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I think the hops are ready for harvest. The centennial almost seems to be developing some kind of a rust on the cones. Looks like I might have to do an emergency brew session on Saturday to take advantage of the centennial hops. And vacuum seal up the rest for a later date.

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The centennial hops are in bloom, but not ready for harvest. They are still a bit moist, and just starting to get that hoppy smell. So I’ll check again in mid-July, to see how things are progressing in the drying process.

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Oh baby, do we have some cone production happening on the centennial hops. I had very low expectations for hop cones this year. But man is the centennial cranking out the cones. To the top 2′ of the centennial vines, there is copious amounts of cone production. As you get closer to the ground you [...]

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Now that the centennial hops are really starting to fill in. I thought that it might be a good idea to replace the two year old twisted poly-string holding up the hops with a 3/8” braided rope. Well I came up with this idea just a tad bit late.
After I lowered the hops to the [...]

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By popular demand, some more pics of the hops. You can really see the difference now between the leaves of the centennial and the golding leaves. The centennial even seems to be getting ready for some cone production. Bring on the hops bitches!

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As predicted, the centennial is growing like crazy. In fact the centennial has sent out a running, so now I’ve got two centennial vines trying to grow. I’m tempted to cut the running and move it to another spot in the hop garden, but I haven’t decided.
The golding is finally starting to grow, though not [...]

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Once again the centennial hops is crushing the golding hops like it is no ones business. When I took some measurements today 5/3/09, one vine of the centennial has already reached 6′, while the golding is barely an inch off the ground. The difference is almost shocking.
I guess that I’m glad that I made the [...]

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Well the Centennial hops seem to be bursting with vine activity since last month. Which should bode well for the harvest this fall. But on the other hand the Golding only has about 3-4 buds emerging from the ground. So lets bring on the hops!

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I took a quick stroll by the hop rhizomes today after bringing in all the seedling flats from having some time in the sun. And we have got some hop bud activity, a lot on the Centennial and only one bud on the Goldings.
Yeah it’s still very early in the season. But since this is [...]

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