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When making an all grain recipe is there any need to stir in the hops or can they just be dropped in the boil?

Update on ingredients: White Wheat malt and Two Row Brewers malt. Hops: 1 oz @ 60 min and .5 oz @ 1 min.

White Wheat and Two Row Malt

As I have looked at some of the recipes on here and elsewhere I'm beginning to wonder if my grain bill is a little light. Here is the recipe I am using for a 5 gallon batch. 4 lbs. Two Row Wheat 4 lbs. White Wheat 4 oz. Munich Wheat 4 oz. Carmel 20 1.5 oz. German Hallertau pellets...

Thanks for the feedback!!

I've gotten some good feedback but am still a little foggy on sparging times. I brew 5 gallon batches and use an autosparge. My target time for sparging had been 30 - 45 minutes. Someone passed along the pint per minute suggestion which would put put me at 55 minutes +/-. Was also cautioned...

Would imagine that honey malt would be much easier to use in my heheweizen than real honey, but will I get the same flavor?

By over sparging do you mean doing so for too long?

Using 4 gallons to mash 8.5 lbs. of grain then sparging with 3.75 gallons at approx. 1 pint per minute. That sound right?

Oops wrong link. http://www.coleparmer.com/Product/Polysulfone_Panel_Mount_Flowmeter_for_Water_0_025_to_0_25_GPM/EW-32471-00 or http://www.bluwhite.com/products/VariableArea/F-550/f550_productpage.asp

Thinking about switching from rubber hoses to stainless steel. Anyone have any experience with this? How do I connect stainless steel lines to quick disconnect fittings?

I am trying to digitally measure and control the flow of wort from my mash tun to my brew kettle during sparge without having to count on opening the ball valve just enough each time. The meter would need to be low able to measure lower volumes since I am only transferring 7 gallons over a 45...