grainstoglass
Active Member
I am on my third year growing hops and was attempting to got the organic route, but this year I am battling a significantly increasing problem with downy mildew. I am wondering about what management techniques/fungicides I should be using at this point when the downy mildew has already taken hold. Am I out of luck for this season? I was not proactive about fungicide use early in the season and I am now seeing lots of downy mildew secondary sidearms coming off the bines toward the lower end of the plant. I have stripped the bottoms of each plant for air circulation, but should I also remove these secondary infected/stunted shoots? I began spraying with Agri-Fos this week and was using copper earlier in the season. Just wondering what to do and how to salvage things before I lose even more this season.