johnnyboy1965
Landlord.
Godsdog, from your pics it looks like there maybe a slight fungal infection. This is nothing to worry about.
Hops are very heavy feeders and need a lot of nutrient from the soil/compost.
This problem begins at the size of your pot, its way too small. What is happening is that the rhizome has used all the food available in the pot and only sending the nutrient to the growing tip, leaving the lower leaves to weaken, this is where the infection has taken hold.
1, pick of the infected leaves and disgard.
2, scrape of the top 2 inches of soil in your pot and replace with a mix of:-
25% garden compost
25% top soil
25% well rotted manure
25% horticulteral grit
3, if any flowers do appear this year, cut them off. This will send all the energy back into the rhizome.
4, in the autumn, when all the leaves have fallen off, cut it right back to ground level and move to a sheltered position.
5, next spring, move to the biggest pot available and pot on with the above mixture
Hops are very heavy feeders and need a lot of nutrient from the soil/compost.
This problem begins at the size of your pot, its way too small. What is happening is that the rhizome has used all the food available in the pot and only sending the nutrient to the growing tip, leaving the lower leaves to weaken, this is where the infection has taken hold.
1, pick of the infected leaves and disgard.
2, scrape of the top 2 inches of soil in your pot and replace with a mix of:-
25% garden compost
25% top soil
25% well rotted manure
25% horticulteral grit
3, if any flowers do appear this year, cut them off. This will send all the energy back into the rhizome.
4, in the autumn, when all the leaves have fallen off, cut it right back to ground level and move to a sheltered position.
5, next spring, move to the biggest pot available and pot on with the above mixture
