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Thanks for all the comments fellas. I haven't been on this site in a LONG time. I'll try to read through some of the questions above and get back to you. Life is just really busy. :D

Enjoy fellas!

My centennial loved life this year more than it ever has - after I ran strings 20' into the air - and let it climb rather than stuffing it down along the fence. But, even at that, it doesn't produce as much as the Cascade OR the Chinook.

Not at all a bad yield, congratulations! Now it's time to brew with them!!! Helpful hint - if you can't add extra water to make up for the volume loss you will have due to the leaves holding liquid, sanitize a strainer bag and line a pail. Dump (or scoop) everything into the strainer bag...

BLAM! That's a SWEET harvest for first-year plants, Fuzze! Granted, you are in the hops growing mecca, Oregon which probably helps too. We had a MESSED UP growing season this year in Minnesota.

They are screwed into the rim-joist under the flashing. I used some 3/4" ID zinc-plated eye-screws. They would pull straight out of the gutter.

use them anyway man. Thanks, you should come by and brew on it!

Oh, and I got a new boil kettle, Therminator plate chiller and just picked up an oxygen injection thingie today. Aaaand painted the stand Subaru WRX blue one day in a bomber of Steel Toe (Size 11) induced state of mind. Then had to grind some of it off because it would have melted.

Hey man! The harvest will be wrapped up on Sunday, most likely. It depends on how dried out the Chinook are. All of the Cascades are down, 95% of the Centennials are down and about 1/2 of the Magnums are down. What ARE left on the vine will be going into the kettle on Sunday - the Chinook are...

I realized I haven't shared this yet. Paul and I did an episode for Chop and Brew - how to grow hops at home: And here is a follow up episode that talks a bit about harvest:

Looper - I'm not sure, I have never read that. I didn't document it, but I think that the last application of BioBloom was 3-4 weeks ago I hit them about once-a-week when the cones were just starting to form for the first three-ish weeks and then just watered normally. Atsorrento - I have...

Looking awesome man! This has come a LONG way. Are you going to live-stream your first brew session? Or, maybe the third or fourth - once you get the bugs worked out?

Awesome! Good luck! :D

Looks great, man! Those look like the buckets that I have around my house too. "KIDS! go get me all the buckets you can find..." HAHAH How are they smelling? :D

If you want to run a few of them out west on Highway 7, I can pick some Chinook, Centennial, Cascades or Magnums and we can side-by-side sniff-test them. :D

Facebook stalk the previous owner and ask if they remember which variety. Where in MLPS are you, Frank?

the leaves of the flower- sorry. Something like the one below. I may have wanted to get these a little earlier, but that will give you the idea. And here is a little, "squish test" video that I sent a buddy to see if they were ready when I started growing...

When the tips of the leaves start to turn brown - or when you start to get a two-tone color in the flowers. When the hop cone feels dry and pappery - like a crunched up ball of tissue paper. When you tear a cone in half and see a dark, rich yellow lupulin glands. "Chop and brew 11" just released...

Hey guys, Chip just released this video this morning so I thought I'd share. This was really a fly by the seat of pants - spontaneous video where we talk a bit about late season hops, harvesting, drying, etc. Hope you enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FcjQ5J9kAw

We dug out a 3 year old crown in this episode - shot early this spring. The plant is doing awesome in it's new home - pic below.