"Rupert Bear" wrote in message
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"Rupert Bear" wrote in message
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Kylie,

I will have plenty of hop rhizomes for sale on eBay soon, most of them are
still dying back and will not be ready for a month or so.
I have Goldings, Tettnanger, Wurtemberger, Golden Cluster, Columbus,
Pererced d bougogne, Tardiff d bourgogne, Chinook , Hallertau, Hersbruker,
Pearle and just a few of the hard to get Cascade.

Some of the above will be Jumbo size.

ooh crikey.

My eBay name is Cannabaceae,

really? :-)

I will put a link here to auction when main lot
are for sale.

thank you!!!


I will check out tomorrow to see if any cultivars are ready now.

Contact me at: rupertjw-AT-iinet-DOT-net-DOT-au ...which is hopefully a
spam bot proof way of writing it

Rupert.

thank you!

sorry, as this really isn't my thing at all, but when you auction, do you
describe which cultivars are better for various locations (and brews)? he's
a good brewer but very much a novice gardener - how would one know which
variety is better to try? (i'm really trying to NOT get involved in the
whole hop malarkey just atm.)
ta again
kylie


If you are growing hops for the first time, it is a good idea to start with
several varieties to find out which will do the best in your own back yard.

Hops need a long day to grow successfully (best achieved south of the 35th
parallel for viable comercial yields), temps are less critical. However,
Hops
have been grown successfully in the south of W.A., in the Adelaide Hills,
Victoria and NSW. There are brewers with successful yet small yielding
crops in Qld. It does not seem to matter about the quality of light so much
as the length of daylight available. Hops are native to many parts of the
world and different varieties have been found growing anywhere from desert
locations to 7000 ft. elevations.

I have an experiment underway which seem to indicate that a small energy
saving lamp in the blue spectrum (highest Kelvin temperature) left on over
night shining on the base leaves may be enough to extend the daylight in
higher lattitudes to produce flowers (cones) or greater yields. Will try to
set up better experiment (with controls) with grower in Queensland next
season.

As for which brews, I usually describe the cultivar in as much detail as
possible, with added terms like:

"Predominantly a bittering hop (high alpha hop) but with interesting
aromatic
qualities"
"Very fine or noble aroma hop"
"Dual-purpose hop with a good combination of balanced bittering and highly
acceptable aroma properties"

Will let you know tommorow what is available, it's to wet at the moment to
be
digging up rhizomes

Rupert.


Have a Columbus, Golden Cluster, Hersbruker, Tardiff d bourgogne, Pearle,
Tettnanger and Goldings available, if you are interested in purchasing now
contact me for further details: rupertjw AT iinet DOT net DOT au

Or if you prefer to bid at eBay auctions later, I will definitely post a link
here when the main lot are ready.

Some hop cultivar descriptions he http://tinyurl.com/38n9wt

and hop gardening links: http://www.freshops.com/gardening.html

http://www.crannogales.com/manual%20final.pdf

Rupert.