Recent content by palongee1

:ban:Yah man...by the time we got to the Columbus I just started cutting off the side shoots and throwing them in the cart, we stripped them in the shop, way easier than the ladder. The odd thing is, the first year plants produced HUGE beautiful hops and the second year plants were small massive...

:mug:...Thanks for the replies! I was getting pretty nervous! We finally got a good thing going and now the Columbus decide to go Tranny:cross:...lol...next year is gonna be interesting! the first year we got about 2 lbs dry out of all the plants..so far this year were at like 12+ LBS:tank:...We...

Thanks for the reply! So, I have 3 different varieties growing several feet apart. The Columbus is the only plant (all 5 of them) that ive seen this on. If I leave these plants is there a possibility of the other varieties going "hermaphroditic"? Or should try to get rid of this variety??? They...

Hey guys, so this is my third year attempting to grow hops, its gone pretty well except that all 5 of my columbus plants are growing what look like seeds to me. One of the said plants came from one supplier, the other 4 from a local brew shop however all five of them are growing these crazy...

Thanks for the reply. I saw the slurry section on mr malty, SO... it can be measured by volume, bitchen. I will give this a try. So basicly if it says to pitch 150ml of thick slurry there is no need to use a starter since all of the needed cells should be present? It has been interesting using...

Thanks for the replies, so if each one of those jars is equal to 2-3 smack packs are you guys pitching the entire jar to your fermenter or the entire jar to a starter or a partial jar.... According to Ole Mr malty, 3 smack packs is what would be ideal for for my 10.78 ipa or 1 pack with a 1.6...

:mug: newbie here. Ive been learning lots from the members on this board:tank: Been brewing all grain with a buddy for the last year or so and would like to start reusing the yeast. We currently make our starters based on Mr malty's pitch rate calculator. What im trying to figure out is when...