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Asalpaws said:
I've had a similar experience to Jim80, my cascade and challenger hops that are in pots are doing great but the fuggle and Ahtnum planted in the barren soil of North Wales look very poor this year. T

What size pots did you use? I think those old dustbins I used are about 70/80 litres or so, possibly a bit less.
 
Since I don't think I'll get all that many I'm thinking I might chuck them all into a brew green (undried, that is) as a late hop addition - I've got a packet of magnum that should do for bittering.
Anyone done green hopping? I presume you have to use a greater weight compared to dry ones, any idea what the ratio would be, roughly?
 
How do people actually dry their hops?

Not that I have many on my first year plants.
 
Blimey,

That looks complicated. I didn't realise I might need that sort of device to dry them.

I have read that you can use a microwave to do it...
 
I'm rather proud of my new babies.

Cast your curser back a few pages and I reported that my hop shoots had been eaten by a passing creature. Well the good news is that there was one shoot left.

I only planted it this year and didn't expect any produce.... but it looks as if I'm going to get at least one good brew





Now come on don't be shy... Show me yours.
 
I got no hops from my fuggle this year and not enough from my EKG to fill a punnet, :(

think I may have to dig them out they have been at it for 5 years or so and given me kilos in the past
 
Harvested my First Gold today-quite a poor crop as they were hit hard by aphids early on-but not as badly as my fuggles that were pretty much non existent. On a plus note the WVC plant has done amazingly well-will give them a day or two more as the cones are huge.
 
Three weeks ago I couldn't find hops anywhere but now they're everywhere.

I can by plants or seeds (preferable) for Hopfen Humulus lupulus, is this type of hop anygood for brewing?
 
Titus A Duxass said:
Three weeks ago I couldn't find hops anywhere but now they're everywhere.

I can by plants or seeds (preferable) for Hopfen Humulus lupulus, is this type of hop anygood for brewing?

I would order a rhizome of a true known variety in November
seeds could be unknown variety
and you could get males
you want a femail.
 
godfrey said:
I would order a rhizome of a true known variety in November
seeds could be unknown variety
and you could get males
you want a femail.

I can't get rhizomes at present, I can get plants (80 - 100 cms) or seeds.
The plants are 9 euro each the seeds are 2 euro for 20 seeds.

How can I identify which ones are male and which ones are female?
 
a little patience here will pay off

you won't get any harvest till next year anyway

do you know what variety you want ?

if not do you know what kind of beer you like ?

look at some recipe for the beer you like
and see what variety of hop is used to make it :thumb:

much better than growing from seeds
and find out in two years you want something different
 
Evening all,

Joint hop growing project with my brother in Nottingham this year as he has lots of space out back and a little less rain than sunny Manchester.

Fuggles and East Kent Goldings planted in late January. Fuggles harvested today.

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360g harvest weight which should give around 70g after drying (from what I've read). I think that we could have maybe left them a bit longer but they are very papery and have a real good hoppy smell to them. Nice lupulin as well.

As this was the first year and I wasn't expecting anything.... I'm really rather pleased :D

A
 

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