Hop Harvest - First Year

[guyb]

Well, having planted the hops in April, here's the result.

Fuggles - 1.4kg fresh
Challenger 400g fresh

Here's the bines growing in about August.





Here's the bines just before cutting yesterday.

Currently drying on a homemade wire rack.




Here's the picked cones:

 

[matjam]

They look great!

Have you dried them yet and if so what weights did you get when dry?

 

[Brew2Day]

What age were the hops when you planted and did you use rhizomes?

 

[guyb]

They look great!

Have you dried them yet and if so what weights did you get when dry?

Hi Mat, took about 4 days to dry out, on my homemade dryer.

All in all, dried weight of fuggles is 300g, and 130g challenger
Pretty pleased with the result

 

[guyb]

What age were the hops when you planted and did you use rhizomes?

Age wise, no idea, i bought them here http://hopshop.co.uk/shop/hop-bines/hop-plants/

Bought as rhizomes, planted at the end of March this year, didn't expect much, so was very pleasantly surprised at the outcome.