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The garden center variety is a sport that was selected for its yellow leaf color. It was intended to be an ornamental that looks pretty on your fence.If you're serious about brewing don't waste your malt on it. Look for varieties that have been selected for their aromas or bittering qualities...

Your fine-" Don't pet the puppie to death"

Boron won"t adjust your pH - but be careful, a little goes a long way. Disslove one tablespoon per gallon water and applt only ONCE. Boron toxicity is a whole lot worse than a deficiency. A symptom of def. is the shoots will be brittle and snap off very easily.

I thought just occurred to me - - To check if you have a fungus gnat problem put some raw potato slices on the ground around your hop plant. Leave them over nite then check the bottom sides of the slices for little whiteish larvae with black heads.

My guess is a fungal crown infection that came with the original "dirty" rhizome stock - most likely Verticillium. Wet conditions favor disease development. A side effect of the infected rhizome breaking down is that it attracts fungus gnats whose larvae feed on roots and underground stems...

Your plants look fine- they tend to yellow when newly planted because they are growing so rapidly that the root system can't absorb nitrogen fast enough. It is ok to let them be a little nutrient starved at first because it will encourage the roots to search and spread. Over fertilizing a new...

Dude! I see that nice lawn - you didn,t by any chance apply a fertilizer with weed control anywhere near your hops did you? That injury looks like dicamba or 2,4,D herbicide injury. Be aware that lawn herbicides can volitilize into vapors on hot moist days and damage sensitive landscape plants...

You'll be fine - keep 'em cool and moist til you stick'em.