Centennial hops smell like burnt rubber?

DerCribben · Aug 25, 2012

Ok, so I am growing a centennial hop rhizome and it is producing a nice amount of hop cones. I picked a few of the yellow/browning ones off of my plant today because they are obviously done growing and it's time to dry them out and instead of pine and citrus, I am getting a STRONG whiff of burnt rubber smell from them. Anyone else get this ever?

lowlife · Aug 25, 2012

Nope!

kh54s10 · Aug 25, 2012

You must have gotten some of the BP/Gulf of Mexico Centennial hop strain!

SeattleMatt · Aug 25, 2012

My first year centennial smelled a little rubbery last year but that was after they had been in a plastic bag for a while. I just went outside to smell them... I'm not getting a rubber smell. Do the green ones smell good?

DerCribben · Aug 25, 2012

SeattleMatt said:
My first year centennial smelled a little rubbery last year but that was after they had been in a plastic bag for a while. I just went outside to smell them... I'm not getting a rubber smell. Do the green ones smell good?

I'll go out there tomorrow morning and pull one of the green ones...lets hope that is the issue

DerCribben · Aug 26, 2012

Yep, the green ones smell MUCH nicer. I noticed also that (other than the spider mite infestation) a brownish powder has been covering some of the leaves that were the most damaged by mites, and that it was also covering a dead fly or two that actually seemed stuck to the leaves. Is this "powdery mildew" and could that be the burnt rubber smell possibly?

tchuklobrau · Aug 26, 2012

I have never gotten a rubber smell from any of mine. not sure why u would have that smell.

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