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Old 11-07-2012, 12:48 AM   #1
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i live at jersey shore and had my hops recently flooded by storm with storm serge of brackish water does anyone know if they are done for and starting over they were first year hops . they were my only a minor casualty i had compared to the other disaster around me and not reallly that great of loss compared but just wondering . late post just got my power back fro0m 8 days ago tks


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Old 11-07-2012, 01:25 AM   #2
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Mature hops plants are rather hardy, so I wouldn't be too concerned. If you want to do something pro-active, in the same situation I would flood the beds with fresh water to try to drive out any salt...

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