Hi Folks,
I'm hoping someone could lend some insight on troubleshooting an issue I'm having with a first year Mt. Hood Hop plant. The rhizome arrived about a month ago, and the first 2-3 weeks I had it in a container, it quickly shot up and when it reached about 5-6" I transplanted it into my garden. At first, it did great, it continued to grow the first few days, but then out of nowhere, the tip of the plant turned brown and stopped growing up the twine I had strung up for it. The garden gets full sun, and I have a second year Chinook plant in the same garden that did phenomenal last year and is continuing to do great this year as well, so I don't think sun or soil is the issue. My only guess is that we had some heavy rains recently in Chicago and I thought maybe it was oversaturated, but it was followed by several days of full sun and the plant has not bounced back.
I'm looking for troubleshooting recommendations, because at this point I don't think it will bounce back, I haven't seen any growth for about a week now. Do you think if I trim it back other shoots will come up? Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Thanks!
I'm hoping someone could lend some insight on troubleshooting an issue I'm having with a first year Mt. Hood Hop plant. The rhizome arrived about a month ago, and the first 2-3 weeks I had it in a container, it quickly shot up and when it reached about 5-6" I transplanted it into my garden. At first, it did great, it continued to grow the first few days, but then out of nowhere, the tip of the plant turned brown and stopped growing up the twine I had strung up for it. The garden gets full sun, and I have a second year Chinook plant in the same garden that did phenomenal last year and is continuing to do great this year as well, so I don't think sun or soil is the issue. My only guess is that we had some heavy rains recently in Chicago and I thought maybe it was oversaturated, but it was followed by several days of full sun and the plant has not bounced back.
I'm looking for troubleshooting recommendations, because at this point I don't think it will bounce back, I haven't seen any growth for about a week now. Do you think if I trim it back other shoots will come up? Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
Thanks!
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