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Beer Hops 10 Seeds- Humulus lupulus - Exotic! | 
| Brand: Hirts: Seed; Vines & Groundcovers
Buy New: $3.99
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 3464
ASIN: B000VAZI4C
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| Features:
| • | Easy to grow! | | • | Hardy Zones: 4-9 | | • | Excellent ornamental plant | | • | 10 Seeds |
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Product Description
People find hops exotic, sexy. Perhaps this is because of their close relationship to Cannabis. Aside from being used to flavor beer, Humulus lupulus (Hops) have a long history of herbal use among the Native Americans; mainly because of the Humulus lupulus' soothing, sedative, tonic and calming effect on the body and the mind. Humulus lupulus contains asparagin, a diuretic; antibacterial agents humulone and lupulone; lupulin, a mild sedative/hypnotic in the hairs of the fruit and is believed to be an aphrodisiac for men. Hop flowers were most often used as an infusion, but the flowers were also smoked. The fruit was applied externally as a poultice to ulcers, boils, swellings, etc. The female flowering heads were harvested in the autumn and used fresh or dried. The flowering heads are sprinkled with yellow translucent glands, which appear as a granular substance. Much of the hop's use as a flavoring and medicinal plant depends on the abundance of this powdery substance. The hop plant is a vine. It needs a similar structure for support as a grape plant. Even if you do not grow them for beer they make an excellent ornamental plant. Hardy in zones 4-9. Easy to grow!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Disappointed May 27, 2008
Scott Humphrey (Detroit, MI United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased these with the intent of potential beer brewing usage. The seeds arrived. I followed the instructions to the letter and not a single seed germinated. Very disappointed.
Useless August 12, 2008
Paul Litsakis
The same as the first review basically, and from what I've read in some brewing books you shouldn't even use wild hops in beer, you need to buy crowns online.
 For your garden only August 23, 2008
Harvey A. Pollack (Pasadena, CA)
Hops plants are dioceous, meaning there's a male and female plant. So any seed can have widely variant characteristics; sort of like apples and people. This means there's no predicting the usefulness of any given seed for producing beer-able hops. Still, they're a nice climbing vine and low maintenance once they get started. To grow a specific variety of hops, you need to start with root cuttings from a plant of that variety, just like growing apples.
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