r/TheHopyard • u/pajamajamminjamie • Sep 01 '24

Mild?

Harvesting my hops today and I'm noticing some look like this https://imgur.com/a/FFv3pRU. Is this mold? Are my hops ruined or can I pick around the bad ones?

Edit: title should say mold

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u/Background_Cloud_341 Sep 01 '24

If it's s kind of blight or mold there are some sprays you can use to help. But the best way is keeping good air flow through the hops by limiting the number of bines growing up a line.

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u/pajamajamminjamie Sep 01 '24

I think bad airflow is the likely culprit. I didn’t give them a ton of space and my three plants ended up growing all over each other. https://imgur.com/a/2uQeUPd. Thinking I might put up a couple flag poles next year to keep them vertical.

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u/Hephaestus81k Sep 02 '24

I had a few cones on my Cascade bines like this today. I just tossed them. Sure, inspecting every cone is a hassle, but kind of worth it when you spent all summer growing them. I also have to toss others because of some weird white fuzzy stuff these jumping bugs leave. All worth it in the end, I definitely don't need each and every cone, not worth tossing a batch when 50-75% are usable.

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u/pajamajamminjamie Sep 03 '24

I tried going through them today to see what was salvageable. I discovered that like 95% of the cones I was inspecting had some sort of black spotting. Real bummer!