So, I am about to order a bunch of hop plants, of the following varieties:
Böle, Korsta, Bella, Gamla Källmon, Botten.
Now you have likely never heard of these, but they are old Swedish varieties found and genome analysed by a group of people traveling around old farm/homesteads trying to find and save old hop varieties from the old days, especially the ~1400's to 1700's when it was illegala to NOT be a homebrewer.
Most of them can be found in old Church and village records dating back to about the 1600's, but likely trace their lineage back to the middle ages or possibly even late viking ages.
As you understand I am doing this both as a fun project to have my own hops, and as a way to engage in a bit of "living history".
The thing is I don't know all that much about hop growing. I know how to grow things in general but not all the specifics of hop plants except they need a support to grow on, should be trimmed after harvest and kept protected from frost during winter.
Can someone recomend me any Good book or website where I can read about the basics?
I live in the far North of Sweden near the arctic circle where a meter (or more) of snow and winter temps of -30c are not uncommon, altough during summer temps up to +30-35c can happen and the sun never really sets for 4 months.
All varieties used originate/were found in the northern half of the country, so they should survive winter here, but I will likely need to take some precautions.
Böle, Korsta, Bella, Gamla Källmon, Botten.
Now you have likely never heard of these, but they are old Swedish varieties found and genome analysed by a group of people traveling around old farm/homesteads trying to find and save old hop varieties from the old days, especially the ~1400's to 1700's when it was illegala to NOT be a homebrewer.
Most of them can be found in old Church and village records dating back to about the 1600's, but likely trace their lineage back to the middle ages or possibly even late viking ages.
As you understand I am doing this both as a fun project to have my own hops, and as a way to engage in a bit of "living history".
The thing is I don't know all that much about hop growing. I know how to grow things in general but not all the specifics of hop plants except they need a support to grow on, should be trimmed after harvest and kept protected from frost during winter.
Can someone recomend me any Good book or website where I can read about the basics?
I live in the far North of Sweden near the arctic circle where a meter (or more) of snow and winter temps of -30c are not uncommon, altough during summer temps up to +30-35c can happen and the sun never really sets for 4 months.
All varieties used originate/were found in the northern half of the country, so they should survive winter here, but I will likely need to take some precautions.