adding stuff to fertlizer to effect hop flavor

[Steveruch]

Would it work to add something like grapefruit or lemon zest along with the fertilizer to your hops to add more flavor to the hops?

 

[cswis86]

I'm sure the soil composition has some effect on hop flavor but adding grapefruit to your fertilizer isn't going to make your hops taste like grapefruit.

 

[DarkCoder]

...just in case, don't put manure around your hops.

 

[B-Hoppy]

Would it work to add something like grapefruit or lemon zest along with the fertilizer to your hops to add more flavor to the hops?

Is this idea what you're getting at? http://www.growingmarijuana.com/flavoring-crops.php

 

[Steveruch]

...just in case, don't put manure around your hops.

WHAT?
Crap!

 

[Steveruch]

Is this idea what you're getting at? http://www.growingmarijuana.com/flavoring-crops.php

Yes indeed.
If that actually works on pot it should also work on hops since they are related.

 

[B-Hoppy]

Perennials and annuals function a little bit different internally. You've just been the assigned point person on this project, haha~

 

[Steveruch]

Perennials and annuals function a little bit different internally. You've just been the assigned point person on this project, haha~

I just might do that. I have some goldings growing in my backyard; the description for them is "floral, fruity, and herbal". Perhaps something really different like vanilla or some kind of citrus.

 

[Weezy]

Well for veggies people use banana peels for potassium and egg shells for calcium. Citrus rinds will net you acidic soil, I'm thinking.

 

[Steveruch]

Is this idea what you're getting at? http://www.growingmarijuana.com/flavoring-crops.php

Rereading this has convinced me it should work. I started a few days ago and will report the results, good or bad.

 

[thaymond]

If you have more than one plant of the same variety of hop, it may be worthwhile to do side by side comparisons of this in a small scale.

I'm interested in this experiment, but lack the multiples of the same varieties and the space to conduct it.