likwidbliss
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I understand that Simcoe is the only patented hops. I really like this hops. I like to grow hops. Is this variety available to the home grower? If so please point me in the proper direction.
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The female plants produce seeds, but hops do not breed true. The male plants produce flowers, but no cones.
Simcoe and Citra are owned by the same people. I happen to know where a field is planted, and know which vines are which. Can't see myself sneaking a rhizome though. The owners are good people, and are letting me sample some fresh hops from the vines. They're also the first certified organic Simcoe and Citra. Hippy hops. Mmmmm mmmm.
If they are "good people" then why don't they make the rhizomes available? I am willing to pay a fair price for them but they are proprietary at this point and tHus unavailable. [/U][/B]. Montanaandy
Because they are probably in the business of making a living off of their efforts, knowledge and hop growing business. Why doesn't The Colonel give out the secret spices or Coke divulge the ingredients in their soda?
While I recognize your "Coke" or "KFC" analogy, I think that a better one in this instance would be that of Monsanto which sells Round-Up Ready Seed (corn, soybean, etc.). They make quite a bit of money selling their genetically altered seed and police it carefully. The owners of the Simcoe patent could price their product accordingly and sell the rhizomes to those interested (which is a small number anyways).
At some point some enterprising company/individual will be able to breed/cross breed a Simcoe clone or will come up with something superior and the point will be moot. Montanaandy
I guess that the problem is that rhizomes and easily be divided and propagated and there really would be no control once the horse was out of the barn. Montanaandy
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