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 lasagna gardening basics by Matt Sweeny, Simple Earth Hops 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 lasagna gardening basics by Matt Sweeny, Simple Earth Hops 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 lasagna gardening basics by Matt Sweeny, Simple Earth Hops 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). Ne w ca sp rd ap bo er ar or d straw Newspaper or card board Hop crown Newspaper or card board straw Ne w ca sp rd ap bo er ar or d Newspaper or card board Ne ca wsp rd ap bo er ar or d 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
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