My 3d year Cascades are off to a good start; multiple shoots are coming up. Nice dark green color.
My 2nd year Centennials are also off to a suprisingly good start; one plant has 4 strong shoots coming up already. Planted 2 rhizomes last year; got some growth, but neither did much of anything besides grow a little, despite regular feeding and watering.
My 2nd year Magnum plant is the biggest surprise, in that it's still alive at all:
When i had my garden retaining wall installed last fall, the workers also weeded my side garden bed (where my hop garden is), removed some old rocks, and laid some mulch.
After they were done, I went out to look at their work, and I noticed that were my Magnum plant was, there was no plant anymore. Evidently the workers thought it was a weed and pulled it out.
Well, last week, I noticed something green coming up where it had been, and by a stroke of good luck, not all of the plant had been ripped out last year. Looks like it survived after all.
Any other hop growers seeing early progress in their gardens?