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I'm always surprised to see people gung ho about rhizome pre-ordering when there are a lot of premium suppliers of actual live plants. I would urge anyone looking at rhizomes to weigh the cost/benefit of planting live field grade plant material instead. I understand we may seem biased as our...

Any updated pics of the yard? We love to see new yards take shape! Also, how has your take rate been with rhizome stock? We've heard very mixed results with rhizome planting in commercial yards.

We have over 100 varieties at our facility that we have to grow side by side. While photoperiod is a factor it has become evident that the varieties are extremely bias to the PH and soil types they originated in where they are native. To PapaBearJay's point, New Zealand varieties are...

We are in the final year of our breeding program at Great Lakes Hops. We started with over 500,000 seed crosses and are down to about 400 finalists that are going into sensory testing and oil profile testing. After watching and evaluating all those crosses 1 or 2 left in the 400 appear to be...

Yes! Several varieties have originated in that area called Neomexicana's. Varieties such as Willowcreek, Amalia and Neo1 would grow great.

It's amazing how many additions we've had to our map! Be sure to check it out!

I may beg to differ. Spending multiple hours in the sun at that machine requires at least one beer. Haha! As Dan had mentioned, when all the guards are properly in place it seems surprisingly safe. The picking fingers were painless. You can stick your arm in the machine and it just stops...

For the record most growers in Michigan are paying between $12,000 and $18,000 per acre (Including Trellis, Cable, Plants, and Irrigation) If you guys are installing yards at $10,000 per acre: I would love to have the contact details of your suppliers. Growers in Oregon/Washington are able...

We can supply commercial growers and are willing to share growing knowledge and techniques to get new farmers started. Great Lakes Hops is a reputable company and we can handle any size order as long as we have enough lead time. We have been a source clean hops taken from visually inspected...

Here is a link to that Hop Harvester 1000. http://steenlandmanufacturing.com/

Pretty much any harvester has got to be better than picking by hand. The Bine 3060 is no exception. Brian here at Great Lakes Hops recorded one in action that one of our customers purchased. We think the machine is decent for an acre or so. If you get too much larger than that the time and...

You've discovered the only downside to plugs compared to rhizomes. Rhizomes will always be cheaper to ship because they are just sticks. Our plants have been growing for multiple months and since they usually ship to you alive with green growth, they require some dirt or soiless media when...

Haha.. Good luck even finding Sorachi Ace anywhere else. Kudos if you do, it took us forever to get a hold of it. Now its growing in house as a virus indexed plant... (Spoiler Alert: It is one of the worst growing cultivars we've ever seen) Basically with the new varieties we received late...

I can... Rhizomes typically come with 2 to 4 crown bud nodes per stick. Sometimes you can find a rhizome with more. The bigger problem gets to be making sure your rhizomes come from a trusted source. If you get them directly from a farmer you will have better luck than if you order them from a...

Yes sir shes still growing here. It didn't grow very well when compared to many other varieties right next to it. The good news is that we have successfully crossed LeHood with some of the male plants we have on site and they have produced viable seeds. The seedlings actually just got up...

Cascade and Columbus do really really well in hot climates. The problem you run into is if you have clay soil. They really don't like clay soil at all... There are some varieties that tolerate clay pretty well, however, most of those varieties are European and absolutely hate the heat. There...

It's a shame they won't let us ship our crowns into Washington and Oregon actually. It's always seemed a little bit unfair that growers in Washington and Oregon can send any quality of rhizomes out, but they have strict guidelines for people trying to send hop plants/rhizomes in. At...

They prefer to grow vertically and although they will grow short and horizontal, this will without a doubt reduce yields. The bines that grow horizontally just don't seem to yield out the same. Since many varieties don't start coning until they are a few feet off the ground, the shorter your...

I'll have to check with my supervisor. It will probably happen at some point, but more than likely not for a year or so. Eventually we will have bred our own unique males, and will probably have less use for their USDA parents. At that time they will likely become available for sale. The...

Actually Willow Creek is one of the varieties that we have very little information on. We will be growing it out in trials this year, and hopefully will have enough cones to submit to the brewery trial program. We have a few new varieties that we have been working on in house that have had a...