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  1. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    Curious how long you are drying these?
  2. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    Picked some of my centennial today and I think I may have jumped the gun. Got about 20 wet oz. Not getting much aroma from these things. Going to let them sit for a couple of days and see how the smell after they've dried out a bit. There are still plenty of small flowers on these plants so I...
  3. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Harvest Totals

    5.2 oz cascade and 3.1 oz centennial 5.2 + 3.1 = 8.3 8.3 + 9.8 = 18.1 oz
  4. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    I've been using the ladder on the plants growing up the wall.
  5. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    Here are the two plants I harvested last week Centennial on the right, cascade on the left's. Was thinking pruning during this hot stretch, then blood/bone meal to see if I can trigger some new growth. These are Zeus and have not been harvested. Been watering them daily for the last week...
  6. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    I'm wondering the same thing. We're in the midst of the hot & humid stretch in PA and I just harvested two of my plants last week. Considering picking the two Zeus plants. I'll post pics in the morning. My cascade still has a healthy crop of flowers. The centennial is pretty bare but I'm hoping...
  7. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    And fyi, these were green last weekend but I had bad timing of heat / dry in SE PA. Add in my road trip through mass, Portland me, and NH/Vermont and it makes for some dried up hops. I did get a nice collection during my trip...
  8. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    12 oz of crispy centennial. I'll be splitting these into brown and green bags
  9. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    First harvest off my cascade , first year crown. 25.4 wet ounces!
  10. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    Definitely burrs. Nice!
  11. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    I'm thinking it's time to harvest some of these cascade cones Should I clip the side arms? Or just pluck the individual cones? Centennial not quite there yet Zeus starting to develop
  12. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    Close-up of the cascade cones Here is the centennial. I totally underestimated the side arm tangle on these two root crowns. Going to have to separate them next season These two plants are both zeus. And they are starting to form burrs. These comet Bines in my other...
  13. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    Wow, very happy with my first year cascade crown!
  14. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    Cascade is starting to take shape
  15. lzrdkng14

    2016 Hop Growing Thread

    Do you use the one you connect to the hose? Or do you just spray it directly? I've been using the systemic
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