sportsdad60 wrote:
I got hops growing like mad on our deer fence. I need some info on when to pick them, and drying them?
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Pick them when they start to dry, they shouldnt have a squishyness. They should be starting to brown a little, slight papery sound when squishing them. Look at some youtube videos.
I have a big bundle of them at the top of my 10' line, they'll be reaching back to the ground by the end of summer.
The last time i dried them i did them on the stovetop held 1/2" off the top of the hot surface, but you can air dry them too, or just throw them in the freezer, they dont have to be dried to use.