In article wMBWa.44089$o%2.22435@sccrnsc02, "DickLivy"
wrote:

I agree with the others that you are taking TOO good of care of the Hostas.
I believe they like to be abused. I fertilize once a year - in the fall. I
have never watered a hosta (I have 34 varieties, over 120 individual plants)
yet get ABUNDANT blums and growth.

I believe hosta feeding, if any, is better done in spring, and if done in
autumn may result in a burst of growth at a time when it should be
preparing itself for dormancy rather than new growth. It might not matter
all that much, but that seems to be the common assertion.

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