"Jessica" wrote in message
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What's a good trick to keeping slugs off Hostas?


"Adam Davis" wrote in message
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Aren't they lovely when they first start to appear!

The first time that mine appeared after the winter I was well impressed
and
I do love the deep purple colour that (most of them) have.

Mind the slugs, as others have mentioned, and enjoy your Hosta :-)

Adam
"Kim Bewick" wrote in message
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Hi Everyone
This is my first posting to the group and please forgive me if I
appear
a
little thick.
Last summer we planted a Hosta in our garden, which has full sun on it
all
day long, in soil that is fairly heavy and has a lot of clay content
(not
sure if this is relevant but thouight I'd tell you anyway :-)
It survived the summer quite well, but by October had died back until
by
Christmas there was nothing to show where it had been (or at least I
didn't
think so).
Having been out in the garden this week as the weather has been so
warm
I
was amazed to count 17 i2 inch high shoots coming up where this Hosta
had
once stood. My question is "What should I/could I do with them.
Regards
Kim
(Cardiff, Wales, UK)


We dig up ours as they die off in autumn, divide if necessary and put the
root balls (all that is there by this time) in pots for the winter. If we
don't do this the slugs trash them as they attempt to come through in
spring. We keep them in pots until at least 6" tall, to give a head start
away from the slugs.

HTH

Shazzbat.