So I ordered some hops the other day
2 cascade rhizomes
1 chinook
1 magnum
Pretty much all I could find that I was interested in for a first purchase.
I've since heard that you should really only use home-grown hops for late additions because you don't have a good idea of the alpha acid content.
Magnum's a bittering hop. It rangest form 10-13% usually. 2.5oz of 10 is basically 2 oz of 13, so I'm not sure I could get correct bitterness every time. It's supposed to be easy to grow, but once you get it in, it's supposed to be a huge pain to remove the rhizome completely. Is it worth planting then?
On a side note, Magnum's known as a great clean bittering hop. Does it have any flavor of its own?