Waskawee Wabbits!

[jdlev]

My goldings popped up (finally)...but it looks almost like something at the stalk? Are wabbits or other varmits prone to eating hops plants? There's a hole in my fence he comes through. And the jumbo nuggets (which are performing by far the best so far), weren't touched?

It couldn't be a bug infestation could it?

 

[GearBeer]

Nah, it's rabbits. They have a fancy for the tips of the shoots. Rabbits nipped a number of tips from mine this year but they just couldn't keep up with the sheer number of bines my Cascade produced.

 

[Retrofit]

Just to toss this in my nugget is out performing all my hops even my third year chinook which is my queen/ highest producer.

 

[jdlev]

Thanks!

 

[samc]

I've got one Rabbit that visits my yard and he/she doesn't touch the hops at all, seems content with nibbling at the grass.

 

[beerloaf]

Ah crap! I didn't think of the wabbits! I once counted 7 of them in my back yard at once. Now I'm worried about the 4 hops I planted in the ground. I have my 1st 3 in large pots and all of those are well over 6 feet high now so those are not a concern. I guess I'll have to run down to the store and get chicken wire.

beerloaf

 

[jdlev]

I'd make an example of 1 of the 7....that'll cause the other 6 to get in line...