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MU hops research plot has successful first season
Aug 25, 2017, 17:57 PM
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Harvest is winding down at the University of Missouri hops research plot – one of several plots throughout the Midwest made possible by USDA research grants. Jim Quinn with MU Extension has planted a variety of cultivars in mid-April and there are some stand-outs, especially Columbus, “Chinook was quite good, Galena and Nuget are probably the top four that we’ve seen for this first year. As the plants get established, maybe this next coming year some of these other cultivars will do very well, too.”
Hop plants are perennials with at least a 20-year life span.
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