I only got a little over 1oz dried from my 3rd yr Willamette. And that was it's best production yet. Dont be discouraged. My second yr nugget gave me 8oz dried this yr.
Holy shnikes... the yeilds off of some of the first year hops posted in this thread is making me insanely jealous. That is a hell of a haul. I picked off maybe 2oz from my cascade (at best) and have been watering roughly 2 gallons a day...
If you are pulling lb(s) off a first year hop, do everyone on the forum a favor and let us know what you have been doing to take care of them... besides given them 'roids!!
First year cascade harvest. 30oz wet. South york county pa.
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No kiddin!? Whereabouts? I'm growing in Fawn Grove. Cascades didn't make it but my fuggels BLEW UP. Doing harvest #2 tomorrow
bluelimbo said:Holy shnikes... the yeilds off of some of the first year hops posted in this thread is making me insanely jealous. That is a hell of a haul. I picked off maybe 2oz from my cascade (at best) and have been watering roughly 2 gallons a day...
If you are pulling lb(s) off a first year hop, do everyone on the forum a favor and let us know what you have been doing to take care of them... besides given them 'roids!!
fyi just in case - Be careful with the guard dog around the hops - have read some info on several posts about serious danger to them if they consume some hops.
Hey bedman - Fair enough & not a bad philosophy. I was hearing that hop bines during the hottest days of summer really needed up to 4 gallons of water per day (I think this is for mature plants?). I think I heard this on BN when they had a guy from HopsDirect on there. I may be just not be remembering all of this correctly though. Not uncommon for me.
Either way, these are my second batch of hops. The first died off when I took the tactic you outlined. It happened though that it was an exceptionally warm summer in the Chicagoland area; that coupled with having to take care of a new baby... those hops never had a chance. So I basically swung the other way when planting these hops this year.
2 gal. may be over kill but I am hoping this gives them a leg up for 2nd year harvest. Who knows! We will see! Might knock it back to 2 gal ever other day next year. Meah, always fun to play around with it and see what you get!
Sunbeam and Willamette. Really disappointed with the Willamette. Not even a full wet oz... Sunbeam got just about a full pound overall.
Don't get me wrong, as my hop bines were growing inches per day I was giving them plenty of water. But once they seemed close to their max length I backed off. My main concern was letting those roots travel deep into the soil. I wasn't worried about yields.
Next year I don't think I will take the same approach. My roots should be well established so I will do much more watering/nutrient additions so those cones have lots to work with as they grow.
Not trying to revolutionize hop growing. I just don't like to get caught up in those 'cut off the end of the ham' situations.
30oz wet dried down to 7.5oz. That's pretty spot on isn't it?
two_hearted said:Harvest ale day! This is about a 1/4 from my first year Zeus, chinook and centennial plants.
They need to dry a bit more than that. You want them to be about 1/5th their wet weight. You are only at 1/4.
Your target weight is 6oz. or less.
My 2nd year Willamette might give me a full ounce dry. :-\ hopefully she does better next year or she's getting replaced.
specialkaye said:I say the exact same thing to my wife.
Picked my first harvest yesterday. Got 2oz wet from my Fuggles that are now drying, and there is probably another 2oz still on there maturing. Still have my EKG to harvest, and that has LOADS on it. Then have a Zenith which was planted a month after the others which has some, but not loads on it. All first year plants. Can't wait for next year. The Fuggles and Zenith were grown at my parental's house, and they said they looked amazing, like little Chinese lanterns.
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Those are either really big cones or really small hands
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