March 19th, 2010

Hop Rhizomes Delivered

Posted by John in Hops

I came home today from work hoping to see some ingredients for the Irish Red Ale, but I found some hop rhizomes instead.

Hop Rhizomes

Yep, 2 rhizomes.  A Mt. Hood one and a Magnum one.  They were sent from Freshops in an envelope with a shipping permit label on it from the state of Oregon’s Dept. of Agriculture.

When I went to the Freshops site, they had Magnum listed as a recommended beginner variety.  What a lucky guess.

Now I just have to read up on how to plant these things.

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  1. Adam said,

    on March 19th, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    Cool. Let me know if I can help. Lotsa sun, peat moss, sand, soil and eventually something to climb. That is what works for me anyway. Sun is very important.

  2. John said,

    on March 19th, 2010 at 10:55 pm

    Thanks Adam. I welcome the advice. I think I am going to plant them over at my brother’s house. He gets plenty of sun at his place and has had a lot of success over the years with his vegetable garden.

  3. chemgeek said,

    on March 19th, 2010 at 11:46 pm

    Cool, I got mine today from the same source. Magnum and Cascade. I’m excited to get them in the ground but it won’t be for a while. Still too cold. Minnesota won’t be ready until mid-April.

  4. Chris said,

    on March 22nd, 2010 at 11:21 am

    I planted Magnum and Willamette hops last year. Both came up, but didn’t produce any cones. However, given the rocky New Hampshire soil and short growing season, I think both did pretty well and they’ve already started to bud this year. As for tips, I used a couple resources, including The Homebrewer’s Garden, and a back issue of Zymurgy. If you’re interested, check out my blog to see how I did it: http://chrisfleisher.com/beer/2009/04/26/homegrown-hops-for-my-homebrew/

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