Hops: when to harvest, how to train the bines, propogate

My question today is when to harvest the hops?
They are still very green but some are 1.5 inches long.

I'm also interested in how to manage the bines as my 'neglect them' method is not working very well.🫤
I grew them from seed (from Richters I think) but when I looked just now they have 15 varieties....I know I didn't choose one to make beer with, I wanted them for shade, but otherwise I don't remember the variety at all.

I hope someone gives you a good answer, because I'd like to know too!

Mine are much less advanced than yours though...

If not beer, then what? Mine are for beer I hope! I have a very talented microbrewer locally that wants to experiment with more local ingredients (I'm also working on the barley...)

I think hops don't come 'true' from seed, although presumably will resemble their parents. I think you get male and female flowers on different vines. Yours do look female

Nancy, I wanted them mostly for shade at our front porch and the first couple years it worked pretty good and then they got a rust  from being so crowded and died back to one super healthy clump near a rain barrel and also where our nicest fig is.  The clump in the photo above was a rescue from the porch, a very small clump then.  I really need to get on a pruning schedule and work on some more permanent trellising.

I also was interested in the hops for a tea...

  Hops may be used in herbal medicine in a way similar to valerian, as a treatment for anxiety, restlessness, and insomnia.[71] A pillow filled with hops is a popular folk remedy for sleeplessness.[72] These indications have limited evidence in man.[73] Hops lack strong evidence supporting effectiveness for any specific medical condition, though they are generally considered safe.[73]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hops

Making beer is not out of the question for Steve....those days are past for me.
We do have a microbrewery not to far away run by friends.

now I see several hops threads below....none I want to merge with though.