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Right, I was just saying for three plants on 6 strings. For me, picking the hops takes longer than anything else. With them in a big bag, just dehydrating them is pretty passive, even though it takes forever. I dehydrated some yesterday for 10 hours. Worked pretty well I think. Just have to...

4x8 screen only twice in one season with the plants? Maybe you need to amend your soil to get your plants growing properly? Actually, it seemed to me since it only takes 8 hours or whatever to dehydrate, you could get all your hops processed very easily.

You should read this, but it's ****, so be ready for some bad language. http://www.raginggardeners.com/how-to-dehydrate-and-preserve-hops/?fb_source=pubv1

Just came across this fine blog post about how to dry and preserve hops. Pretty offensive, definitely ****. http://www.raginggardeners.com/how-to-dehydrate-and-preserve-hops/?fb_source=pubv1

Great answers, and thanks for helping me out so quickly. I seriously appreciate it.

Hi, so I'm a brand new home brewer, which will be obvious from my question. So if I started out with 5 gallons, I lose some volume over time during the boiling, fermenting, racking, etc. When it's time to add the priming sugar and water into the bottling bucket (before adding my brew), do I...