Hop growing experts! I need some advice..
I live in North Oakland, CA and I started 3 rhizomes each of two different varieties of hop vines last year: Chinook and Cascade. The Cascade did better than the Chinook, but they both grew very vigorously until early August. Apparently it's a bit too damp for hops in north Oakland... Starting in early August the vines became covered with a white powdery filim that I can only guess is mold and/or powdery mildew or fusarium wilt? Eventually the vines became completely covered with this film, and were dead by September. I am wondering if this powdery mildew/mold completely killed the rhizomes in the soil beneath, or I can expect any new vines in the spring?
Thx,
