Think I got scammed?
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That's definitely not a hop plant but even more importantly, you can't grow hops from seeds in any usable way. The plant that grows will be nothing like the female plant they came from.
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That is a plant from the mustard family growing in that pot. Would it be possible to post a pic of these seeds?
Hops are typically cultivated from rhizomes, which is a chunk of it's root system.
It's not really common practice to cultivate from seed outside of breeding programs.
Hops are typically cultivated from rhizomes, which is a chunk of it's root system.
It's not really common practice to cultivate from seed outside of breeding programs.
I have a couple rhizomes up and going. Was attempting to get males to breed with those established hop plants.
No pictures of the seeds themselves but this was the link.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/165361771150?hash=item268054628e:g:8mQAAOSwf89hTxnw
Member Sylvain has a thread about growing hops from seeds-it can be don, but he does it for selective breeding:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/growing-hops-from-seed.397219/page-17
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/growing-hops-from-seed.397219/page-17
Looks like mustard to me..... Could be an interesting beer 
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I see a hot dog beer in your future.
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Grodziskie it is!
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zasada
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OT: We've got the saying in Poland that Grodziskie is "wiener water".
I am sure I speak for all of us when I say I love a ketchup and mustard beer as much as the next guy but is there anywhere where I can get REAL hop seeds? I would love a male to try and breed some new hops for fun.
I’ve crossed peppers in the past so thought it may be fun with hops.
I’ve crossed peppers in the past so thought it may be fun with hops.
Come to Bremen, leave a pot with soil outside, wait a year or two, voila, hops.
At least this is what happened to my balcony plants.
At least this is what happened to my balcony plants.
I have recently discovered and fallen in like with Grodziskie. Must keep a fresh keg of it in the pipeline.
zasada
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@Beekeeper - there were a Grodziskie Fest lasy friday & saturday in Grodzisk Wielkopolski.
Dont't know is there any translation on FB/YT but take a look:
https://m.facebook.com/SwietoPiwaGrodziskiego/https://grodziskikpd.org/
Dont't know is there any translation on FB/YT but take a look:
https://m.facebook.com/SwietoPiwaGrodziskiego/https://grodziskikpd.org/
Same here. I brewed one last summer and plan another this summer. It's a great refresher. Easy to brew, too. Just smoked wheat malt, some noble hops and any neutral ale yeast.
Thanks, yes I discovered this through AHA, but I really had to work hard at that because the event URL was incorrect, and once I found the correct link I let the host know of the error for next year.
I was slightly intimidated, having brewed other rauchbiers, where a little smoke goes a long way. There is another thread for 100% peat malt, and I brewed 2G of that also. First sip hits you like a coal mine, but after that it is not disagreeable.
And so in my first foray into piwo I made two 5 gallon batches: 1 with 100% eichenrauch wiezenmalz and 1 with 50 wheat malt and 50% smoked. 100% oak smoke is delightful! I think the key is the low OG/low ABV, as well as the delicately oak smoked quality.
Peated malts can be a bit overpowering, and an acquired taste. However, the oak smoked wheat makes for a nice beer, even at 100%.
The piwo grodziskie I brewed had a very mild smoke flavor. Even friends who "hate smoke beers" tried it and enjoyed it. And <4%, it's easy to drink a bunch of them.
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Sorry , my searches didn't come up with anything I would trust ... and then knowing the variety assuming you did get actual hop seeds is even more of a crapshoot . Good luck
"...you can't grow hops from seeds in any usable way. The plant that grows will be nothing like the female plant they came from."
From personal experience, I can say that certain crosses can produce offspring that have VERY similar oil profiles as the maternal parent. Brewing quality may be all over the board but in my experience, a few have made beers quite comparable with the primary characteristics of their mother (ex: mom was dank/resinous with lots of citrus - kids dank/resinous with SOME citrus but heavier in other areas like floral, fruit etc, still very interesting and drinkable). I think Jason Perrault and the other hop breeders out there may take offense to your statement, lol!
From personal experience, I can say that certain crosses can produce offspring that have VERY similar oil profiles as the maternal parent. Brewing quality may be all over the board but in my experience, a few have made beers quite comparable with the primary characteristics of their mother (ex: mom was dank/resinous with lots of citrus - kids dank/resinous with SOME citrus but heavier in other areas like floral, fruit etc, still very interesting and drinkable). I think Jason Perrault and the other hop breeders out there may take offense to your statement, lol!
Where would the fun be if the offspring were identical to the parents?
eBay and Amazon seed ads are mostly scams, unfortunately. Some seed retailers do sell hop seeds, but that's fairly infrequent. My first experience with hops was with these, based out of Ontario.
Growing a hop with known characteristics so you can use them to make beer styles you like is pretty fun. The problem with growing from seed is that you won't know if the plant will even product a usable hop until year 2. Then there's the issue of sorting through the male and female plants.
That's what vegetative propagation, such as with rhizomes or stem cuttings, is for.
