Hop Problems

[spui]

Hello this is my third year growing hops I have nugget centennial and cascade growing in my garden. I live in Philly so my back yard is all concrete. The problem im having is I was gowing to transplant my plants into bigger pots and I couldnt lift them off the ground, so when I tilted the pots I noticed they had busted trhough the bottom of the pots and are growing in the cracks of the concrete. The concrete is being lifted by the hops. Im going to cut the hops out but my question is, how do i kill the roots that are now in the concrete?

 

[B-Hoppy]

If they are true roots, they don't have any buds on them and they will die on their own once you cut the pots away. If, by chance, one of those roots is actually a rhizome, you could use something like Crossbow on it. It will most likely take a few applications but I'm pretty confident that what grew through the bottom of your pots were roots and you won't have to worry. Keep us posted.

 

[GVH_Dan]

Yep, crossbow, roundup and thing with 2, 4 D on the label. I'm not sure about roots but the "poison Ivy" formulation seems to work best on plants. Maybe wait until you see something actually sprouting before you start to spray? Bob is right that if its just a few roots, nothing should happen. No sense wasting money that could be spent on brewing supplies.

 

[spui]

Thanks for the quick replies I'll keep you guys informed


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[B-Hoppy]

Yep, crossbow, roundup and thing with 2, 4 D on the label. I'm not sure about roots but the "poison Ivy" formulation seems to work best on plants.

Dan, I think it's the inclusion of Triclopyr in the Crossbow (Garlon, Turflon etc.) formulation that makes it a good herbicide in this situation. Products containing Triclopyr are usually recommended when you're targets include woody brush, vines and other nasties like that. Also, there aren't many products out there that are one-and-done so you may have to use some follow-up applications for good control.