Hops or a weed?

[superiorsat]

The first two are definitely not hops. A sprouting new hop looks like a hop. The first leaves that emerge are replicas of a mature hop. Now the other two with the two smooth rounded leaves could be weed or weeds.

I agree with Murph4231. I have 4 types of hops growing all 3 of the ones you have plus Cashmere. They all started with the same spear tip looking bine then followed by jagged leaves every time the tip keeps moving on. That Comet will be little shop of horrors' on year 2 and more so year 3. Comet literally is a beast. I spend time daily killing all of its yard invading shoots. It is hard to tell from the picture but there is 10 new shoots on the back side of the fence and I just shovel cut everything there yesterday and more on the other side of the fence.

 

[superiorsat]

That is a tip of Centennial and it basically looked just like that but smaller when the rhizome first took off last year. Only one of 3 made it, so had to take cuttings and only one cutting made it through the winter, so again with a cutting this year to fill the 3rd spot. Not so much of a beast. Lol.

 

[Miraculix]

look like hops? but i just saw a pic of a wild hop plant growing out of a crack in a sidewalk somewhere here...so both?

I can give you an update on that one if you like. But I actually might be parking my car above it atm.

I'll have a look once I manage to move my lazy behind outside

 

[T Murph]

Here are three rhizomes planted June 1st.
Centenial and Cascade.

All three were rhizomes from AIH. All replacements from last year's purchase the failed to survive. The point of this post is to show the difference in what sprouting hops look like. Notice the Cascade, the smallest emerging leaves. The second, a Centenial has again failed to sprout. That one was soggy wet and moldy when received. Needless to say I'll purchase hops from someone else moving forward.

 

[T Murph]

Here are three rhizomes planted June 1st.
View attachment 772413Centenial and View attachment 772416 Cascade.

All three were rhizomes from AIH. All replacements from last year's purchase the failed to survive. The point of this post is to show the difference in what sprouting hops look like. Notice the Cascade, the smallest emerging leaves. The second, a Centenial has again failed to sprout. That one was soggy wet and moldy when received. Needless to say I'll purchase hops from someone else moving forward.

 

[T Murph]

I don't know what happened to the above post but the Centenial is the one that has not sprouted. The larger best looking young plant is the Sterling and the smallest with several tiny sprouts is a Cascade.

 

[HopHead0814]

Thanks for all the advice and good humor. It was definitely a weed, and not the good kind. I’m quite a bit disappointed as only the two of nine sprouted and are thriving. Northern Brewer suggested it was root rot from over watering, but I know I didn’t over water. I dug them up and all were rotted. If I had to do it again, I wouldn’t use the Asco root growth enhancer they suggested and may purchase elsewhere next season. The Comet plant is a beast and the lone Cascade is chest height or above now.