Re: School Project help
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: School Project help
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 20:13:00 EDT
In a message dated 8/16/1998 6:07:35 PM Central Daylight Time,
mthoupt@sccoast.net writes:[In respect of a proposed experiment/display,
described below:]
<< Specifically, I mean to find which species or cultivars of hosta
do slugs prefer/avoid, and why. There must be a reason why some hostas
are more resistant to slugs than others. I'm guessing that it has to do
with leaf thickness. Would you agree, or can you think of another
possible factor? Maybe you'd have some other suggestions for the
experiment? >>
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I don't think the thickness of the leaf is a factor. If you will notice, a,
say, H.'Puckered Giant', the leaves of which are quite thick, slugs will
nibble away at it.
To be sure, I have never seen any slug damage on my 'Sum and Substance';yet,
'Invincible' is prime slug bait here. There are also some rather "thinned-
leaf" hostas that slugs avoid, even though similar hostas, in the same
vicinty, are eaten.
I think your experiment has a lot of merit. I have noticed that gold cum
chartruese hostas are avoided by slugs, no matter what the thickness of the
leaf.
As far as other displays, what about showing leaves of hostas that are
"infected" by:
1. Slugs
2. Cutworms
3. Black Vine Weevils
4. Viruses
5. Foliar nematodes
6. Cholrosis
7. Anathracnose
8. Crown Rot (Fungus)
9. Lack of Water
10. Genetic "browning" of leaves.
11. Sun scalding
12. Sowbugs
AND then have at each display, have a chart of the remedies.
Good Luck! And Best Wishes!
Clyde Crockett z5 Indy Indiana
ccredux@aol.com
P.S. If you do the one with slugs, it would be nice to have either depictions
of slugs or several of the more common species of slugs in fomaldehyde.
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