how to get two harvests?

[huckbof]

what are the best practices for maximizing 2 hop harvests?

 

[FirstAidBrewing]

I have been wrong before and may be now but as far as I am aware, you cannot have 2 harvests from a plant in the same year.

However, you could grow different varieties that are ready for harvest at different times.

 

[huckbof]

I had 2 last year on my cascades, the later harvest had more

 

[TeeJo]

Get a tall enough ladder, hand pick, instead of cutting down the bine. If you have long enough a growing season, you can get two harvests.

I don't want to be on a ladder for the harvest, as it interferes with having a beer while picking...

TeeJo

 

[huckbof]

how is that done and when?

 

[sevilwa]

Last year I cut down my Chinook plant to harvest and it grew a new set of bines and cones before dieing back. Note: I live in a place has no winter and gets more than 300 days of sun per year... This equates to a very long growing season.

I've also read that you can cut off the side arms with cones and the side arms will grow back. I will test this theory this year.

 

[DarkCoder]

Last year I cut down my Chinook plant to harvest and it grew a new set of bines and cones before dieing back. Note: I live in a place has no winter and gets more than 300 days of sun per year... This equates to a very long growing season.

I've also read that you can cut off the side arms with cones and the side arms will grow back. I will test this theory this year.

I am growing hop seedling indoors since october 2014. They grow and regrow a lot of sidearms. So far, I have seen up to 10 sidearms regrowing from the same node. When you cut the main bine head, then cut the 2 side arms, they grow 4 sidearms... if you cut them again, 4 new sidearms will grow. They are incredible.

Here is a picture of a cutting that I am rooting in water. You can see the previous sidearms and new ones coming out.