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Hello Nagmay, I've asked the USDA on numerous occasions for both seed and rhizomes of native North American hops, but they have never sent me anything. I am trying to collect male plants for breeding purposes. If you could send me some seeds or rhizomes I would greatly appreciate it. If...

It might be a little early to ask this question, but when should I expect my second year hops to break dormancy and beginning growing again this season? Anybody in Southern California have hops that have begun to grow this year yet?

Here are some pictures of my first year Centennial hops growing out of a pot. It has about 40 cones on it. I can't wait to harvest them and brew with them I am sure when I weigh them that it won't come out to much. I fertilized them with comfrey that is growing from my yard. I just cut...

Here is a picture of my Centennial from about a week ago. It looks to be about 12 feet long. It is forming cones. Does the plant stop growing once it forms cones? I have not seen it grow much ever since cones started forming. Do you water the hop plants more now that the cones are forming...

The Centennial that you have in pots are doing better than the ones you have in the ground? Aren't hops suppose to do better in the ground? What do you think would account for the difference?

Thank you for the information. My Centennial seems to be growing pretty slow. I think its less than 2 feet. I planted the rhizome in late March. It is currently growing in a pot. I think it is an 8 gallon pot. I don't water every day because the soil seems moist. I was afraid of...

@Cram How tall did your hops get in their first year?

I have a Centennial growing and it only has one. I do see bines coming out of the first and second leaf node, but from what I read on the internet those are considered side arms. I also wonder if it is because I didn't bury the rhizome deep enough. Who knows? I am a first year hop grower so...

How many bines do you have growing out of the ground?

Here are pictures of my Centennial hops. I bought the rhizome on eBay. The rhizome was planted late March. I first put it in the ground, but it wasn't in a sunny enough location so I moved it to a pot. I then repotted it 2 days ago. The plant has only one bine growing out of the dirt, but...

@jperry Your hops look pretty good. I am embarrassed to post pictures of mine. It does not look very good. I just hope that they survive and come up again next year. If it can make it through this current growing season plus the winter then I should be good. I expect the first year would be...

@jperry Thanks for the insight. Its good to hear the experience of others since that gives me a point of reference. @DrinkingLounge, nice pictures. Where did you get those boxes. I need boxes like those.

To everyone in this thread, how tall are your plants. Mine is about 12 inches. It is a Centennial rhizome that I planted late March. The plant seems to be growing really slow. I wish it would grow faster. I am sure I am doing something wrong. I started the plant in the ground, but the...

Do most of your plants have multiple bines at this point or would you say most of them do not. I have one plant and it only has one bine at this point. A second bine was forming, but it scorched by the sun on a very hot day, so now I only have one bine. No other bines have come up yet. My...

@NCSD how tall is your plant right now? Got any new pictures? My hops are not doing as well as yours. I planted mine in late march and as of today it is as tall as the one you have pictured above. I am growing a Centennial. I think I put it in an area where it wasn't getting enough sun, so...

I think Belma and Cascade taste pretty good together. I did a Belma and Cascade american wheat and it tasted much better than Belma alone although the Belma alone was not bad just very plain like BMC plain. I am interested in how Belma will go with Centennial as well as I am growing...

I don't work on a hop farm so I can't speak from firsthand experience, but I have read that sometimes older leaf hops will get converted to pellet hops. Especially if the supplier sees that the pellet hops are in higher demand. As the hops age they lose alpha acids. Therefore this might...

What do you taste in those beers with Belma? Do you taste diacetyl? Do you have friends that are fellow homebrewers? Maybe you can get them to try some? I haven't noticed any diacetyl like flavors in any beers that I have made with Belma, but I am not BJCP certified either.

How long did it take them to send you a response and how long did it take them to send you genetic material? I asked for some materials about a month ago, but haven't received a reply at all.

I asked the USDA for some native hop varieties from Colorado and they never responded to me. I don't know of any commercial sources for native North American hop varieties. Is the USDA sending anybody rhizomes? I would say good luck with getting them to give you Brambling Cross. You might...