Hops Yards After Harvest
The hops growing season is consumed with tactical activities like bine training, scouting for pests, maintaining plant health, harvesting cones, and sales. However, managing your hop yard is far from complete once the last cones are separated from the bines. Strategic actions to take now address: after harvest sanitation, soil fertility, drip irrigation, taking a weed inventory, and getting a Pesticide Applicator License.
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FAQs New Jersey Commercial Hops Production
Please see this PDF if you have any questions on New Jersey Commerical Hops Production.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet FS1272: "Common Insect Pests in Hop Yards" - Infante-Casella, Michelle and Bamka, William
Please see this fact sheet to learn more about common insect pests that affect hop yards.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet FS1282: "Downy Mildew in Hop Yards" - Infante-Casella, Michelle and Bamka, William
Please see this fact sheet to learn more about the threat of downy mildew to small-scale hop production in NJ.