So, my wife allowed me to purchase hop rhizomes this winter for planting near our house. Our original plan was to remove a couple 7' tall bushes that got sun from around 11:30am-9pm near our deck and replace them with a 8'X5' privacy fence where the hops would grow with some horizontal training. Well, life happened, the bush removal and privacy fence installation got put on hold for a year or two, and now I have two rhizomes (Centennial and Comet) arriving in the next month and the only two options are: Scrap the planting and eat the $20 of rhizomes, or plant along the 6' fence by my pool, roughly 4' from the pool side. I'd be able to plant only one there due to the fact the only side that gets any appreciable sun has only one 3'X2' patch not under stone or concrete.
Now, my question is: If I planted near the pool, how worried would I have to be of the hop roots infiltrating the pool walls? What about any plumbing? The pool is about 15 years old, has concrete walls, and is in overall good shape. The patch is near one skimmer and there's a return line that runs along that side of the pool as well. As much as I don't wanna toss a couple rhizomes, I'd rather not have a $2000 pool repair bill in 5 years... ya know?
Now, my question is: If I planted near the pool, how worried would I have to be of the hop roots infiltrating the pool walls? What about any plumbing? The pool is about 15 years old, has concrete walls, and is in overall good shape. The patch is near one skimmer and there's a return line that runs along that side of the pool as well. As much as I don't wanna toss a couple rhizomes, I'd rather not have a $2000 pool repair bill in 5 years... ya know?