Hops

 Does anyone here grow hops?  I don't know if you can eat them, so apologies
to netnannies, but they sure are good in certain recipes.

Steve

 Steve B wrote:

My SIL in Portland, OR grows a trelise of them.  They flowered just fine
the last time I saw them.

I don't know if your geography is too dry or hot for them.


Herbs of various sorts are on topic for the group.

Let's see if I understand hops correctly - Like apples they do not breed
true so if you grow them from seed there is a very low chance the plant
will grow hops that taste good brewed into beer.  As a result nearly all
hops are grown from cuttings or root stock of known good plants.

 

The good news is that hops grow like weeds from root cuttings, so are dead
easy to propagate.  And they generally reach the second-story window by
mid-summer!


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Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

 

Like with doctors, I don't always divulge all the information just to see
how good they really are .................

You guys seem to be knowledgeable, so ................

I live at 3700' elev, and am in a 5A USDA agricultural zone.  It gets damn
hot here in the summer, and damn cold in the winter, but there are spaces in
between that are just beautiful.  Not sure the time to ripeness for hops,
but maybe that additional bit of info may help.

It could be fun, but then, maybe not worth it at the cost of good hops from
all over the world at beer brew sites.  AND, the longevity of storage.

As for so much garden stuff, a lot of it is the fun of growing it yourself,
and not actually in cost savings.  Unless, of course, one could raise a
strain that was better one way or the other, and grew good in my location.
A few hundred feet of elevation, or a little difference here and there can
make a lot of difference in the final harvest.

Thanks for the info, people.

Steve

 

None I know of.

Class?

Class? .........................

"Beer is proof God loves us."  - Benjamin Franklin _

Isn't beer a food group? .......................

Steve