growing hops- - Page 2

**Yooper** · 11-25-2007, 02:35 PM

You grow them from rhizomes, not seeds. You can buy them at the places listed above. Here's some more great info: http://www.picobrewery.com/askarchive/growhops.htm

You only grow the female plants (I believe) as they are the ones that produce the hop flowers.

Poindexter · 11-25-2007, 02:39 PM

Found another link and I'll just edit into this post in the future:

Hop growers Association of America:

http://www.usahops.org/

The Oregon Dept of Ag website is undergoing renovation. However, they will probably still host this content somewhere on the new server:

http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/PacWest/Corvallis/ncgr/humulus/huminfo.html

The Ozzies concluded that any area that can grow hops will also support hop diseases:
http://www.cababstractsplus.org/google/abstract.asp?AcNo=20033217421

I am sticking this one in thread to save room in my personal favorites folder. The "Hop Buying Guide for 2007" was especailly illuminating, though not germane:
http://www.hopsteiner.com/guide.html

And I finally found a reference to climate zone:
http://www.uvm.edu/~pass/perry/faqhops.html

The relevant guidance text is:

Quote:

Originally Posted by uvm.edu

When should I plant my hops rhizomes outside? The best time to plant can vary from year to year, depending on the weather conditions. For a general guide, we recommend around the 1st of May for Plant Hardiness Zone 4, and 2 weeks earlier for each zone number higher.

And the USDA climate zone map is here:
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html

Actually, the University of Vermont site is pretty darn helpful...

MikeFlynn74 · 11-25-2007, 05:06 PM

Found a cheap seller-

Thinking of buying Crystal and Chinook

http://www.storesonline.com/site/561124/page/217466

**Joker** · 11-25-2007, 05:13 PM

With prices going up like they are I am going to put in some plants this spring. Haven't decided which variety yet.

McKBrew · 11-25-2007, 05:32 PM

Check out this site as well

http://www.crannogales.com/HopsManual.pdf

I think Hops would probably grow suprisingly well in AK, I lived up there for a few years and remeber all of the big veggies coming out of the Matanuska valley.