Hop Growing (how to, plants, natural, Washington)

[thunder94]

Anyone have expierience growing hops and how to get started?

[OneDayAttaTime]

A manual: http://www.crannogales.com/HopsManual.pdf



FACT: The hops plant, which contains the most powerful phytoestrogen ever identified, combats menopausal complaints including hot flash and shows promise in protecting against bone loss and heart disease. Yes, hops are used in beer.

As Boomers are aging this could be a very good crop to be growing. Right now it says the areas where crops are grown are: Hallertau Valley in Germany (largest hop-growing area), Yakima, Washington and Willamette, Oregon) valleys in the United States. Currently almost all the harvested hops are used in beer making.

I'd be curious to know if any other areas of the US are doing well growing hops. Suzanne Sommers was on Oprah promoting Bio-identical hormones. She uses them instead of pharmaceuticals and have you all seen a close up of her lately? She is 62 and gorgeous!!


Life Extension www.leg.org has some good articles on this
The Textbook of Bio-Identical Hormones
How to Look Much Younger Than Your Real Age

The Feb 2009 issue (which they don't have it on line yet) has a great article called Combat Menopause Using Natural Estrogen (Relieving Menopausal Symptoms Naturally) --click on the magazine link at the top to read it, when it gets posted.

[PNW-type-gal]

Lol, I grow them for beer. You need to find the rhizomes:

ORGANICALLY GROWN HOP RHIZOMES
Beer Hops Rhizomes Section

and lots of other places.

For beer, I picked a balance of hops - Cascade, Willamette, Saaz, Mt. Hood.

As plants go, they aren't very demanding, although they will grow nearly 15-20' in height, so you need to provide them with a lot of room.