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You're fine to clean the bottom 3-4 feet right off. The majority of the hops are generally produced on the upper 2/3 of the plants and the more vegetation you have near the crown, the longer it will take for that area to dry out. Downy mildew really likes those types of conditions so you'll be...

Folks I know who are growing & processing hops a little way west of Ottawa. They've been at it for 5 or so years and thought you may have been referring to them as 'experts'.

Yeah, your question was recently asked: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=628847 Sometimes pictures help.

The organisms that caused downy on hops and zucchini are different and most likely require different fungicides for their control. I guess there's a reason some folks actually go to school to learn about things other than computers, haha! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21405990

Mireille and Charles are considered experts?

Probably might not be the best LEGAL option. "Below, I have outlined a general foliar fungicide program by calendar for Wisconsin hop yards with additional notes in the right -*‐ hand column. If you raise other crops and have familiarity with common base protectant fungicides...

The first node (set of leaves) directly below the break will send out two new shoots in a week or so. You can allow both of these to grow or just snip one off and the other will become the new leader. This is what farmers do when something like a hail storm creates a bunch of damage.

This is most likely your answer. Basically, the deeper you plant, the longer it's gonna take for them to pop up. As long as you haven't drowned them they should come up sometime. Alternatively, you can always take a shovel and gently 'dig and lift' until you see something. Let us know.

Yep. Here's what type of damage they cause on mine: https://image.slidesharecdn.com/hopspestmanagementfilotas-160530171022/95/hops-pest-management-filotas-42-638.jpg?cb=1464628414 There seems to be ground zero where they attack the leaf and then a general yellowing along with a crinkle or...

Don't know any German dealers but you can probably find some Santiam cuttings here in the US: http://inhoppursuit.blogspot.com/2010/02/hop-history-with-dr.html

Had the opportunity to listen to Val give this talk in Feb, Val knows hops!! Check out page 34 (I think) and your mind should be eased! http://msue.anr.msu.edu/uploads/235/92786/Peacock_Val_Michigan_Pellet_Talk.pdf

Great! Back in '91-'92 I brewed for a small extract pub & we used Briess extract and ended up meeting a gal who was their head chemist at the Oregon Brewers Fest in the early 90's. She told me that one thing that came from the first attempts at making lite beer in the 70's was clear beer...

My formal schooling was in turf and I guess your statement just kind of caught me off guard as what came to mind was a lawn on fire after a "new guy" (service tech) accidentally applied 46-0-0 at the 20-10-10 rate during the midst of a drought, haha! Now, compare that to the only other organic...

How can this be? Just thinking of where they fall relative to the salt index of different fertilizers.

Your first picture looks to be some sort of insect chewing on the leaves, nighttime is usually a good time to scout if it means that much to you. Doesn't look to be too widespread from the pictures though. The following pictures look like the leaves may have been damaged by wind causing them...

First off, understand that when it's said that hops need lots of water, that's pretty much directed towards a mature plant that's growing a foot a day relative to most other crops. Most of the failures with rhizomes I've seen over the years have been due to drowning them. All they need is to...

1 Are they plants or rhizomes? 2 Are they in pots or in the ground? 3 If they're in the ground, what type of soil texture are you dealing with (sand/silt/clay %).

Correct! Looks like someone affiliated with Yakima Chief got their hands on some of the original germplasm (or that of a sibling) and managed to get it patented?

Those are lupulin glands. They're found all over the plant but are concentrated in the cones of the female plant. Unless you live where it's really hot, mites generally aren't a problem at this time of the year, look up their life cycle.

You'll be fine just digging them up and replanting. That new growth you see is being fueled by the carbohydrates the plants produced late last growing season and sent back to the crown. This first growth is very explosive and erratic and is often removed by most growers so that the second...