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I'll probably harvest some serebrianka in the next day or two. It doesn't look like much. The magnum is loaded though.

Organic early season. Bloodmeal, bonemeal. Then osmocote plus once the plant & soil are active (early June for me). Then some potash after harvest. I was thinking I also added some potash when the flowers started to set, but for some reason it didn't make my notes.

I just let them blow in the wind.

Move to the country. Otherwise attach some eyelet bolts at the top and run rope to it.

Yep. Finally. Trimmed up the Magnum and Serebrianka today. Columbia may be showing some life. Still waiting on Vojvodina. Everything is slow this year. Trying not to get impatient.

Go look on Great Lakes Hops. You might find some varieties that would work for you. Check out Triple Perle.

Boxes will always impede hop growth.

Centennial

Just a piece of advice on watering. They like water but don't like wet feet. The biggest thing will be timing. If I have heard right a big problem farther south is too early cone formation. They then dry out in the summer heat and never fully mature.

Ripe hops should bounce back quickly when squeezed. They also should be fairly sticky. Drying hops can be as simple or complicated as you want. I just throw them in brown paper bags to maybe a quarter full and shake them once a day. As far as bittering it is easier to use a known AA% and use...

The height is fine for home growing. You'll get some yield, just less. Your current spacing is adequate for two plants. I'd personally want them the same variety because it is compact. Then when the bines grow past the trellis a few feet and tangle up you'll still know what variety you are...

Is the soil wet? Stick a finger in or buy a moisture meter. Just from the last picture, I'd say hit them with more nitrogen and less water. You may be watering available nitrogen away. What sort of fertilizer (NPK) are you using?

Once a day watering would lead me to guess too much water. Also, are you making sure not to get the leaves wet? To me it looks like they have been wet and not drying off. Or it is humid and could use more air. I'd prune the bottom leaves to promote airflow around the crown. It is something...

Is it showing on new growth or just bottom leaves?

How does the new growth look? There are two things I can think of to read about. Leaf scorch and leaf hoppers.

How much are you fertilizing?

Heard about it. Snowplows for hail. Keep us posted on how/if they recover. Stored energy will be a problem if you don't get any new growth. If you need a temporary trellis, a shepherd's hook with rope strung will keep them off the ground.

Shouldn't it be a bleach solution?

Went ahead and pruned the Magnum around the crown. It looked like it possibly had a start of mildew problems. Should have pretty good airflow now. I'll have to watch it, but growth a little higher looks good. That leads to a second question... How do you clean & sanitize pruning shears that...

How about on 1st year plants? And then on plant varieties that take 2 years to establish (e.g. magnum)? I'm thinking my 2nd year magnum probably needs cleaned up a bit. Seems like too much around the crown. I'll have to check if it is drying out. The 1st years seem fine, not enough growth...