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We have been hard at work compiling a list of hopyards in our area that could be a local option for brewers to buy cones. You can find the map here: http://www.greatlakeshops.com/hopyard-map.html It includes all the information you would need to get in contact with the local hopyards...

This is not so much a question as a couple of reminders for some of the newer growers of hops. First off, if you had bugs last year (you're lucky if you didn't), you should seriously consider a dormant oil spray by the second week of March. Most of the U.S. had a very mild winter without the...

Here's a pic of what rhizomes forming on a dormant hop crown look like. There seems to be some confusion out there about Hop plants, crowns, roots , rhizomes and how they all relate. A pic is worth a thousand words.:) These are dormant crowns - a complete hop plant with dormant buds and root...

Crown bud formation is a great way to tell how healthy your hop plant is and how it is going to perform next year. Here is a pic of crown buds on a typical 5 month old hop plant. Show us yours! [/IMG] I posted more pics in my gallery to the left < :)

For those of you who are thinking about going beyond growing hops for yourself and as a great hobby- here is a well done feasibilty study done by Vermont Ag. It has a ton of good info, studies, and strategies to growing hops for profit. http://docs.com/FG2S

We've been around HBT for awhile now, but decided to make it "official". We grow top quality certified hop plants and crowns commercially and decided to make them available to craft brewers also. We ship nationwide and year-around with 33 varieties available. Check us out on the Vendor list...