How to recognize male and female flowers
Male flowers of the hops can be recognized by the flower panicles. These hang down long and are loosely structured. This is where the seed threads ripen.
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Female flowers develop cone-shaped inflorescences that are somewhat reminiscent of spikes. These are umbellate flowers. The bracts of the female flower enlarge after fertilization and look like small, green cones before harvest.
Male hops are not wanted
Male hop plants are usually uprooted because they do not develop any usable fruit. In typical beer-brewing areas, the breeding of male hops is even prohibited.
If it turns out during the flowering period that a male plant has been grown, it must removed will.
When female and male flowers mix, the fruit. For example, there is no foam on the beer. The taste and the ingredients also change and make the fruit unusable.
When is the hops' flowering time?
the Hops flowering period starts in June and can drag on until September. The fruits ripen very quickly and are ready for harvest from August.
Tips
As a useful plant, hops are not reproduced by seeds. In the sowing there is no guarantee that a female plant will emerge that has the desired qualities in terms of diseases and taste. Instead, the Multiplication about cuttings and root division.
