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ccfoo242:
Are yellowing leaves a symptom of over-watering? We've had an ark-load of rain in the last few weeks and the bottom leaves on my zeus hops are yellow now.

morticaixavier:
could be. yellowing leaves could be a lot of things. not much you can really do though. keep an eye out for mildew, hope it stops raining. I suppose you could put tarps on the ground to try to redirect the water down hill from the hops but I suspect you would risk more mold/mildew problems if you did that. how are the tops looking? they probably don't need those lower leaves anyway.

theDarkSide:
It also could be a deficiency of nitrogen

http://www.freshops.com/hop-growing/hop-diseases-and-pests

But if it's like it has been around here the past week ( rain ), it's probably overwatering.

I always remove the leaves on the bottom foot of the bines to allow for air circulation anyways. 

Pinski:
It's also a typical pattern as the plant matures, most of the energy and nutrients are being pushed out to the tips where vegetative growth is active and flowers are beginning to develop. If it's more systemic yellowing I would worry about a nitrogen/fertilizer deficiency.   

ccfoo242:
I'll take a picture when I get home. The leaves on my balcony look ok, but everything below that is yellowed.

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