BigHops

Recipes 

Your soil looks really tight and dry..I would grab a bag of Manure and small bag of peat Moss..Mix them together and dump on the top of the rhizomes (break the top layer up a little first)...give them all one solid heavy watering and walk away... The next day if it's hot again give them one short watering...if it rains skip..The idea is one good dose of water a day; you want the roots to crave some water before giving it up this improves root structure and growth..Set the drip system to the side for now...this is what I would do any way...

Also I wanted to add...in most cases when over watering is the problem, plant will turn yellow and choke/die from the bottom up. And lack of water plant will be starving and will die or wilt from the top down..It can be difficult to diagnose because new growth on hops can be light in color until they green up a bit..

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