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Hops

Humulus lupulus

Toxic to dogs, unconfirmed for cats

A herbaceous climber that dies to the ground each winter and races up 4m of string again by midsummer. Give it a tall support and a deep soak in dry spells. Keep spent cones off the ground where a dog could reach them — ASPCA lists hops toxic to dogs.

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Toxicity

Cats

Unconfirmed

No pet-poison database gives a verdict for cats or dogs. Treat it as unknown around pets.

Dogs

Toxic Can be serious

Signs, in the ASPCA's words
Dogs: panting, high body temperature, seizures, death.

Source — ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, toxic and non-toxic plant list; read from this species' own page

Pet-safety information is a general guide from the ASPCA's toxic-plant database and covers cats and dogs only. "If eaten" summarises the symptoms ASPCA lists for that plant; how an animal actually reacts depends on how much it ate and on the animal. It isn't exhaustive, isn't veterinary advice, and individual animals vary — never rely on it as the sole basis for a decision about your pet. If you think your pet has eaten a harmful plant, contact a vet immediately.

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Care

  • WaterEvery 3–5 days
  • LightDirect sun
  • HumidityAverage humidity
  • Temperature5–28 °C

The same interval the Sabz app schedules reminders from. In autumn and winter the app stretches it; see houseplants in autumn.

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Common problems

  • Growth stalls halfway up — the support is too short or it dried out at the root
  • Pale mottled leaves with fine webbing — red spider mite in a hot dry summer
  • White powdery film on the leaves — mildew where air can't move through the vine
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In the app

Add a hops to Sabz and the watering interval above becomes a reminder, the toxicity verdict sits on the plant's own page, and when a leaf turns, the Check-up reads what you have actually logged to say why.

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