Hops Plants Availability... Motueka Anyone?

[Brown_hound]

G'day all...

Have searched fairly high and low pre-asking the forums...

Plan on growing my own hops come the right time for it...

Was just wondering if anyone could get their greasy little mits on some motueka rhizomes...


Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hound.

 

[Nick JD]

I think all the NZ varieties are "owned".

EDIT: that said - if you want to get on a plane to Nelson and do a midnight mission with a spade ... I'll take a rhizome.

Can you get me a Riwaka too?

 

[Brown_hound]

I think all the NZ varieties are "owned".

EDIT: that said - if you want to get on a plane to Nelson and do a midnight mission with a spade ... I'll take a rhizome.

Can you get me a Riwaka too?

Weak.....

Worth the effort though for the Bsaaz! Haven't tried D...

And then there's Aussie customs to get through on the way home... Anyone here an officer?

 

[Wolfy]

And then there's Aussie customs to get through on the way home... Anyone here an officer?

Customs are not the problem, its AQIS that you have to worry about.

 

[barls]

while your at it you want to get me an amarillo one. i think this has about as much chance of happening.

 

[Malted]

I did some cursory research. If you are serious about it you can get an import permit from AQIS to bring in seeds from America for varieties they have over there of course. I did not look into other countries. It could be a couple of hundred dollars for the permit and processing and depends on whether they grow out a test sample in a quarantine situation, this could make it considerably more expensive and could take you 12 months or so to get your hands on the seeds. Then of course you have to find someone in America who will provide seeds, free of any other material (leaf, stem, bugs etc), appropriately packaged, to someone who will not sign up to a commercial agreement.

Or you could grow what ever rhizomes you can get your mits on in Australia. There are a few odd ones kicking around such as Prescoe de Bourgone and Wurtemberger (spelling?). There are Czech Saaz available here. It is about as close as I suspect you will get.

From what I have read, if you get any particular variety there is absolutely no guarantee that the flavour profile will be like it is supposed to be when grown in your back yard, there are many variables involved that affect things like the flavour and AA profiles.

 

[Wolfy]

I did some cursory research. If you are serious about it you can get an import permit from AQIS to bring in seeds from America for varieties they have over there of course. I did not look into other countries. It could be a couple of hundred dollars for the permit and processing and depends on whether they grow out a test sample in a quarantine situation, this could make it considerably more expensive and could take you 12 months or so to get your hands on the seeds. Then of course you have to find someone in America who will provide seeds, free of any other material (leaf, stem, bugs etc), appropriately packaged, to someone who will not sign up to a commercial agreement.

Hops are propagated asexually, (via rhizomes, cuttings or cultures) so that they stay genetically true to their parent (mother) plant. Hop seeds would not be useful since they are a genetic cross between a male and female plant (and there are no male plants of many new varieties of hops).

To get a list of what can be found in Australia the Hop Plant Register is a good starting point: http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...;showarticle=58

 

[super_simian]

From what I have read, if you get any particular variety there is absolutely no guarantee that the flavour profile will be like it is supposed to be when grown in your back yard, there are many variables involved that affect things like the flavour and AA profiles.

True that. I grew Perle last year, and the tiny first year crop behaved pretty much as you would figure for first year+noble hop (small rounded cones, spicy flavour/aroma.) This year it's putting out cones up to 10cm long which smell like orange juice concentrate and passionfruit!

 

[Murcluf]

Hops are propagated asexually, (via rhizomes, cuttings or cultures) so that they stay genetically true to their parent (mother) plant. Hop seeds would not be useful since they are a genetic cross between a male and female plant (and there are no male plants of many new varieties of hops).

To get a list of what can be found in Australia the Hop Plant Register is a good starting point: http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...;showarticle=58

All that said propagating from seed could be worth a shot considering most of the ones around these days come from cross breeds. Have seen dry flowers from NZ loaded with seed. been saving to try my luck at some stage never know might discover the next big thing.