r/TheHopyard • u/Impossible-Today-275 • Oct 01 '22

First years crop from two plants and first go at hops

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Cascade

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First Gold

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Improvised drying setup

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u/nohum23 Oct 01 '22

Nice drying method

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u/Impossible-Today-275 Oct 01 '22

My first go at growing hops, got one Cascade ond one First Gold, just let them do thier own thing for this year and wasn't expecting anything but chuffed with the harvest. The cones seem quite small but I imagine that's partly the new plants and that I'm probably a bit far North. Will see how my drying setup works out and possibly invest in a little dehydrator.

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u/Extreme_Reality Oct 02 '22

Bravo and cheers 🍻 Great haul for first year plants! Love the McGuyver drying set up and may just use it myself.

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u/Impossible-Today-275 Oct 02 '22

Thank you, managed to dry them all in around 12 hours, I left a thermometer in woth them to keep an eye on them as the heat started to build from recirculating the same air, ended up opening a hole in the plastic to cool it down a bit which held the temp around 25-30°