http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/ Homebrewer's Garden: Hops/Barley/Herbs Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:23:41 GMT Maury http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9695 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9695 More is only better if you want more "bitterness" from a certain quantity of hops. High alpha hops often have a "coarse" flavor that is certainly out of place Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:02:07 GMT Bill Ross http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9694 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9694 Is "more" always "better" when it comes to Alpha? Thanks, Bill Ross Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:43:23 GMT wyked_moose http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9693 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9693 Thanks All, I did get my rhizomes from Fresh hops. The Chinook did produce first year and I'm going to take the suggestion to try Cascade instead of Willamette Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:36:17 GMT enlightcc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9692 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9692 True. You can go to your Dr. and buy an expensive pill for depression that makes you higher than sky; more so than pot or liquored. But as long as you have Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:30:45 GMT enlightcc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9691 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9691 True. You can go to your Dr. and buy an expensive pill for depression that makes you higher than sky; more so than pot or liquor. But as long as you have the Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:24:56 GMT t2000kwt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9690 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9690 ... Since he capitalized Fresh hops, I think he meant the company that sells rhizomes in the springtime (northern hemisphere) that goes by that name. So he Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:43:03 GMT pfuruta69 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9689 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9689 I think you might be OK in terms of temperature, but I don't think it will work well due to the length of daylight in the off seasons. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:33:52 GMT corky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9688 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9688 ... To the OP I live in Carlsbad NM and while it may not be quite as hot as where you are it's still very hot here. Don't expect cones until the second year, Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:25:09 GMT William http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9687 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9687 If by "from fresh hops" you mean that you got them from seeds, rather than from a rhizome (or a cutting) then you may have a plants, which produce no flowers. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:47:25 GMT wyked_moose http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9686 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9686 I live in Mesa AZ. and I'm crazy enough to try and grow Hops. The questions I have might not be answered by the immediate group but, they may know where I can Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:44:46 GMT Dave Witt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9685 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9685 You can cut them to the ground. Sometimes, there will be above ground rhizomes. I have a couple plants that have these. You can see where the dead bines Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:38:27 GMT scott_barrett_2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9684 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9684 now that my hops have dies out. how short should i cut the bines? Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:30:23 GMT William B http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9683 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9683 If the Feds ever find out how good they are, they will make them illegal. I always said if coffee tasted as good as it smells when it is being ground, it Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:52:16 GMT enlightcc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9682 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9682 I have never experienced a headache from smoking hop. I may try and make a soap with just hops in it and see how it works. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:55:48 GMT Andrew Cesario http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9681 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grow-Hops/message/9681 Hops are a part of the same family as marijuana, but contain no THC which provides the 'high'. Smoking hops is not illegal. Hops of course do have a