voodoochild7
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I want to grow my own anyone know a place where I can buy root cuttings or whatever it is I need to plant?
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Freshops Will give you everything you need to know about getting started. If you look at the bottom of the page, you will see a link for rhizomes. These are root cuttings. You can (and should) order now, but ...
1. They won't be shipped until next spring, which is the only time to plant hops
2. You won't get much if any hops the first year.
I planted eight rhizomes last spring. Four of them got about 5 ft tall and I had a total of three hops flowers, each about the size of a large pea. Next year they should get 14-20 feet tall and put out 10-16 lbs of wet hops, each. That's about 2 lbs dry.
Making ale with hops just off the vine is called Fresh/Wet hop ale. You get some flavors that just don't make it through the drying process.
Plant them around your porch and in the late summer, just sit out there with a home brew and dream.
1. They won't be shipped until next spring, which is the only time to plant hops
2. You won't get much if any hops the first year.
I planted eight rhizomes last spring. Four of them got about 5 ft tall and I had a total of three hops flowers, each about the size of a large pea. Next year they should get 14-20 feet tall and put out 10-16 lbs of wet hops, each. That's about 2 lbs dry.
Making ale with hops just off the vine is called Fresh/Wet hop ale. You get some flavors that just don't make it through the drying process.
Plant them around your porch and in the late summer, just sit out there with a home brew and dream.
I have two Plants that take over anything with in 20 ft. They prefer up but will do sideways. They are great for filling gaps and covering "uglies" I use mine fresh at their best, beginning of autumn here, then dry the rest in a low oven for half a day. I also make tea with them ,cook with them and put them in dishes around the house.
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You may want to see about ordering rhizomes from a home brew shop in New Jersey. Due to various state regulations they may not be able to ship to you from OR.
I live just across the river in WA and none of the hop places in OR would ship to me. Which is kind of dumb as I could go right across the Interstate bridge and get them.
I went ahead and got some from my WA LHBS.
I live just across the river in WA and none of the hop places in OR would ship to me. Which is kind of dumb as I could go right across the Interstate bridge and get them.
I went ahead and got some from my WA LHBS.
Google "hop rhizomes" "new jersey" and you get ... www.freshops.com! i don't think you'll have any problem. Washington is rightly protective of their commercial hop farms. I believe it is their third largest crop, second largest legal one.
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