boots selling hops

[tubthumper]

just seen that boots sell beer hops growing kit hop seeds

they might not work if you are thinking of buying as you have no way of knowing if you got male or female hop plants and only the female give you the hops you want to brew with

might be a future for them to get back in the game again
lets hope so as it wil mean that the hoby has taken off really big time again
and that can only mean a good thing for the future as more competion useually means better pricing and prodcut too
and we got both at the moment, but would like to see some things drop price as most kegs are too expensive for what they are

corney for the same price as plastic is my main bugbear

 

[Kyral210]

I guess with less money to go around and the inevitable tax rise on alcohol year after year, it has to come back around soon.

I want to see places like Wilkinsons start selling less 'one tine one brew' kits and start selling 'extract with specialty grains kits'. Not sure if there are actually any kits like that out there at the moment, there should be!

 

[highwayman]

I have read the information on the box..but...It does'nt say what variety they are :hmm: Anyone any idea :whistle:

 

[doyley]

Better to buy a couple of hop plants of known type and origin from one of the reputable nurseries. it would be very annoying to spend lots of time nurturing the plants (if they germinate) only to discover that they are no bdooly good.

 

[Friday]

Here in the US all the hop seeds I have ever seen where for ornamental purposes. They very well could be junk hops, you probably won't know until the second year and then if they are good you will have to eradicate the male plants, not fun.

Unless your a researcher doing some kinda breeding experiment don't use hop seeds. What you want are rhizomes, that way you know it's a female plant and the variety that you want.