I was pretty careful not to get it on the leaves and any dust that may have fallen onto the lower leaves I misted off but it still may have been that. Fortunate enough last night for temps to not go below 32. I covered them with 5 gallon buckets overnight and they did fine.
planted in a well drained loamy soil. After being planted for a couple days i applied a bone meal/blood meal mixture as well as some potassium. I could have not applied enough, though I was sure to be cautious on not over fertilizing. The weather since planting has not been the best, hot days...
I am in central Virginia, outside of Richmond and have decided to try growing some hops this year. I ordered one potted cascade and one potted centennial and one nugget rhizome from northwest hops.
I have had them in the ground for about two weeks and the cascade and centennial have appeared...