How to mulch the hopyard Mulching around hop plants and (side view)

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How to mulch the hopyard Mulching around hop plants and (side view)
How to mulch the hopyard
(side view)
Mulching around hop plants and
preparing new hills.
place 1
shovel full of
manure
around each
plant
Straw (2' deep)
hop
plant
pile up straw/mulch
[2 feet deep] on hills
that did not sprout
hops
Newspaper or card board
Weeds
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hill that
didn't
come up
Mulching around hop plants
Top view of how to mulch around hop plants.
Step 1: place 1 shovel full of manure around each
plant's crown.
hop row
hop row
Hop
crown
manure
hop row
hop row
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Mulching around hop plants
Top view of how to mulch around hop plants and flag old hills.
Step 2: Cover weeds (in rows, old hills and around
hop plants) with newspaper / card board and place a
marker flag in the row for old hills locations.
hop shoots
cut
cut
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Mulching around hop plants
Top view of how to mulch around hop plant.
Step 3: cover cardboard
w/ straw-mulch ~2' deep (making sure to replace old hills markers in
new mulch).
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straw
Newspaper or
card board
Hop
crown
Newspaper or
card board
straw
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w
ca sp
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bo er
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Newspaper or
card board
Ne
ca wsp
rd ap
bo er
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Newspaper or
card board
lasagna gardening basics by Matt Sweeny, Simple Earth Hops
Mulching for new hills
How to build new hills for next Spring's hop rhizomes.
Steps: Add cardboard and straw to build new hills at least 2 feet deep.
Replace hill markers!
layer mulch material [2 feet deep]
on hills that did not sprout hops
straw
Straw (2' deep)
Newspaper or card board
Weeds
hill that
didn't
come up
lasagna gardening basics by Matt Sweeny, Simple Earth Hops