I noticed today that my last remaining hop has been killed. I planted two back in March, to boldly go on a three year mission to get some home grown hops for our beer. But a pair of plonkers have stuffed that ambition after only six months.
The first hop fell to a numptie that managed to strim it clearing a path. That was annoying, but I can understand, accidents happen.
The demise of the second looks like deliberate though - a compost heap has been build where it once grew. In the words of an ex-colleague it buggers belief that a plant, the piece of string it's growing on, and the peg the string is attached to can all be removed accidentally. As soon as I can get a baying mob together I'll be tracking down the perpetrator and explaining to him the error of his ways.
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Where once two hop grew up string tied to the guttering now there is only blank wall and weeds.
What very little I know about hops suggests yours may still try to grow back next year from the rootstock, particularly if someone's put compost on one of them: watch out around April 2012 for the green shoots of recovery …
ReplyDeleteGood point, they may be reanimated yet.
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