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?

Pam in Bristol

On 27/07/2011 14:07, Pam Moore wrote:
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?

Pam in Bristol


Hi Pam

I'm hopeless at (reliably) passing on links, but I saw the programme. I
have just googled on Gardeners' World. Three links down the list given,
was a link headed "BBC2 Gardeners'World - 2 programmes. Click on this
link and you should see the programme. Good luck.


Spider

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:07:10 +0100, Pam Moore
wrote:

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?


A garden at my local hospital has a huge patch of hostas that are
currently in full flower. So far as I know they are just allowed to
grow. The only thing that may be keeping the slugs off is the ground
is covered in grit. I remember my mother used the same method with
hostas. There no way my mother would have used slug killer. I can't
see garlic being very effective as wild garlic sometimes gets eaten by
those little white slugs.

Steve

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"Pam Moore" wrote in message
...
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.

mark

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:22:20 +0100, Spider wrote:

On 27/07/2011 14:07, Pam Moore wrote:
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?

Pam in Bristol


Hi Pam

I'm hopeless at (reliably) passing on links, but I saw the programme. I
have just googled on Gardeners' World. Three links down the list given,
was a link headed "BBC2 Gardeners'World - 2 programmes. Click on this
link and you should see the programme. Good luck.


Thanks Spider, but I don't think it was GW, but can't work out what
other prog it might have been.
Still hunting. I wanted to see the way the plants were displayed,
slung from poles. Fascinating.



Pam in Bristol

On Jul 28, 9:40*pm, Pam Moore wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:22:20 +0100, Spider wrote:
On 27/07/2011 14:07, Pam Moore wrote:
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?

Pam in Bristol

Hi Pam

I'm hopeless at (reliably) passing on links, but I saw the programme. *I
have just googled on Gardeners' World. *Three links down the list given,
was a link headed "BBC2 Gardeners'World - 2 programmes. *Click on this
link and you should see the programme. *Good luck.

Thanks Spider, but I don't think it was GW, but can't work out what
other prog it might have been.
Still hunting. *I wanted to see the way the plants were displayed,
slung from poles. *Fascinating.

Pam in Bristol- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Pam It was G W Episode 15
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mw1h
The hosta item starts 5.50 into the prog, the slug question comes at
9.55 and the garlic recipit is at 10mins 5 sec.into the prog.
David

On 27/07/2011 15:58, mark wrote:

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.

mark



Below is a recipe for garlic wash that I found somewhere in the internet
I make the final solution a bit stronger that 1 tbsp per gallon (more
like 1 tbsp per litre, as above) and tend to spray about once a month.
My 3 hostas used to be devastated by snails every year despite using
slug pellets.
For the past 2 years, using the garlic wash there has been virtually no
leaf damage.
Not scientific but it's convinced me

"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."

Jon
NE England

On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:37:28 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
wrote:

On Jul 28, 9:40*pm, Pam Moore wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:22:20 +0100, Spider wrote:
On 27/07/2011 14:07, Pam Moore wrote:
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?

Pam in Bristol

Hi Pam

I'm hopeless at (reliably) passing on links, but I saw the programme. *I
have just googled on Gardeners' World. *Three links down the list given,
was a link headed "BBC2 Gardeners'World - 2 programmes. *Click on this
link and you should see the programme. *Good luck.

Thanks Spider, but I don't think it was GW, but can't work out what
other prog it might have been.
Still hunting. *I wanted to see the way the plants were displayed,
slung from poles. *Fascinating.

Pam in Bristol- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Pam It was G W Episode 15
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mw1h
The hosta item starts 5.50 into the prog, the slug question comes at
9.55 and the garlic recipit is at 10mins 5 sec.into the prog.
David

Thanks so very much Dave. Got it.
I hadn't realised that it was so recent, and on GW.
Thanks Mark, for remembering the garlic recipe.

Pam in Bristol

On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:53:34 +0100, Jon wrote:

On 27/07/2011 15:58, mark wrote:

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.

mark



Below is a recipe for garlic wash that I found somewhere in the internet
I make the final solution a bit stronger that 1 tbsp per gallon (more
like 1 tbsp per litre, as above) and tend to spray about once a month.
My 3 hostas used to be devastated by snails every year despite using
slug pellets.
For the past 2 years, using the garlic wash there has been virtually no
leaf damage.
Not scientific but it's convinced me

"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."

Jon
NE England

Thanks Jon. I buy some garlic and do some "smooshing"!

Pam in Bristol

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"Pam Moore" wrote in message
...
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