sunvalleylaw
Well-Known Member
Trying to harvest hops for the first time. Here is my plant. I have no idea what variety. A friend gave me the plant several years ago. I tried a couple years ago to harvest, but waited just that much too long, and they were cooked.
It is on a fence. This is the more directly sunny side. There is a whole other side to this fence where the hops get a little less direct sun.
Here is what I harvested so far.
I thought I might leave the rest a day or two or three more, as they are not all that papery feeling yet, and do not pull easily from the vine.
But what do you guys think looking at these pics? Should I just go for it and pick 'em all? Or wait and harvest a few more each day?
Also, there are some little white flies that are around the plant that seem to focus on my wife's climbing vine that also uses the fence. They fly around the hops but don't seem to be infesting the leaves or flowers at this point. I may mix up some Dr. Bronner's spray and spray tonight after the sun is low.
Anyway, any help you can provide would be very much appreciated! I plan to use these in a Black IPA in honor of the Beaver Creek Fire that has torched some of our area up here near sun valley.
It is on a fence. This is the more directly sunny side. There is a whole other side to this fence where the hops get a little less direct sun.
Here is what I harvested so far.
I thought I might leave the rest a day or two or three more, as they are not all that papery feeling yet, and do not pull easily from the vine.
But what do you guys think looking at these pics? Should I just go for it and pick 'em all? Or wait and harvest a few more each day?
Also, there are some little white flies that are around the plant that seem to focus on my wife's climbing vine that also uses the fence. They fly around the hops but don't seem to be infesting the leaves or flowers at this point. I may mix up some Dr. Bronner's spray and spray tonight after the sun is low.
Anyway, any help you can provide would be very much appreciated! I plan to use these in a Black IPA in honor of the Beaver Creek Fire that has torched some of our area up here near sun valley.