I really like Hostas and have 15 different varieties at home and several more at camp that I have not divided as yet and brought home. Anyone else like them,
have them? I'd love to swap varieties if you do.............
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Posts: 6044 06/17/2009 08:23 the Canefather |
banjo
Fly fishing is my Quisisana (the name is Italian for "place where one heals one's self.") "...... SLG Visit my website about Bamboo rods... Fishnbanjo's Place |
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Posts: 167 06/17/2009 08:56 |
After decades of "flower gardening" I've come to appreciate Hostas enormously.
I like the large "blue" varieties. Cool, stoic, anchors in the shadows or as an understory beneath large evergreens. This cold wet Spring in the NEast has been their ticket to soar. I got a variegated green and gold one called "Thunder Bolt" or something like that, and it came with a tag saying it was a registered hybrid and I was forbidden to redistribute it. I think the mattress tag police must monitor these plants . Its a big Hosta world. Fortunately I'm off to Calif. today to fish the upper Sac with my son, so I'll have to trade Hosta info later. You're not alone. |
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Very quick review of what I have and not my best photo effort | #2 | ||
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Posts: 6045 06/17/2009 09:39 the Canefather |
and doesn't even begin to show their beauty or all the different varieties.....
banjo
Fly fishing is my Quisisana (the name is Italian for "place where one heals one's self.") "...... SLG Visit my website about Bamboo rods... Fishnbanjo's Place |
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Posts: 4675 06/17/2009 12:52 Moderator |
Are they dog proof??
My pouch has this nasty habbit of pulling everything I plant out of the ground - Even thorny rose bushes!! Beautiful Hostas!!
Pete
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Posts: 177 06/17/2009 14:18 |
They are definitely not slug proof. Here in the PNW we have a very Hosta hospitable climate. They are beautiful but they are also slug magnets.
Depending on your proximity to slug friendly areas and the immediate environment around the plants there can be just too many slugs for some plants. TC |
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Posts: 975 06/17/2009 15:26 |
Banjo,
Those are beautiful Hostas. As soon as the rain stops, soon I hope, and the rest of undergrowth starts to thin, the Wood Goats will start their annual ravage of the Hostas around my house. They wait until the plants just look their best and then chew them to the ground. The brook runs over the bones of the planet and carries the sky on its back…. Odell Shepard |
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Posts: 2010 06/17/2009 17:28 Registered User |
My wife likes the "elephant" hostas and the varigated smaller ones, thus we have a lot of them. I like them because they are easy to grow, take
little care, and are back year after year.
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richard kell handmade reels |
hostas ... slugs.... | #7 | ||
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Posts: 16 06/20/2009 11:22 |
Here in the north east of England we are not too bad for slugs, I place bricks cavity down to trap 'em and every week or two go round chopping 'em up -
the slugs that is. The only time I use just a few pellets is around vulnerable seedlings in trays, yet that always bugs me, there are far less Thrushes in this
area now and I blame slug pellets. Copper wire and or tape is I have heard a deterrent.
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Posts: 878 06/20/2009 12:38 |
Here's an easy, effective and non-toxic slug bait you can make up at home quite cheaply.
Iron Phosphate 10% 1oz. yellow cornmeal 10oz. Blend dry ingredients then slowly add water while stirring to make a thick batter. Pour into a shallow sheet pan for a 1/4-1/2" thick slab. Bake at 350 degrees for 5-10 minutes. After cooling break the stuff up into small pieces/crumbs and scatter around the base of your plants in the evening, repeating as necessary when you see signs of new damage. If Mistakes are the Wellspring of Wisdom how come I ain't Solomon?
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Posts: 1230 06/21/2009 07:53 Crusty Old Fart
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As to the slug wars, heres something you might try. When the Hosta first show in the spring, mix a solution of household ammonia ( 1 part ammonia to 4 parts
water) and drench around the crown of the plant. This will kill over wintering slugs and eggs. Once the plant has leafed out a milder 10 % solution can be used
as needed, works for me.
