Grow your own piece of Kent’s farming heritage

Availability
hop arrangement The hop is a perennial plant, which means once established, it will generate new growth every year. After harvest, the hop plant dies back and remains dormant during the winter months. This is the time it is best to plant the hop rhyzome. We normally have hop plants available from December through to May.

Growing your hop
Each hop plant is sent as a bare root rhzome ready to plant. We supply an information sheet and are always available to answer your questions by email info@essentiallyhops.co.uk

The hop (Humulus Lupulus) has a large root system, capable of producing many growing stems, called “bines”. The bines in turn carry many off-shoots which hold the flowers. When the plant is established the bines can be as large as 20 feet, but they usually only flower in the top 10 feet. The hop is dioecious, meaning the male and female flower components are borne on separate plants. It is the female plants that bear the flowers and these are the plants we sell (The absence of the male plants will not affect the production of flowers on the female). The hop plant takes at least two growing seasons to establish, the first year being devoted to the development of the root system.

Ordering
Order your hop plants online, telephone 01227 830666, or download our printable order form