Hoppy81 Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) On 2/22/2020 at 4:54 PM, Norris! said: Picked a ton of cascade today at my Buddy's place. Looking forward to trying these. Cheers Norris that is a hell of a lot of hop's, should keep you going for a while. 1 ton= 907.185kg Edited February 23, 2020 by Hoppy81 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice79 Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 On 2/22/2020 at 4:54 PM, Norris! said: Picked a ton of cascade today at my Buddy's place. Looking forward to trying these. Cheers Norris Be careful when drying as they can drop a lot of lupin (yellow stuff) and its a pain to clean. I know for experience as I dried inside and the lupin that drop is oil and once rubbed in can be a pain to remove. My vac sealer really cops it when I package after drying. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris! Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Dang, I will see how much fell off, if need be I will use sugar soap or something on the floors. Hopefully it isnt too bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 On 2/23/2020 at 8:20 PM, Norris! said: Dang, I will see how much fell off, if need be I will use sugar soap or something on the floors. Hopefully it isnt too bad Hopefully not on The Boss's sofa mate? ; ) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 I usually put an old sheet or something under the screen to catch anything that falls through. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice79 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Harvest is over for another year. We ended up with 5.6kg of dry hops split as follows 1.3kg Chinook 2.8kg Cascade 1.45kg Victoria. The above doesn't include harvest ales (600g dry) and hops not harvested (estimated 2kg dry) Chest freezer is now full of dry vac sealed hops so 'managed' ambient brewing till at least October it is. Luckily its cold now so shouldn't be a problem. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Maurice79 said: Harvest is over for another year. We ended up with 5.6kg of dry hops split as follows 1.3kg Chinook 2.8kg Cascade 1.45kg Victoria. The above doesn't include harvest ales (600g dry) and hops not harvested (estimated 2kg dry) Chest freezer is now full of dry vac sealed hops so 'managed' ambient brewing till at least October it is. Luckily its cold now so shouldn't be a problem. Thats awesome mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malter White Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 @jamiek86 Check out this thread, mate. Some absolute gun hops growers here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, MUZZY said: @jamiek86 Check out this thread, mate. Some absolute gun hops growers here. thanks mate I dont know why when typing into search it didn't come up or was pages back. I will definitely get it going next year I reckon missed mark by a while. @Otto Von Blotto @Maurice79 do you send them away to test AA to know how much you need to use? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malter White Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, jamiek86 said: thanks mate I dont know why when typing into search it didn't come up or was pages back. It's a fairly old thread. The search mechanism on this forum usually shows the most recent stuff first. It can take ages to find some things. I remembered this one because I was amazed at Maurice's harvests. I live not that far from him and thought how does someone successfully grow hops in SA? It almost defies nature. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 I'm probably in almost similar climate where I am but hey if SA and SE nsw can grow grapes for wine surely we can grow hops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, jamiek86 said: thanks mate I dont know why when typing into search it didn't come up or was pages back. I will definitely get it going next year I reckon missed mark by a while. @Otto Von Blotto @Maurice79 do you send them away to test AA to know how much you need to use? No, I just guess it from the usual range of the variety, usually towards the low end. Most times I only use them as late additions anyway so it doesn't really matter as much. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Otto Von Blotto said: No, I just guess it from the usual range of the variety, usually towards the low end. Most times I only use them as late additions anyway so it doesn't really matter as much. good idea being a kit brewer I'm more likely to use flavour additions will definitely give growing a go 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice79 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Hey @jamiek86 I haven't tested, just use at flame out for aroma. Like Otto I use a guess and base on the higher end of the range based on experience over the last three years. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Really happy with the way my hops are going this year. Plenty of hops on it. Feeding it every couple of weeks now with a high potassium feed. Just hoping we don't get that mid 40s day to kill all my good work. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) @Greeny1525229549 nice set-up Maby you could make up a covering with bit of shade cloth for those mid 40s that might stunt or kill it Edited January 11, 2021 by jamiek86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popo the Reprobate Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozdevil Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 i would love to grow my own But i dont think my landlord would like mowing around the hop vines lol cos a fence wouldnt be enough as i would want to grow a few varieties 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popo the Reprobate Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 I'm gonna start fixing up my planter box and get a few rhizomes this winter to start growing them again. And by fixing up I just mean filling it up with soil. The trellis and lines are still in place. I'll do it gradually as it's a bit expensive to do it all at once, plus the way my house is built it's impossible to get a trailer out the back anyway. But yeah will be good to get back into it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Not going to get much POR hops this year unfortunately. I usually get a couple of batches worth but it was a bit neglected this year. Other than a urea feed when the bines started appearing I didn't feed it again and didn't water it very often either. You get out what you put into it I guess. How's everyone else hops going? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 1 minute ago, Greenyinthewestofsydney said: Not going to get much POR hops this year unfortunately. I usually get a couple of batches worth but it was a bit neglected this year. Other than a urea feed when the bines started appearing I didn't feed it again and didn't water it very often either. You get out what you put into it I guess. How's everyone else hops going? They look healthy enough Greeny but as you say not a big crop, POR is one of my favourite hops & I have a mate on this forum who grows them & he has given me a couple of lots. I used them fresh in a couple of brews, boiled & steeped of course. I have a back fence that I could grow & train them on, but I don't think they would get enough sun because of the trees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 2/18/2022 at 8:46 PM, Popo the Degenerate said: Lovely picture 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 My hops are starting to pop out nicely now. Gave them a urea feed each last weekend. I usually go hard on nitrogen till i start to see burrs then switch to mostly potassium. Seems to work well. Added to my POR with a goldings this year. Cut the bottom off a large plastic pot and sunk that into the ground. Not expecting much off that one this year. Maybe enough for a late addition to an english IPA or something. Anybody else got hops on the go? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 15 minutes ago, Greenyinthewestofsydney said: My hops are starting to pop out nicely now. Gave them a urea feed each last weekend. I usually go hard on nitrogen till i start to see burrs then switch to mostly potassium. Seems to work well. Added to my POR with a goldings this year. Cut the bottom off a large plastic pot and sunk that into the ground. Not expecting much off that one this year. Maybe enough for a late addition to an english IPA or something. Anybody else got hops on the go? Looks like you have lift off Greeny, I would love to but as I stated earlier, I don't think my space would get enough sun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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