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Well... that worked better than expected... if anyone is interested, I can write up some details.

Also not a viral expert... but that doesn't look like mosaic or other viral issues I have come across. Do you have other indications? On the few pics, I would look into downy mildew.

For accurate alpha calculations, I would recommend getting them down to 20-25%. Adding them now is fine, but you will have to add more. There may also be a slight "grassy" flavor (as if you were fresh hopping). That works great. As long as you keep the jar closed to minimize condensation, the...

It did work - sort of. I tacked the ends together and sure enough it popped the cones right off... unfortunately, it also sent them flying. In the end, it didn't save me much time for the 2017 harvest. Right now, I'm working on something a bit bigger and more contained. Taking inspiration from...

We have identified several dwarf plants, one with super large cones, and another whose cones are more pinkish than green. Though, my favorite is still the one with the strange, long, asymmetrical leaves that I've posted about before. I'm a sucker for mutants, so were keeping them around - but...

Sorry, but the little hydra eventually reverted back to a normal growth pattern. She also didn't pass the taste tests. I have a few other mutants that we've been keeping around for breeding purposes, but they all have serious defects as-is (low quantity, no disease resistance, etc...) I've...

Nice - I didn't realize that.

Looks very similar to a little mutant that I sprouted. Strange elongated, asymmetrical leaves and smoother than normal bines. I though that she might grow out of it, but never did. The 2nd year cones were also stranger - loose with long bracts - almost like normal flowers rather than cones. We...

If we're talking yield alone, the crosses were all over the board. From the remaining selections, many have some Chinook. However, there were also huge amounts produced by Nugget, Galena, and other crosses - they just didn't pass the taste tests. I will say that there was one cross, Nugget x a...

Someone asked (off this thread) about cone size vs total production. In other words: "do bigger cones correlate to more dried weight per plant" At least in this yard, I have not seen evidence of this. NHB107, for instance, has smaller cones - but puts out a tons of them. Here's a chart of ave...

Sinsemilla, of course ;) Culling all the males out of the yard was one of the earliest tasks. We did keep some males in the 2nd generation yard, so I haven't bothered calculating those numbers yet.

Two years back we selected based on plant health and vigor (including yield). This harvest, the production remained strong for the selected plants. However, consider the fact that we are currently running 16' poles in the yard. A higher trellis would probably do better. Average per plant...

Data from the 2017 harvest. Alpha/beta testing was done by Alpha Analytics. The flavor notes are from an initial taste test with a handful of participants. The next step is to brew some full size smash beers and get more tastebuds involved ;) NHB021 Cone size: 3.25 – 4.5″ Flavor: Clean...

Hello everyone! It's been a while since I've posted an update on my hop breeding program, so here goes... For now, I've stopped germinating new crosses to focus on narrowing down the ones I have. Generation 1: Started in 2013 1000ish seeds collected 150ish plants germinated 42 healthy, high...

Looks like my intended quote didn't appear. Should be fixed now. Thumbs up to planting them now. Thumbs way down to the other suggestion.

And... if you have the ability, the best option would to simply plant them now. The ground is the safest place for hops over the winter.

I can't disagree more with this ^ At this point, the rhizomes have put out larger main roots and fine feeder roots. Removing them from the soil will damage these and destroy any progress that the plants made over the season. As long as your winters aren't too extreme, just keep them in pots...

I've brewed several ales as low as 1.020 - usually from second runnings. We joke that this is "free beer", but it often comes out really nice. No fermentation problem, but they do tend to be very dry. A bit more crystal can help to balance it out. Most beers in the US used to be Small Beer...

"by feel" isn't always the most accurate method. Do you have a cheap microscope, or a camera with a macro lens? You can tell ripe hops are by looking at the glands. Unripe hops have cup shaped glands. You need to wait until your cups are full/overflowing

It might be fine in the bag - or - they might start to mold. There are a lot of factors: ambient humidity, airflow, how packed it is, etc... Laying them out in single layer would be more foolproof. Do you have any spare widow screens? A single layer on an elevated screen would be even better...