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Old 11-11-2002, 01:51 PM
Nick Maclaren
 
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"Charlie Pridham" writes:
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| You need a named hop form if you want to grow them for brewing (not the
| golden hop, it produces hops but not enough) I have heard "Fuggle" is OK.
| and you need to find out whether its a variety best fertilized or not, as
| hops are either male or female.

Not critically - the wild form produces enough hops! You may want
to use a named form, but there is no requirement, and using your
own strain adds individuality :-)


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