Going well. The 8 contenders from the original crosses are now mature and producing a ton of cones. All taste good, but some of the flavors are really unique. Brewing IPAs about every other weekend to compare and contrast.
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We are also working with 9 new crosses (out of 500 seedlings) - with heavy neo genes. Though, none of them have been tested for alpha/beta.
Now, we just need to think about where to go next with this project...
Anyone have experience harvesting hop pollen and if it is possible to store it long term?
My male plant is completely covered with flowers, although none of my female plants have burrs yet. Don't want to miss the window for cross pollination.
Obviously an old post but curious if anybody has an answer to this. I know pollen can be stored generally from plants but I'm not sure what the long term viability of pollen might be and under what conditions. Surely we have some advanced gardeners with better ideas.
Looking at the other photos I can see they aren't as menacing as they first looked. More like toothpicks than little stakes.the small stakes were used to identify the location of each seed before it germinated. I let them, they will decompose
You're sure this is a hop plant? Never saw hops looking like this.
Wow, weird ones!Yes it is
Yes, needed Google to confirm it, couldn't believe it.Just Humulus Lupulus Var. Neomexicanus
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