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I find myself perplexed with what to do with all the hop trimmings. I know that new shootlets can be sauted and eaten like asparagus but, I haven't yet had the desire to try this.
At first, I thought to compost the cut bines and trimmings. then one day whil turning the comost I discovered I had hops growing in the compost piles. Not good at all! For some time after I would simply just throw them out but this seems an gigantic waste.
The, I though to use a dedicated bucket for "holding" the waste trimmings thus allowing them to rot into sublimation. Only to find that some were self propogating in the bucket. I assume the condensation in the bucket and the opaque walls allow for enough light and moisture to keep the hop trimmings alive.
At this point I am thinking the only way to re-use these is to shred or burn them.
Any other ideas?
At first, I thought to compost the cut bines and trimmings. then one day whil turning the comost I discovered I had hops growing in the compost piles. Not good at all! For some time after I would simply just throw them out but this seems an gigantic waste.
The, I though to use a dedicated bucket for "holding" the waste trimmings thus allowing them to rot into sublimation. Only to find that some were self propogating in the bucket. I assume the condensation in the bucket and the opaque walls allow for enough light and moisture to keep the hop trimmings alive.
At this point I am thinking the only way to re-use these is to shred or burn them.
Any other ideas?