Hops is one of the fastest growing plants in the plant kingdom. He gets an average growth rate of 10 cm per day. In a low-rise culture let the plants grow to about three meters. On a high-rise plantation is about 8 meters possible. A plant is about twelve to twenty years old.
A new use for the hops, the hop shoots. The shoots, bean sprouts and alfalfa similar to be inserted at the time they are still underground, and are considered a delicacy.
A complicating factor in the cultivation of hops is the fact that the quantity and strength of the active substance decreases when the female flower is fertilized. Therefore, in growing areas to many miles of hop gardens all male plants as soon as possible.
The harvesting of the hops is late August and early September.
Hop extract is soothing and soporific and sometimes for this purpose in tea processing. It is also regarded as a stomach tonic. The active substance in hops Lupuline which sometimes an oestrogenic effect is attributed.
The substances in mature cones gave people who used to hand-picked by the complaints' hopplukkersziekte "were called. They consisted of symptoms such as headaches, breathing problems and skin irritation.
Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hop_%28plant%29
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