of gently gently catchey monkey.

I did not think they would go that long, it's about 3m! Those ones will be easy to pick though!@

chivelegs · Post by **chivelegs** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:09 pm

Harvest time soon.

Bigveees · Post by **Bigveees** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 1:53 pm

Waow, some amazing plants growing in peoples gardens out there!

I've only got one Cascade plant and it is in its first year, but really happy with the crop. Unfortunatly I know nothing about when is the best time to harvest and how I should dry them before pitching into my brew!?

Any pointers please

Manx Guy · Post by **Manx Guy** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:43 pm

Hi,

a quick update on my hops..
All the plants ( Hallertau, Mt Hood & First Gold) now have flowers or young cones

However the first gold has a pretty heavy infestation of aphids/green fly... Ive seen natural predators about but they cant be doing much to control the numbers... I dont want to spray now the flowers cones are here.. :S

Also the young cones dont have a great odour when rubbed

its a little cheesey..
I hope that improves...

any advice?
Cheers!

Guy

jmc · Post by **jmc** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:35 pm

Bigveees wrote:Waow, some amazing plants growing in peoples gardens out there!

I've only got one Cascade plant and it is in its first year, but really happy with the crop. Unfortunatly I know nothing about when is the best time to harvest and how I should dry them before pitching into my brew!?

Any pointers please

+1 to Bigvees. I'm a first timer too with 1 Cascade plant. Doing Ok in not ideal spot.
When to pick?
There won't be many so I thought I could used cascades 'green' as post-boil addition to get the best from them.
Good / bad idea?

TIA
John

scuppeteer · Post by **scuppeteer** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:34 am

Bigveees wrote:Waow, some amazing plants growing in peoples gardens out there!

I've only got one Cascade plant and it is in its first year, but really happy with the crop. Unfortunatly I know nothing about when is the best time to harvest and how I should dry them before pitching into my brew!?

Any pointers please

Look for the very first signs of the cones turning brown, even if it's only just round the edges of the petals, this means they are ripe and good to pick. Or if you rub them between your fingers and you get a nice amount of sticky pollen.
If you have somewhere warm and dry (airing cupboard or a conservatory) to put them, don't tightly pack them in a container as they need a need an airflow to dry properly. Ideally a bread tray with newspaper on the bottom. Leave them for a week or 2 checking how much moisture is lost by rubbing between your fingers and if the petals roll off easily they are dry enough to use. Or you can use them green.

Bigveees · Post by **Bigveees** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:10 am

Cheers for that I think I've found out about 3 days before I'll need to pick them.

Blackaddler · Post by **Blackaddler** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:26 am

scuppeteer wrote: Leave them for a week or 2 checking how much moisture is lost by rubbing between your fingers and if the petals roll off easily they are dry enough to use. Or you can use them green.

A better method to determine if they're fully dry is to weigh them. If they're the same weight after 24-48 hours, they should be dry enough for storage.

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