Season one of a hop vine transplant from a plant that I had found one night in the graveyard walking home from my brothers place.

(Graveyard Hopvine pic to come)

Here are some pictures from my hop vine that I transplanted in the spring:



It's the leaves that are in the shape of maple leaves, yep, those are them. Notice the paleness of the leaves, methinks it's from a lack of nitrogen in the soil, but I am afraid to fertilize, in the case that I may kill them, perhaps I should take that risk come spring.



Imagine my dismay to see this! When I went to take a picture, I followed the vine on down the line, I discovered the problem, see the pic below.



How does a woody stem like this just break off? Perhaps it was the strong winds last week that weakened it, or perhaps an animal?
Oh well, when it comes to gardening, disappointment comes hand in hand with the joys it gives you.
Lucky for me, I had two hops vines from the same transplant, I am hoping that in season one, the roots have established themselves, and will grow hop vines much better and stronger than before, like the six million dollar man!

(the root structure is still there and will sprout up next spring)