BlackJaqueJanaviac
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Ok. I've got a hops bine that I inherited when I bought the house 4 years ago. The neighbors tell me the previous owner brewed beer. I have no idea what variety of hops they are so I don't know what to expect for a yield but it seems pretty dissappointing so far.
This is the biggest harvest yet and I got 15 oz of green hops from two ropes that are growing up the garage side. I trimmed back the runners so only two or three were winding their way up the ropes. It is on the south side of the garage and in full sun from about 8 am through 3 or 4 pm.
I watered it a few times per week. Sprinkled 10-10-10 around it a few times this summer. Mulched. The Jap beetles hit the hops leaves fairly hard, not completely defoliating them but ruining a number of good sized leaves. It doesn't look like the beetles really ate any of the actual cones but they aparently "tasted" them as many have some brown petals.
The 15 oz green dehydrated down to 4 oz in the dehydrater. The beers I've been brewing have been using 3 oz of hops (store-bought).
Just how many bines do I need to supply myself year round? I'm guessing about 12 batches of beer per year so 36 oz of hops.
This is the biggest harvest yet and I got 15 oz of green hops from two ropes that are growing up the garage side. I trimmed back the runners so only two or three were winding their way up the ropes. It is on the south side of the garage and in full sun from about 8 am through 3 or 4 pm.
I watered it a few times per week. Sprinkled 10-10-10 around it a few times this summer. Mulched. The Jap beetles hit the hops leaves fairly hard, not completely defoliating them but ruining a number of good sized leaves. It doesn't look like the beetles really ate any of the actual cones but they aparently "tasted" them as many have some brown petals.
The 15 oz green dehydrated down to 4 oz in the dehydrater. The beers I've been brewing have been using 3 oz of hops (store-bought).
Just how many bines do I need to supply myself year round? I'm guessing about 12 batches of beer per year so 36 oz of hops.