Shamrock28

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So ive got an Acre of land and im curious how many hops plants i can go on it...Any idea what the average/per acre is and how much yield it will produce?

Orangevango

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I dont know, but if you set it up right you better get some sales lined up to local homebrew clubs and/or micrbreweries. I would be willing to bet that an acre of land would produce many pounds of hops.

giligson

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1500 to 2300 lbs per acre on a commercial type operation

http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Washington/Historic_Data/hops/hops.pdf

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michaelm

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you MIGHT be able to brew an IPA with that much... dunno.....

humann_brewing

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This PDF lists the typical yield per acre of a given variety as well

http://www.yakimachief.com/hopvarieties/ycivarieties.pdf

Shamrock28

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How many plants are we talking an acre?

Clonefarmer

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Depends on plant spacing and trellis setup.

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TimBrewz

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About 900 plants per acre. About 2 lbs dry hops per mature plant. I just put in an 1/16 of an acre....lot of work, but I will soon be rolling in 50+ pounds of hops a year! Checkout this link:Crannóg Ales - Downloads Scroll to the hops manual. All the info you need.

I considered doing an acre, then I looked at an acre of hops.....too much for me to deal with.

Good Luck!

Figbash

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Are you serious?

According to the Hop Union, Cascade hops can yield nearly two thousand pounds and acre. Have fun hand picking and drying that many hops.

Tom