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I am currently on the hunt for a hops plant. The house we live in had some growing which I dig up before knowing anything about it. I have one small plant still growing but have no idea what kind so unsure if I should use that or just order a new plant. The problem I find when ordering is that there are a million different varieties and I don’t know the best one to order. Anyone have any advice?
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Dawn
Hi AB, I did a quick look at the usual places and it seems that you are best served to purchase seeds now and grow several plants as you need a male and a female to get the strobiles. I found a great lakes area grower who has several hops varieties for brewing and they list Triumph as their Humulus lupulus plants. They are taking orders now for spring delivery. I hope you find this helpful; Best of luck!! This is one on my wish list too …. I bought seeds last fall to begin soon.
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They are all humulus lupulus that I see. Just different varieties, such as Cascade, golden nugget etc. Does the variety matter or just that it is humulus lupulus?
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Hello AB, I bought seeds from known medicinal seed/plant supplier. For me, that was Southern Seed Exposure (which currently have hops seeds 50% off) but this forum has trusted Strictly Medicinal Seeds as a good source too. If you want plants, my earlier search for you only gave a few options of which I found the great lakes website to be a possible good source (allowing you to make that determination for yourself). These are specializing in brewery interests, not medicinal. Since they are all lupulus, they should be fine … but as they are selected for taste/bitterness and disease resistance one can’t be sure that some medicinal qualities have not been compromised in this selection process. Heirloom seeds are the original as best as can be determined from my efforts. They haven’t been “played with”; now having said that, disease resistance is a good thing in my book. However, I chose Heirloom to be my first attempt at growing this herb so I had to start with seeds. I hope that helps.
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Dawn, I have no idea how to figure out what is the closest to the original. So, as of right now, I’m considering either cascade or nugget. I found rhizomes on the garden thyme and of course they have a ton of varieties. I guess I’m going with the ones I have heard of the most 🤷 although strictly medicinal has a fuggle variety I’m considering. Decisions decisions!
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Hello Again A B, Yes, Doc suggested that you try those two websites for a good medicinal quality Hops plant. I would go with the seeds at Strictly Medicinal Seeds because they are truly about the medicinal quality. And he only sells seeds for Hops at this time but they are organic so they are true form. But, if you really want a plant, I would go with Doc’s suggestion and order from CompanionPlants.com even though they seem to all be a “variation” too. When I read the descriptions, it appears that Williamette or Cascade are more descriptive of medicinal qualities while the others all list beer character … yet they are plants rather than seeds. I hope that helps with your decision… I think I will buy the plant too now that I have looked this over so much. lol 🙂
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Dr. Patrick Jones
You actually don’t need a boy plant for the female plants to produce strobiles. The boys just make it possible for the girls to make seeds. Folks growing hops for beer don’t ever have any boy plants on the place.
Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.
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Shannon Kollat
Yep! I only bought one and had no idea if it was a girl or a boy. It produces crazy amounts of strobiles—no need for two. A little off the point…I did learn to pick them early, as soon as I started to see the yellow pollen. What I didn’t pick, come late fall, had aphids all over them. The strongest thing I will use is Neem oil. What else would be a good bug repelled so I can get the most out of my Hops?
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arndt.diane@yahoo.com
I am a new student and have been interested in making hops. What are the 3 most important uses for this plant?
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Greg Boggs
It’s really good for fighting pain topically. It’s not good for guys to take internally, as it causes your body to produce more estrogen, but if you’re a lady and want more, then hops is great for that too
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Kari Collett
Hi, arndt.diane@yahoo.com! Hops are good for sleep. Hope this helps!
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HEre’s a quickview:
And a blog article:
Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.
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Hello AB, I bought seeds from known medicinal seed/plant supplier. For me, that was Southern Seed Exposure (which currently have hops seeds 50% off) but this forum has trusted Strictly Medicinal Seeds as a good source too. If you want plants, my earlier search for you only gave a few options of which I found the great lakes website to be a possible good source (allowing you to make that determination for yourself). These are specializing in brewery interests, not medicinal. Since they are all lupulus, they should be fine … but as they are selected for taste/bitterness and disease resistance one can’t be sure that some medicinal qualities have not been compromised in this selection process. Heirloom seeds are the original as best as can be determined from my efforts. They haven’t been “played with”; now having said that, disease resistance is a good thing in my book. However, I chose Heirloom to be my first attempt at growing this herb so I had to start with seeds. I hope that helps.
Dawn is exactly right. Get something as close to the original as possible. Line breeding varieties may weaken some important medicinal properties.
Strictlymedicinalseeds.com or companionplants.com are both really good.
Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.
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Is it safe to say that any of the varieties for sale on either strictly medicinal or companion plants would be fine to use then?
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Heather Clark
i bought seed last year but couldn’t get them to grow. This year I bought the strobials
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Laura L. Bergeson
Both female hops and feral male hops grow wild in the mountain valley where I live. I have made a hops tincture from the strobiles, but I find I have to be careful with the dosage for myself. It can give me an estrogen headache if I overdo it for sleep.
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Melanie Drecksel
I have 2 female Cascade plants. They don’t need a male plant to make strobiles. The plants were starts (not seeds) from another person who grows them.
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how does this taste as a tea. some people say that the aroma hops are better for teas for taste. otherwise they are all pretty bitter.
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