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Old 06-06-2006, 11:02 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren
 
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Default Hops, propagating ?


In article . com,
"Mike Lyle" writes:
| Nick Maclaren wrote:
| [...]
| Or just dig over in the winter, and plant out some of the younger
| roots. Layering is overkill.
|
| Does Bowman want his vines for ornamental or brewing purposes? Isn't it
| right that for brewing you want pollinated "cones"? If so, there needs
| to be a male plant for so many females; and if he's only got one, all
| its vegetative offspring will be of the same sex.

No, you don't. You need only female plants. Continental practice is
to use unfertilised hops.

You can also cook the shoots, like asparagus.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.