Greenhouse-grown hops? Florida scientists brewing up new potential
Added on 09 May 2024
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Less-than-ideal growing conditions though (shorter daylength, weather extremes, disease pressures, among others) remain a challenge and have ultimately kept beer’s main ingredient a novelty crop in Florida — so far. That could be changing sooner than later thanks to a new study that puts hop production in greenhouses.
UF/IFAS Assistant Professor Katherine Thompson-Witrick is leading the study backed by a grant from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. According to Thompson-Witrick, growing hops under cover has “never been done in Florida.”
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