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This could very well be the issue on both fronts. Our soil is very very clay heavy and the hops are next to our vegetable garden, which we water with a sprinkler. All of this is behind our garage and the downspouts from our gutters come out near where the hops are. We have a soil moisture tester...

Odd. We had some snow when the plants were only a few feet tall but it was only twice. That was many weeks ago so my guess is that would not have impacted all the new growth.

Note that in the 3rd pic you can see the browned areas with white dots the best. This is what spread to the whole plant last year. Leaves are on the ground as I'm wondering if removal will prevent it from spreading. Also forgot to mention new shoots from the main bines are more yellow in color...

My wife bought me 2 hop plants 3-4 years ago of an unknown variety. The second year I got cones and the plants looked established. Last year I did absolutely nothing besides let them grow and they turned totally brown and died. Shoots came up like crazy this year and I thinned too about 5 bines...