After drying and packaging, the final harvest yielded and additional 2.65 oz of cascade and 0.65 oz of centennial. When making the hop plugs (right), I did things a little differently this go round. I took a piece of cling wrap and placed over the end cap (lower left) of the plug chamber. I then with the cling wrap in place, inserted the tubing for the chamber (lower right). That way, when pushing the plug out of the chamber, it was already partially wrapped.
All in all, not bad for the first year.
2008 Harvest Totals
Wet Harvest:
37.30 oz Cascade
13.05 oz Centennial
Dry Packaged:
9.55 oz Cascade
3.20 oz Centennial
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