my dear wife..

[Deebee]

I came home from a long drive on Friday to see my wife had bought me a hop plant!

she knows no difference and said it is called Humulus lupulus ( indeed the label says this)

i understand that this is just the generic name for hops... is there any chance this might be brewable?

[Tony01]

is there any chance this might be brewable?

I'd wait for it to grow first

Well .. her heart is in the right place!

[boingy]

Only the female plants make the flowers that we brew with so it might be a bit of a lottery but plant it and see.
If you get flower cones in Autumn then post some piccies and we will all have a go at identifying it. Lots of growing tips in a few of the recent hop growing threads.

[Wolfy]

Her heart is in the right place anyway, even if there is only a small chance it will be useful for your brewing, it will not hurt to grow it, but I'd not expect anything special, even if it turns out to be a female plant.
Maybe it's time for you to explain to her that there are hops and there are (beer brewing) hops.

This past summer I had my mom grow my hop plants for me (she has a green thumb and they grew great), only problem was, when it was time to pick them, she didn't know to keep the cones separate, so I have an interesting mixed-batch of Chinook, Goldings, Mt Hood and Nugget - I've since explained the difference for next year.

[crafty john]

Her heart is in the right place anyway, even if there is only a small chance it will be useful for your brewing, it will not hurt to grow it, but I'd not expect anything special, even if it turns out to be a female plant.
Maybe it's time for you to explain to her that there are hops and there are (beer brewing) hops.

This past summer I had my mom grow my hop plants for me (she has a green thumb and they grew great), only problem was, when it was time to pick them, she didn't know to keep the cones separate, so I have an interesting mixed-batch of Chinook, Goldings, Mt Hood and Nugget - I've since explained the difference for next year.

Have you tried a brew with them

[delboy]

Is the foilage a golden colour? if so its likely to be 'golden tassels' which is grown for ornamental purposes, although the hops it does produce can certainly be used.

[Deebee]

No del. Green, the plint is only a young one so i do not expect much from it this year in anycase.

[aplus]

In a couple of months time, when the plant has matured a bit post a description. Some things to look out for are the colour of the stem - some have red stems, some green and some have green stems with a red vein through them. The leaf shape - round, three lobe or 5 lobe. Leaf colour lime/golden, mid/bright or dark green. If you wait until the cones are on the plant these also have a difference in shape and size.

[simple one]

In a couple of months time, when the plant has matured a bit post a description. Some things to look out for are the colour of the stem - some have red stems, some green and some have green stems with a red vein through them. The leaf shape - round, three lobe or 5 lobe. Leaf colour lime/golden, mid/bright or dark green. If you wait until the cones are on the plant these also have a difference in shape and size.

APlus... it would be very useful if you could post the descriptors on here... pretty please? I have a phoenix and a wgv (from you) which I'm confused over... and then there's a few hedgerow plants that may have been planted by guerilla gardeners....

[aplus]

I'll do my best, it will take me a little time, a couple of weeks or so to check out the plants, make some notes and put the postings on but I will do it. What is your confusion with your plants? The hops in the hedgerow are most probably the native wild hop.

[simple one]

That would be fantastic. It would interesting and I am sure it would help out a lot of forgetful gardeners.

My only confusion was I planted one in the front garden and one in the back.... stupidly I forgot to mark them up properly. I think the one in the back is the phoenix, it has smaller leaves than all the others.

[Deebee]

>Aplus i mailed you about 14 days ago regarding buying some rihzomes.. never heard a thing from you. an you Pm or mail me+

[aplus]

That would be fantastic. It would interesting and I am sure it would help out a lot of forgetful gardeners.

My only confusion was I planted one in the front garden and one in the back.... stupidly I forgot to mark them up properly. I think the one in the back is the phoenix, it has smaller leaves than all the others.

I've had a look at the plants in the greenhouses, they are to small (having recently been cut right back) to be sure of differences. I will try to get to the PLB's next week, where we have plants growing up a frame. This will give me a much better idea of the differences in the two varieties. Would you please check the stems of both plants to see if there is any difference and let me know. Many thanks.

[aplus]

That would be fantastic. It would interesting and I am sure it would help out a lot of forgetful gardeners.

My only confusion was I planted one in the front garden and one in the back.... stupidly I forgot to mark them up properly. I think the one in the back is the phoenix, it has smaller leaves than all the others.

Just to let you know I haven't forgotten your plant descriptions, I've been to have a look at the plants on the PLB's and they need to grow a bit more. Will post something soon

[simple one]

One of my hops (what I think are WGV) have green stems. And my other (what I think is phoenix) has pink/light purple stems. Is this the right way round?