Something else that you might try is adding a weak acid fertilizer mix to your plants once or twice over the season. I use a mix, cut by half, on what is normal for rhododendrons. And all this time I thought all you people did was play with bamboo rods and fish!!! Bruce |
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Posts: 1361 06/21/2009 08:23 |
We have quite a few different varieties. My wife loves them. I think her motto is "when in doubt, plant a hosta." They're hard to kill, the
rabbits don't eat them and they thrive in our rather shady yard. If only the grass did as well as effortlessly.
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Posts: 1116 06/21/2009 08:47 Moderator |
Banjo and others, ditto on the wife's and my love for hostas. We've got many varieties at both my mountain cabin (perfect condidtions) and at home base
(good, but not perfect conditions). Our biggest problem has been the multitude of white tail deer in our neighborhood! cwfly, is that the same critter as a
Wood Goat?! Anyway, up until this year, the deer just decimated the things. I tried a new product this year, and for me, it has lived up to every claim by the
maufacturer. Its a tad pricey ( I pay 18$ for a six pack at Lowes Hardware (the big box store). Worth every penny! Here's their web site- NO financial
interest on my part- it just works!
http://www.wrsweeney.com/animal_repellent_products.php?product=deerrepellent Many thanks for the anti slug receipes! Regards, Tom |
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Slugs ? | #12 | ||
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Posts: 407 06/21/2009 08:48 |
Got Slugs ?
Get a duck ! No more slugs. Ducks LOVE slugs. Problem is that now you've got a Duck. 
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Posts: 1117 06/21/2009 08:51 Moderator |
Larry--
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Posts: 1362 06/21/2009 09:57 |
Ah, yes. A classic case of duck and (ground) cover.
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Posts: 977 06/21/2009 10:53 |
Tom,
You're right. A white tailed deer, as it is known in the woods, is a wood goat in our gardens. They eat it all. The brook runs over the bones of the planet and carries the sky on its back…. Odell Shepard |
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Posts: 73 06/21/2009 15:17 |
Ducks and toads. Toads love slugs. You can encourage them by providing hiding places like overturned posts with a hole chipped in the rim and setting shallow
water filled saucers even with the soil line. As for deer -- which to me are nothing more than big, pretty rats -- I have a homemade remedy that protects my
shrubbery very well. I haven't tried it on hostas. Buy some of the stuff that nurseries use to prevent transpiration on Christmas trees and newly planted
shrubs. This will stick to your foliage for two or three months. It goes by brand names like WiltPruf and No Wilt. Mix up a gallon of that. Add to it five or
six raw eggs that have been STRAINED THROUGH A KITCHEN STRAINER. This is important. Otherwise the eggs will gum up your sprayer. You can throw in some garlic
powder and cayenne pepper if you wish. Use this mixture to spray your plants thoroughly. It protects my shrubs through most of winter. I spray again when I get
mild days in mid winter. Been using this for about six years, and I get almost one hundred percent protection. I left it off some plants as a control, and they
were almost obliterated. Everything else came out fine.
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Posts: 3093 06/21/2009 17:41 |
I have no idea where the giant blue one came from, but the leaves are about 11x14. I'm sure Sue would not mind splitting some up.
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Posts: 6056 06/21/2009 18:03 the Canefather |
 I thought my rhubarb was killer, that's oneheckuva nice Hosta, what
is the bottom one it's looks very interesting..... thanks............
banjo
Fly fishing is my Quisisana (the name is Italian for "place where one heals one's self.") "...... SLG Visit my website about Bamboo rods... Fishnbanjo's Place |
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Posts: 3095 06/21/2009 18:39 |
Spelling phonetically, Sue says it's a "Ligularia" Wants shade, doesn't mind moist (it'll grow in a bog says Sue).
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Posts: 6057 06/22/2009 08:07 the Canefather |
Cool! In the 7th photo there are 2 varieties next to the Birds Nest Spruce and the light green giant leaves are 14" long and 14" wide so I now have a
good reference to the size of your giant blue Mike..............
banjo
Fly fishing is my Quisisana (the name is Italian for "place where one heals one's self.") "...... SLG Visit my website about Bamboo rods... Fishnbanjo's Place |
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