Hop Crop 2018 ~ The Last Weekend
We got the last two bines of Fuggles hops in this weekend.
Time was definitely running out as autumn encroached and the cones neared late middle-age.
Two plants remained, those occupying the west and north corners of the Fuggles pyramid. The west facing plant provided far more cones, on a thicker stem that were less mature than those on the north facing plant, the cones of which had already started to turn over ripe. I hadn’t expected to see such a difference due to orientation to the sun.
North facing bine showing its age… The single thick stalk is from the west facing plant, double entangled one is from the north facing one. .. West facing bine still fresh.