Recent content by darkdog50

I did a search on this forum, to see if anyone had posted comments on Morebeer's improved conical, but came up dry. I received my 14.5 gal. unit last tuesday, and did my first 10-gal. IPA batch in it friday. It is too soon to judge the final results (still fermenting at 69 deg. F). I did run...

The only reservation I had about Jaybird's FB, was the size of the perf-holes. The 11 1/2" domed one I currently use in my combo/MLT-BK has 3/32" holes, which keeps most of the debris from my pellet-hops from getting into my carboys. I am currently in the market for a FB to use in an old Sanke...

Hmmm ! Cyberbackpacker raises an interesting point. As I mentioned in my 1/16/10 post, the hole pattern in my "all-purpose" domed FB is 3/16" dia. on 1/8" centers, more precisely, a "diamond" pattern, with the 1/8" dim. on the long axis of the diamond. Have any of you long-time equipment...

Jay, Thanks for the update. Three pieces, all welded! Let me count my mad-money, and I will PM you when I'm good to go. BTW. for IslandBoy's benefit, I did a quick conversion check, and found that your 16 Ga stock is equivalent to 1.5189 mm. D-Dog

Ah yes --- to be young again!! Well folks, last month, I ordered one of B3's 2.0 14-gal. conicals, burt for me it was a matter of survival. I have home-brewed for over 19 years fermenting in 7 & 5 gallon carboys, but those days are over. 2-1/2 years ago my left rotator-cuff separated, and is...

Jay, thanks for the update. I get the impression, from reading the posts on this thread, that most of your customers are putting your FB's into converted kegs. I measured my old keggle today, and found that the interior diameter is "almost" exactly 15". Is your "standard" FB exactly 15", or...

Jay, here comes one from left-field. I have an old converted keg, that I used many years ago as an MLT, but it had a mickey-mouse screen that sat on top af a set of pins, about 2" above the bottom of the tank. I could never get the screen to seal right, and there was too much dead-space below...

Thanks for the input. The window screen sounds like a good approach. Since my frame is made of redwood, it is very soft & I can tack the screen in place with staples, then remove it when the hops are dry. Alas Bobby M, I have a garage, but I never got around to putting a door on it, after I had...

Greetings all! Did a search, but couldn't find the answer to my question. My Fuggles are about ready to pick, and I was planning to air-dry the cones in a 2'x2'x6" square frame with a 1/4" mesh hardware-cloth bottom. I am somewhat concerned, however about the wind-borne dirt, insects &...

Being a newbee at the hop-growing game, I hesitate making a comment that will keep this thread goinglonger than nessesary, BUT on 5/05/09 I submitted a thread on broken tips, that drew limited responses. I decided to just "leave everything to Mother Nature" ( except for providing twine for the...

Rain????? Oh yeah! I remember now. Like I tell the young folks out here in L.A. County, at 77 years of age, I have actually SEEN rain. Just kidding folks, cause I do feel for you. But, I have been "there" and done that too. In April 1953 I had to roll up my sleeves and help repair the damage...

This sounds the closest to my problem. The broken tips are on the soil ( mulch ) next to the plant they belonged to. Here in So Cal we have been having a spate of up-and-down weather ( overcast 60's to sunny 80's ), so this may be the cause. How do you test for the virus, other than taking the...

Thanks for the feed-back. As I said earlier, breakage occurs 3-4 inches above ground. could be deer, but soil surrounding the garden is bare dirt, and I haven't noticed any tracks lately in the immediate vicinity of the garden. All my young avocado trees are surrounded by chicken wire, as the...

I am a newbee at the hop growing game, having planted 16 new rhyzomes ( 10 varieties ) in the last month-and-a-half. I have tried to follow the advice of you old-timers on this forum, regarding soil-prep, fertilizing & watering etc., but I seem to have a problem with the tips of my shoots (...

I too ordered rhyzomes from Freshops ( 2 ea. sterling & galena ) in mid- March, and they arrived in four days. I previously pre-ordered ( in late February ) from two other suppliers. One such order arrived a week ago, and the second order arrived yesterday, right in the middle of the worst...