"mark" wrote in message
o.uk...

"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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Dis anyone seeon TV last week, as I did, a short item on growing
hostas? I can't find it on iPlayer. I thought it was in one of the
Tatton Park progs.
An older couple, lady Japanese (?) had a garden full of hostas, many
growing in pots suspended from poles.
Asked how they kept the slugs at bay, they said they use slug pellets
in Spring and then water or spray with a garlic solution. Their
hostas werehealthy and totally uneaten.
I want to watch it again, and also hear the recipe for the garlic
solution, which involved boiling a garlic bulb in x amount of water
and then adding x amount of the strained sloution to a can of water.
Can anyone point me to a repeat please?



As I remember it: One whole garlic bulb boiled in one litre of water.
Then one tablespoon of the resultant brew per litre of water sprayed on
to the hostas.

I saved a ng post about garlic brews for hostas some time ago. It's
slightly different from yours.
I like hostas but mine always get chewed - and I always mean to do it when
they are just poking through, and just don't get round to it.
Anyway here it is:
'Get two bulbs of garlic, and smoosh them with a rolling pin...take out
your frustration on them. Put them in 2 pints of water, and simmer for
one hour. Let the liquid cool, and strain into a container. Use one
tablespoon of the liquid to one gallon of water. Use first thing in
spring as the hostas are peeking through the ground. One use of this is
supposed to be sufficient, but I use it maybe every two months. Use it on
any plant that is susceptible to slug attack'


I'd forgotten all about this garlic method and I'm now glad to be reminded.
It was once featured on GW when the show visited a Hosta specialist nursery
somewhere and the proprietor said she used this method to ensure her plants
were always slug free.
Wish I'd remembered cos my hostas are now bare-stemmed uglies."

Many thanks to the original poster, vsop for this. Even though I haven't
actually done it so far, I have the received wisdom saved on my computer ;-)

Tina