does anyone have any hop plants for sale

[hedgerow pete]

does anyone fairly local to the midlands and brum have any spare hop plants for sale at a reasonable amount, or does anyone know where i can buy some from, ie a farmer at ledbury say or a fellow gardener/brewer with some spare root cuttings,

hedgey

 

[evanvine]

So far its been a very poor year hopwise for me, so no extra shoots yet.
In fact my last years planting hasn't come up yet.

 

[Baz Chaz]

Don't know about southern parts of the country but we're well behind (plant growth wise) up here this year, but as always it'll catch up in a rush when the weather does pick up :!:

 

[hedgerow pete]

i think its the wrong time of year , i shall see if i can hunt some down ready for next years harvest

 

[charlie_mead_face]

if you can get a sprouted ryzome check the strain because i ended up with a gardeners joy which has no brewing use

 

[evanvine]

but as always it'll catch up in a rush when the weather does pick up

Damnit, I hope you're right!

 

[hedgerow pete]

i found that out to my cost last year, when i brought some hop seeds, stanard common hops are fecking useless. looks great ect but cant make beer with them

 

[knottlaboy]

So far its been a very poor year hopwise for me, so no extra shoots yet.
In fact my last years planting hasn't come up yet.

I bought 2 hop roots/rhysomes from Aplus Hops in March of this year, they both have shoots of about 6".
I've been growing a wild hops for a few years now, but they produce loads of stragly green shoots but very few hops, so i've dug em out.

 

[evanvine]

It is my intention to produce growing hops in pots, purely to give away to Forum members.
I know several people who have grown "ornamental" hops, only to be disappointed when it comes to brewing.

 

[johnnyboy1965]

The main thing with hops are that unless you know the variety they are then theyre pretty much useless. Hops really do grow like weeds, cuttings easily root and from one "mother" plant you can easily take 20 cuttings a year (I know, Ive got **** loads). From taking a cutting, to a mature, cropping plant will take 3 years, if you buy a rhizome you might harvest in the firat year. The only trouble with this is that your bine will not be as strong in the second year.

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

they both have shoots of about 6".

I knelt down and measured mine with my dick, they're about 13"...

BB :whistle:

 

[evanvine]

I knelt down and measured mine with my dick, they're about 13"...

Yet another case of a long streak of ****!

 

[hedgerow pete]

what gets me then is if hops can be reproduced so easily why do i have to pay £8 plus postage to buy them ?

the next point is choice, which fecking one to buy

on my wish list was casscade and or fuggles, as most of the recipies i have seen use them

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

what gets me then is if hops can be reproduced so easily why do i have to pay £8 plus postage to buy them ?

the next point is choice, which fecking one to buy

on my wish list was casscade and or fuggles, as most of the recipies i have seen use them

Mine is Prima Donna, it's a dwarf variety that grows around 4m, some of the other variety's grow to the heavens like Jack's beanstalk..

BB

 

[Dronfieldbrewer]

what gets me then is if hops can be reproduced so easily why do i have to pay £8 plus postage to buy them ?

the next point is choice, which fecking one to buy

on my wish list was casscade and or fuggles, as most of the recipies i have seen use them

Mine is Prima Donna, it's a dwarf variety that grows around 4m, some of the other variety's grow to the heavens like Jack's beanstalk..

BB

I used your method of hop measurement....at a stretch, got to 4.5 inches of fresh growth on the Bramlin Cross...4.5 inches thick...

 

[hedgerow pete]

heres a question then, when i opened my bag of hops today for my brew i found it had a few seeds in it floating on the wort, can these be used to seed plants?

yes i realise they cant go in boiling wort and then grow and i would have to grow several plants to find the female vines

 

[evanvine]

Most of the hops you buy have come from unfertilised plants, so there is very little chance they will germinate.

 

[hedgerow pete]

ho well worth a try, ha ha ha

 

[evanvine]

ho well worth a try, ha ha ha

Don't give up, try again next season.

 

[screamlead]

Must admit i tried that too after not getting my rhizomes quick enough and them dying off. But seeds never germinated either, might have another bash later or could be a trip to uk next march to get some rhizomes.