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Tonto The Long Island Sidekick Wrote:Mark Wrote:Yeah they can grow here from April to Sept, but from what I understand they first year they don't produce hops, it takes 2-3 years to get a good harvest.
Where do you get the plants from?
They come from the Hop Farms in WA and OR. My LHBS sells they when the farms ship them out.
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Mark Wrote:Tonto The Long Island Sidekick Wrote:Mark Wrote:Yeah they can grow here from April to Sept, but from what I understand they first year they don't produce hops, it takes 2-3 years to get a good harvest.
Where do you get the plants from?
They come from the Hop Farms in WA and OR. My LHBS sells they when the farms ship them out.
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Mark Wrote: grow my own.
That might just become the next #2 cash crop. LOLs
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It's not commonly known, but hops closest relative in the plant family is cannibis.
In fact, you can graft marijuana onto hop vines, and hop buds onto marijuana.
Neither will result in a beer that will get you high, however, as THC is alcohol and fat soluble and there isn't enough alcohol in beer to do the job.
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ScoopLV Wrote:It's not commonly known, but hops closest relative in the plant family is cannibis.
In fact, you can graft marijuana onto hop vines, and hop buds onto marijuana.
Neither will result in a beer that will get you high, however, as THC is alcohol and fat soluble and there isn't enough alcohol in beer to do the job.
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I knew that Scoop, that's why I posted it from what Mark said. The first thing that came into my little undefraged mind.LOL
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LC, act QUICK!
www.freshops.com
www.hopsdirect.com
Both places are awesome and the hops are so freaking fresh, they smell amazing.
Do you think Yankee Candle makes a "Hop" scented candle?
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