Maybe lack of water.
My Fuggles were second year this past summer.
I had LOADS of hops.


[email]danielbenson@hotmail.com[/email] (Dan Benson) wrote in message news:<f8650e5d.0409090615.7712dab@posting.google.com>...[color=blue]
> Anybody tried growing hops? After 17 years of brewing I finally tried
> my hand at it last year. The vines came up again this year (year # 2,
> - I wasn't expecting any flowers the first year), but the crop was
> minimal. The vines are growing like fury, but the leaves on the vines
> where yellowed/splotchy. Tried some anti fungal powder just to make
> sure that wasn't the problem, but that didn't help. Must be a nutrient
> deficiency. Anybody have some tips on growing these? I have Fuggles
> and Hallertaur (since I seem to use them quite a bit). I know Fuggles
> is a low producer.....[/color]