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What is everyone's experience with drying in a home dehydrator? I got one of these larg-ish models from a big-box retailer. It seems to be intended for making jerky and similar items, but it works fine for hops, apparently. It holds a couple of pounds of freshly harvested cones, so about one...

Two weeks ago I planted 21 rooted cuttings and 27 rhizomes. All the cuttings are doing OK, and 15 of the rhizomes are showing visible shoots. The trellis: Two of the rhizome plantings: Note that they are putting out multiple shoots, and I'm finally starting to see some leaves on a handful...

This morning I went out to water my hops, and three of my planted rhizomes had been dug up. Any idea what sort of critter does this? I know that we have deer, a couple of groundhogs, and the usual small rodents, but I've never seen them do this before? Any ideas?

First time hop grower, so please be gentle.... How tall/long should the bines be before training? A foot? Two feet? Does it really matter first year?

How hard is it to make a wort chiller? These things look like little more than a pack of copper tubing and the requisite fittings...plus the labor to form the coil. Am I missing something difficult?

Stupid mistake - I got in a hurry and pitched too hot (didn't read the thermometer properly), and I got a HUGE blowout over the first 24-36 hours - way more than normal. It literally pushed the airlock out of the carboy twice. Yeast was Wyeast Weihenstephan 3068, which has done well for me with...

I'm putting together my trellis design, and started wondering what the total weight supported will be. Can anyone share a rough idea of the final weight per plant, or per bine? Can you get 25 plants in a row between two well-supported poles, or would that require a middle pole? I want to get...

Background: I've been brewing for a few years, recently bought a 30-acre farm in Wisconsin, and am now looking at growing some hops. About half of the land is leased for feed grains, but I have some that I can use to try this out and see if hops like the environment. I have set up a space to...