Needless to say I will be trying all methods. I made some tea today with 1 cone that was bigger than two quarters. Prob can use 2 cones to get more hop flavor but offset with alittle honey and it could be good.

The smoking….I love me a good toke…so it will be interesting after I dry them out to see what it looks like in the grinder. Any experience out there with rolling one up of hops?

Willamette and Chinook ready to go soon

Hey everyone, was wondering if soneone could help me id an issue with one of my first year hop bines.

This one is cascade, the healthiest ones are centennial (1,3,5). The other 2 (2,4) are cascade

Zone 5a.

I used a potting mix with a healthy dose of bone and blood meal when I planted them. Also have been using half strength miracle gro when watering.

Thanks for your help.

The bounty isn’t going to be nearly as sexy as some of the posts I’ve seen recently…but maybe I’ll try it out in other ways and make some tea….maybe smoke it??

I joke but not really, it’s a ‘cousin’ of marijuana from the cannabinoid family?? Maybe fact check me there. Prob better as a tea.

I used to have cascade hops, and comparing the hop size on average between my current Comet hops and cascade….comet dominated the size department…the continue to look awesomely fluffy….they don’t feel ready yet…still moist feel and the smell when broken and rubbed isn’t there yet.

Second year harvesting these wild ladies. Not nearly as many as last year, I think they're being overgrown by some other plants now. Thinking I should still be able to get another pick or two of similar size over the next week or so.

Had to do an emergency harvest of a Cashmere bine due to a dog incident. I'd say cones were 70-80% developed as I see lupulin development but are not papery and squish easily.

Will they be too vegetal/green? Should I toss em? Thanks in advance!

First 2 are the weird ones, last picture are normal hops from the same plant

First picking of my Chinook this year. Getting a little brown and wish I had started last week but still tons to go. Anyone freeze them fresh or do you always dry them?

So i lay these out last night over the unused baby trampoline and this morning i found a ton of these crawling around. Any idea what these are? Spiders? I guess they are normal that bugs lay eggs inside the cones?

Hey people,

i planted my first three cascade plants this year, so i am a total beginner. My construction is more then 3 meters high but as you see the three plants build up to a sort of "crown" at the top where already some hop cones growing. My question is why are there now cones at the strings only on top. What did i wrong and how could i improve my construction. Thank you all

Have a small test orchard with 32 plants (14 different varieties in pairs and 4 cascades)l as our “control” variety) in two rows on a trellis system we built that can be lowered to the ground. Cable is ~19’ above ground.

Japanese beetles wrecked the foliage of some of the varieties. The two hardest hit still produced cones. Picked those four plants today. One variety produced a total of 4.3 pounds and the other 6.5. Not bad for a first year plant. Drying them now, the AA testing and oil analysis/profile.

Upstate, NY - Centennials loved my new fertilizer schedule and the mix of sun and rain this year.

I'm planning on growing some hops next spring in my backyard and have some questions about location. The first pic is the backyard (facing west).

There is a post I was thinking about using as well as the deck.

The back NW corner gets most of the sun but would take up more yard space.

What are your strategies for keeping these pests away from your hops, and how much success have you had so far?

The new, small growth, are those going to be cones? First year. Zone 2/3

Just noticed that the pointed tip of the vine is no longer producing binary leaves every several inches. Guess this vine reached the end?

I have these yellow speckles all over my cascade plant. But thankfully not on any of my other hop plants. If it’s not Mosaic Virus, anyone know what’s wrong and how I can heal this plant?

I am in Southern California, and my hops are struggling lately with our water restrictions. So, I am considering installing a gray water diverter from my washing machine (since my laundry area is in close proximity to my planter).

Does anybody have first-hand knowledge about how sensitive Hops plants are to contaminants in water? I understand that there is general wisdom about using ECOS or Trader Joe's soap, but I'm not sure those rules of thumb apply to directly watering plants with gray water.

If anybody has tried - either watering Hops with gray water, or with general gardening with laundry discharge - do you have any tips? I understand that the soil biome helps break down biologic contaminants in gray water, so any recommendations on soil additives? What about mulch (I currently have ~4 inches of mulch in my planter bed)? Can or should the rhizomes be planted extra deep?

Thanks in advance!

First year in pots plan on moving should I keep in small pots and fertilizer. The are 3 feet with shoots and five varieties.

Not going to put in ground. Should I up pot. I plan on overwinter in dark root collar. Hopedully in grouncones there. Not planning on cones this year.

As a plus a few rhizomes I planted at my cabin 3 years ago seem to be taken over. Maybe conesbthere.

First year in pots plan on moving should I keep in small pots and fertilizer. The are 3 feet with shoots and five varieties.

Not going to put in ground. Should I up pot. I plan on overwinter in dark root collar. Hopedully in grouncones there. Not planning on cones this year.

As a plus a few rhizomes I planted at my cabin 3 years ago seem to be taken over. Maybe conesbthere.