Post #1620272

2026-04-19 16:19 UTC

Well, its not like i can cut them to see if they’re hollow. I added some pictures i failed to upload in the OP. I planted them here last year on top of a good chunk of compost so they should have plenty of that. I also heard a claim that diseases will hide in the early sprouts, or was it in the old growth? Do you know if this plays any role? I actually only cut last years stems down earlier this year as last year didn’t have any harvest anyway. Perhaps I should have cut them deeper down? Sorry for the bombardment of questions, hope its okay.

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@just_another_person@lemmy.world 2026-04-19 19:03

Diseases can be anywhere, so I'm not sure the context of what you read. Just imagine it can be anywhere and everywhere 🤣 I'm not familiar with what Hops in general are more susceptible to though, but just look for abnormal leaves or stunted growth. Hops works kinda like Grapevines in that only old growth will spawn viable shoots for the current growing season. This is why you wouldn't have had a crop if you just planted last year. This year just pay attention to the new shoots off the old growth, and that's where your crops will come in. At the end of the season you can train your vines and cut back the new growth however you want, or leave it in place to train on alyoir trellis of choice so next year new growth will come off those. Hope that makes sense.

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