Re[2]: A Timetable for Hosta Care
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re[2]: A Timetable for Hosta Care
- From: b*@herc.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:23:17 -0500
My only comments, which I have relayed before, is that you can divide
hostas year-round. Those of us " old folks " who were dividing hostas
before you could spell tc, would divide whenever we could get the clumps
out of the ground.
I have done it for +30 years in very early spring in Michigan, as soon as
the ground thaws, have been in Holland in Jan-Feb when they were dividing
clumps dug the previous fall and left outside, to year-round here in far
northern (??? eat your heart out Dan Nelson !!) Delaware.
The root activity is slow, but that would be a positive reason to divide,
to minimize damage and shock.
bruce
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Subject: Re: A Timetable for Hosta Care
Author: hosta-open@mallorn.com (owner-hosta-open@mallorn.com) at HERCULES
Date: 02/21/2000 2:00 PM
Hi Gail,
I think the alfalfa is a good idea. I have heard of increased rodent
problems using alfalfa though. After all, it is a very high grade
animal
feed.
In my garden I foliar feed my plants with fish emulsion, seaweed, a small
amount of 20-20-20 and a small amount of Epsom salts every two
or
three weeks until the first of August. I use a sprayer that holds 200
gallons and can spray 50 feet. I hit the crabapples I use for shade a
little too.
I also put down 17-17-17 in the spring just before the hostas emerge.
Ah, the smell fish and seaweed in the morning!
Thanks for the alfalfa tip.
Dan Nelson
Bridgeville DE
zone 7
SussexTreeInc@ce.net
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From: <Gailjo3@aol.com>
To: <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: A Timetable for Hosta Care
Dan, Thanks for the timetable. I would add one step. In early spring
add
a
cup or 2 of alfalfa pellets around the base of each hosta (less for
very
little plants), and water them down well. They'll break down quickly.
they
serve as an organic fertilizer and growth promoter. I
now put alfalfa on all my plants. Alfalfa meal is also
available, but it's powdery and tends to blow around
while you are applying it. Available at feed stores, farm
product stores and, perhaps, through some pet stores.
Gail
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