WilliamSlayer;7709993 My Cascade cones lupulin are still a bit more "sunshine yellow" than the Chinook said:Don't let the color of the lupulin be your only guide, different varieties vary in the color of the final product.
WilliamSlayer;7709993 My Cascade cones lupulin are still a bit more "sunshine yellow" than the Chinook said:Don't let the color of the lupulin be your only guide, different varieties vary in the color of the final product.
Thaymond, recipe notes are pictured. Not a mild by everyone's standard. OG for six gallons was 1.055. Fermenting with WLP OO7. [emoji482]View attachment 370663
Sigh.
Word of advice to all us folks that are new to hops growing. It's been said, but I got bitten by this one this week....
Air Circulation.
I tried to simplify my drying of my Chinook hops this week by not spreading them thinly enough. I didn't give them enough air on the bottom level.
I now have a pound of hops smelling MOLD... a total loss for my Chinook hops this year.
Please don't make the same mistake I just made folks!
:-(
1st year Centennial is done 14.5oz wet turned into 4.5oz dry
I made a small video on the Centennial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnr4bES90TI
I will have videos up for my cascade and chinook soon
Love the setup. How does the setup work for you? I find I get a lot of tangles. Is your spacing enough to prevent this?
If you use a bitter charge of commercial centennial, you have just about enough for a 5 gallon batch of the dead ringer clone.
Or save your dried and vac sealed hops and mix Centennial, Cascade, and Chinook for a house hop blend.
I like the setup but I wish I would have put space for a mower. The spacing I used was my weed eater. I didnt think about getting in between them to pick them. I can do it but If I have a lot to pick its hard.
As long as I train them each day Im fine, but I did get some tangles. Most of the time it was the new growth that would get the tangles.
Yup I just made my 2nd dead ringer clone this year. My next one will be with my own hops. I will use commercial centennial for the 60 min.
I have some Centennial, Cascade, and Chinook still growing and Im just going to dry them all as one and do that. I was going to use Simcoe or Warrior up front
1st year Centennial is done 14.5oz wet turned into 4.5oz dry
My 1st year chinook totals: 4.5 oz wet 1.25 dry.
The new dog wanted to play with them and got a vine so it almost had to start over.
31% and 28% is pretty high. My last 3 lots came in at 21%, 20%, and 21%. 20% is generally regarded as 'normal'. Should be OK if you use them soon, but not good for long-term storage. There is potential for mold growth if not dried enough. Also, you probably need to increase recipe hop amounts by 50% to account for the extra moisture.
You might want to keep the dog away from the hops. I have no experience, but they are supposedly poisonous to dogs. I don't know if it is the leaves or the cones that are the problem.
How much crown should you leave up? I cut my vines down, and left them about 5" above the soil. Is that too much/too little?
I wanted to start a small hop garden in the Spring, but all of the online shops are either sold out or on back order. Any suggestions where to get rhizomes in the PA/DE area?
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