Shitty Year for Hops at MHBC - HomeBrewChatter.com Home Brew Forum

Evan! · 08-31-2009, 10:31 PM

I dunno, I think it was the combination of the really wet spring/early summer and then really dry july/aug....nothing much did well this year here. Peppers, tomatoes (with the exception of the patio cherries), potatoes, basil...all of it was just weak as fuckin, weak. So I guess I don't feel so bad, it just sucks. The Crystal, especially...it was just huge...it grew like a weed, and was so healthy, and I got maybe a dozen cones off of it. All in all between a crystal and 2 cascades (both 3rd-year vines), I got 1.11 ounces wet. Yeah, it was a joke. The other vines didn't even make a showing. One of the EKG's didn't come back, and the other never got more than 12" tall. The Centennial is a 2nd-year, and it was maybe 2' high at most, and the Mt. Hood got up to about 6' and just stopped. With the amount I got last year, I was expecting a much better harvest, but you can't fuck with mother nature.

Oh well...as brewtus can tell ya, I'm not lacking in the hop dept., so it's not a huge deal, it's just sad to see those vines spend all summer creating 1.1oz of hops. I foodsaved them and I guess they'll go into a brew in the fall as the aroma addition.

mr x · 08-31-2009, 10:52 PM

I had a great year here. Just finished picking 10 lbs (wet) off my bines. Not a massive haul, but improving over last year's crop fo' sho'.

Evan! · 08-31-2009, 10:54 PM

10 lbs. Christ. Even in a good year, I'd never see that with my 7 lines. Some day, when I have land.

ohiobrewtus · 09-01-2009, 12:41 AM

You certainly aren't lacking hops in your stash. Bummer that you got so little out of yours this year though.

adrock · 09-01-2009, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ohiobrewtus

You certainly aren't lacking hops in your stash.

I'll be damned if that's not the most blatant euphemism I've ever heard.

ben the brewman · 09-03-2009, 02:20 AM

i had a good year for my one of my plants. i picked 14oz dried off it so i should be able to do something decent with them.

mr x · 09-04-2009, 05:32 PM

Here's my 10 lbs bagged up

08-31-2009, 10:52 PM	#2
mr x XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Halifax Posts: 2,642	I had a great year here. Just finished picking 10 lbs (wet) off my bines. Not a massive haul, but improving over last year's crop fo' sho'. __________________ So what would MODOK do if his memory got too full? He'd find a powersource and then he'd pick what plugs to pull.

09-04-2009, 05:32 PM	#7
mr x XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Halifax Posts: 2,642	Here's my 10 lbs bagged up __________________ So what would MODOK do if his memory got too full? He'd find a powersource and then he'd pick what plugs to pull.

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09-03-2009, 02:20 AM	#6
ben the brewman Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: memphis, TN Posts: 1,016	i had a good year for my one of my plants. i picked 14oz dried off it so i should be able to do something decent with them.