10-06-2012, 04:01 PM
Hi karen,
I found the publication that reports an effect of organic farming:
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf061647r
"Relevance of Organic Farming and Effect of Climatological Conditions on the Formation of α-Acids, β-Acids, Desmethylxanthohumol, and Xanthohumol in Hop (Humulus lupulus L.)"
'Of the three varieties studied, First Gold was the only one showing a clear trend for higher concentrations of secondary metabolites under organic growing conditions than under conventional farming conditions.'
Even bad weather helps. The hops you found in Oregon should be great
I found the publication that reports an effect of organic farming:
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf061647r
"Relevance of Organic Farming and Effect of Climatological Conditions on the Formation of α-Acids, β-Acids, Desmethylxanthohumol, and Xanthohumol in Hop (Humulus lupulus L.)"
'Of the three varieties studied, First Gold was the only one showing a clear trend for higher concentrations of secondary metabolites under organic growing conditions than under conventional farming conditions.'
Even bad weather helps. The hops you found in Oregon should be great