harvesting hops

[oze152]

I live in northwest washington, near bellingham and I was wondering how I know when my hops are ready to be harvested and dried. I inherited two very large/mature plants with a lot of hops of them, but have never harvested hops before. When do people in the nw normally begin harvesting?

 

[duboman]

I live in northwest washington, near bellingham and I was wondering how I know when my hops are ready to be harvested and dried. I inherited two very large/mature plants with a lot of hops of them, but have never harvested hops before. When do people in the nw normally begin harvesting?

You should visit the growing hops forum lots of information there and you won't even have to ask