I don't know if this has been discussed before or where this topic should go but i thought this was a good a place as any.
Anyway, there is a compound called 'silver thiosulfate' (to be refered to as STS). When sprayed on a relative of the hops plants it makes the female plant produce male flowers which produce viable pollen.
Because the plant is female the plant has xx chromosomes, so the male pollen can only carry xx chromosomes. This means any resultant seed will be female.
I don't know if it would actually work on hops but it would be very interesting to try. This could be very useful in breeding varieties of hops because you would know the quality of the genetics of both parents.
I only have 2 hops rhizomes atm so i won't be trying this for some time so this is for others to try.
I hope this of interest to some people.
Anyway, there is a compound called 'silver thiosulfate' (to be refered to as STS). When sprayed on a relative of the hops plants it makes the female plant produce male flowers which produce viable pollen.
Because the plant is female the plant has xx chromosomes, so the male pollen can only carry xx chromosomes. This means any resultant seed will be female.
I don't know if it would actually work on hops but it would be very interesting to try. This could be very useful in breeding varieties of hops because you would know the quality of the genetics of both parents.
I only have 2 hops rhizomes atm so i won't be trying this for some time so this is for others to try.
I hope this of interest to some people.