Hop harvest/smell question

[1brAPTbrewer]

I have a first year cascade and a second year mystery plant that could either be centennial or willamette. A lot of people talk about waiting until the hops are dry or crackly to pick. Does this sound about right? It seems my hops still have a little bit of moisture left in them. Seems like the cascades are a little closer than the other plant. My other question is do the hops not get most of their smell until they loose most of the moisture? They mostly smell grassy to me. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[sivdrinks]

I put my hops in a bag in the fridge because I'm gonna freeze them very shortly. Well they took on moisture from the fridge in the bag and now they don't smell anymore. So I guess I have a question similar to you.