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:

Does anyone here grow hops?

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.

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

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.

Doug Freyburger wrote:

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!


--
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

"Gary Woods" wrote in message
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Doug Freyburger wrote:

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!


--
Gary Woods

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

Steve B wrote:
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.


OK, what recipes? Other that beer?

"Bob F" wrote in message
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Steve B wrote:
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.


OK, what recipes? Other that beer?

None I know of.

Class?

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

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

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

Steve

"Bob F" wrote in message
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Steve B wrote:
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.


OK, what recipes? Other that beer?

From a quick google search, looks like there's a bread recipe. I'm sure
there has to be more, probably in underdeveloped countries where they will
eat ANYTHING.

Steve

"Steve B" wrote in message
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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.

This group is called rec.gardens.edible

FarmI wrote:
"Steve B" wrote in message
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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.

This group is called rec.gardens.edible

And since hops are used in beer , I consider them edible . My non-drinking
Mormon Granny had a patch of hops in the back yard . I have no idea why or
what she used them for , but she wouldn't have let them grow if she didn't
have a use for 'em .
--
Snag
Learning keeps
you young !

In article , "Snag"
wrote:

FarmI wrote:
"Steve B" wrote in message
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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.

This group is called rec.gardens.edible

And since hops are used in beer , I consider them edible . My non-drinking
Mormon Granny had a patch of hops in the back yard . I have no idea why or
what she used them for , but she wouldn't have let them grow if she didn't
have a use for 'em .

Used as a sleep aid.

http://www.google.com/search?client=...illow&ie=UTF-8
&oe=UTF-8

--
Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden

http://marshallmcluhanspeaks.com/

Hops used for anything other than beer is a waste of hops!

On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:30:16 -0700, "Steve B" wrote:


"Bob F" wrote in message
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Steve B wrote:
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.


OK, what recipes? Other that beer?

From a quick google search, looks like there's a bread recipe.


Beer is liquid bread!
On your hops question, I'm in USDA 5B (Southern Ontario, Canada) but
only at about 1000' elevation.
When I was brewing my own I had 5 different varieties growing on
trellises and they did exceptionally well here. The bines easily
topped out their 14' trellises and kept on growing.
They will spread via underground runners and are very easy to
propagate that way.
I did try ''wet hopping'' but IMO, they don't work well for beer when
freshly picked and must be dried.
You can supposedly make a very effective sleep pillow using hops but I
found when using them to brew beer, the end product was also a very
good sleep aid.

Ross.

Ross@home wrote in


Beer is liquid bread!

There is an antique beer bottle from the turn of the century called "Liquid
Bread". It is unique because the bottles were cobalt blue glass, a beauty
as a stand alone bottle. With the label, they are VERY valuable.

Steve

"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
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"Steve B" wrote in message
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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.

This group is called rec.gardens.edible

And your point is?

What is the punishment for this?

Steve

"Steve B" wrote in message
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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
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"Steve B" wrote in message
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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.

This group is called rec.gardens.edible

And your point is?

What is the punishment for this?

Steve


I read that reply as telling the OP that the post was on topic, and as there
was only one line I had no need to read between them.

Mike