perastikos
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June of 2015 I purchased and planted 4 hop varieties, hallertau, perle, cascade and magnum. I live in Greece and the summer is quite warm/hot here. The hops came in small pots, already established small plants and they made it through the first year.
I planted them under some big olive trees, in order to minimize the sun. The hops grew well, got up to 2m/6.5ft and they even produced some a few baby hop cones, just a handful.
First year:
This spring I decided to dig them up and replant them in another location and farther apart between them. They have grown very well, especially the cascade, but the leeves at the bottom of the plants have been becoming yellow, dry up and eventually fall off.
Cascade had developed burs since the beggining of June.
I am watering every day with a dripping system. Sometimes twice a day, because the soil does not hold much of the water and it dries up.
The upper plant/leaves part of the plant is very good, but i'm afraid it will go bad untill the harvest.
From left to the right. Hallertau-Perle-Cascade-Magnum.
You can see there that the bines on the first on the left (hallertau) has been stripped of leaves. They have dried and fall off. On the other hand Perle and Cascade have new bines emerging from the soil, which I guess is a good thing.
This is cascade. The third from the left
Anyone has a clue?
Is it a matter of heat/sun? Is it a disease? Nutrient deficiency? Overwatering?
I planted them under some big olive trees, in order to minimize the sun. The hops grew well, got up to 2m/6.5ft and they even produced some a few baby hop cones, just a handful.
First year:
This spring I decided to dig them up and replant them in another location and farther apart between them. They have grown very well, especially the cascade, but the leeves at the bottom of the plants have been becoming yellow, dry up and eventually fall off.
Cascade had developed burs since the beggining of June.
I am watering every day with a dripping system. Sometimes twice a day, because the soil does not hold much of the water and it dries up.
The upper plant/leaves part of the plant is very good, but i'm afraid it will go bad untill the harvest.
From left to the right. Hallertau-Perle-Cascade-Magnum.
You can see there that the bines on the first on the left (hallertau) has been stripped of leaves. They have dried and fall off. On the other hand Perle and Cascade have new bines emerging from the soil, which I guess is a good thing.
This is cascade. The third from the left
Anyone has a clue?
Is it a matter of heat/sun? Is it a disease? Nutrient deficiency? Overwatering?