What should I do with my container hops over winter? Everything I've read suggests covering them in manure but they are on my deck and that wouldn't go over too well. In Vancouver, it rains a ton but never gets too cold (at most we get a few weeks of snow and sub-freezing temperatures). I've already cut them back and pulled them under the ledge out of the rain. As manure is off the table, what should I put on them? I'm a complete newb when it comes to gardening but I'm thinking I should put some sort of fertilizer on them. Any ideas?