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As soon as spring is over when the daily temps start rising is prime time for aphids. I released mid july and mid august in MI. During and after burr formation. You do not want aphids in the cones, no sir.

Oh yea, 1,500 for $5 + shipping on amazon. Hirt's gardens or something like. I applied them without seeing any actual aphids, but I'm pretty sure they stopped any infestations from getting started. Looking at the underside of that leaf, I'm seeing a lot of herbivore activity, I think you will...

I thought I had harvested my Chinooks late... I had a dry matter % within optimal range, but slightly higher than target. I sent them to get tested at a lab and they came back within range for the variety, 13% AA & 3.5% for Beta's. The cones had a papery feel and grapefruit tones on the smell...

When you scale up, I'd assume you are going from hand pick to mechanized as well?

90 oz Chinook and 10 oz Fuggle. Sum total: 952.45 oz I would say that I have a plethora of Chinook

1300-2000 in the third year, first year considerably less, if any

I'm pretty sure those are ladybug larvae, they are excellent aphid munchers. I used a lot of lady bugs this year to control the aphid populations. You definitely want to encourage them