● SAVES YOU MONEY: A hop plant will pay for itself in hop cones in the first season. Subsequent seasons will supply all your brewing hops free of charge.
● BREW FRESH HOP BEER: Just like adding fresh herbs to food is different from adding dried herbs, so making a beer from freshly picked hops maximises flavour in a way that can only be experienced by having the hops growing nearby.
● TRADE LOCAL PRODUCE: New Zealand has an abundance of fertile land and a relatively gentle climate that’s good for growing hops for local brewers. The excess hops you grow can be used to trade for other items you require.
● CREATES SUSTAINABILITY: Growing your own hops harmonizes the 3 principles of sustainability: Economic - reduces purchasing costs, travel costs and transport miles. Social - helps us to live within the means of our natural resources. Environmental - NZ is hop disease free so hops can be grown organically & spray free.
● CREATES SELF SUFFICIENCY: With over 24 hop varieties to choose from and more added each season, hop plants will provide you with high quality hops for the rest of your life.
● CREATES ECOLOGY & BIO-DIVERSITY: Creating dynamically interacting systems of organisms with diverse varieties of species, genes and local ecosystems.
● SAVES THE LIVES OF BEES: The EPA in the USA has registered a new biochemical miticide, Potassium Salts of Hops Beta Acids (K-HBAs), which provides another option for beekeepers to combat the devastating effects of the Varroa mite on honey bee colonies and to avoid the development of resistance toward other products. More Info
● GUARANTEED TO GROW: We sell spray-free hop plants that are guaranteed to grow for you with a better first year harvest compared to rhizomes.
● TRUE TO TYPE: Our large range of hop varieties are true to type, analysed and verified by Plant & Food Research, which may not be the case with most of the hop plants bought on auction sites.
● GET A CROP YEAR ONE: Most of our hop plants have already grown for one year in their pots so they are established, easy to transplant and will provide you with a first year crop in March. If we sell out of a variety we may substitute a current season propagation.
● PRESERVE GENETIC DIVERSITY: Several of our hop varieties are in danger of becoming extinct. By planting a Fuggle, Hokitika®, or Kent Golding® you are preserving part of nature's genetic diversity.
● AFTER SALES SUPPORT: We have a vested interest in you being a successful grower of hops and brewer of beer. We offer you guides and recipes to ensure your success. We are always available during business hours for advice by phone & email.
● HOW TO GROW HOPS
● WHEN TO HARVEST & HOW TO DRY AND PACKAGE YOUR HOPS
● WINTER CARE OF HOPS
● EVALUATING HOP FLAVOURS
● THE HOP GROWERS TIMELINE
(WHAT TO EXPECT FROM YOUR HOPS EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR)
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