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What do you do with badly frost damaged hostas.
Comments (6)When this happened to me in the past, I did not do anything. The first leaves will be damaged, but new leaves will form and in July/August plants will look good again. Do not cut off damaged leaves because the good part will still be producing. I would cut off lateron the dried part of leaves and very bad looking leaves after new leaves have fully formed. The same also applies to hail damage. There were comparisons given in the Hosta Journal, people who cut off all damaged leaves lost, had small plants next year. Bernd...See MoreWhat you do when you run out of space for hostas
Comments (1)That wascally wabbit! That's exactly what I would have done! I think it will look nice....See MoreHow do you know a hosta is large enough to divide?
Comments (11)Any time is a good time to divide hostas: at your pleasure. And any size is the right size to divide - whether it be a two-eye toddler or a 50-eye senior - your choice. I agree that washing as much of the soil off and then pulling the plant gently apart works beautifully - with some of them. Others need a little encouragement with a knife across the crown, but try to avoid the roots. Still others are stoloniferous, so their main feeder root needs to be cut from the parent plant. As long as you have a few roots attached to the above-ground part of the plant, and provide even moisture after the surgery, generally they should do very well. I routinely rescue chipmunk-dug hosta root fragments from our local arboretum (which has a hosta garden to DIE for), and none have so far expired. Mind you, I make sure they get no more than the teeniest amount of direct morning or evening sun - direct midday sun would cook them in a blink, even up here in Ottawa. Steady bright shade is the key to success. Since most hostas generally do well in saturated soils, it's a good idea to provide lots of moisture in the planting hole when you're ready to plant (dig the hole, fill it with water, push some dirt in it, plonk the plant in, water some more, fill with dirt to the top, water again)....See MoreYou know you're a hosta newbie when...
Comments (7)OK -- that photo was sufficiently yucky! I would know if I saw something grouped together like that, but I have never seen eggs in clusters as the picture shows, although I do see plenty of slugs. Only the east side of my garden seems to have perpetual slug problems. I don't have a camera right now to show pictures, but the hostas look like they are spattered with tiny holes, and some like my Liberty and Atlantis don't have any problems at all. I can still see the pellets when I last spread Sluggo, so I am guessing that rain/water makes it ineffective. Is that right? We have had a lot of rain -- nearly every other day, and it's raining again tonight. I hoped that I could eliminate the pest problem this year so that I have a clean garden next year....See Moregardenfanatic2003
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