Re: Hosta growth or not?
- Subject: Re: Hosta growth or not?
- From: &* G* S* <h*@Bellsouth.net>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:39:28 -0400
PS,
Don't know what too much snow will do, except to say my mother in Detroit
never lost a single hosta to snow cover. I had them laying on top of the
ground (by mistake), roots exposed, when temps went to minus 12 (almost a
record for here) and they liked it just fine. So it's not the cold. In Japan
they sustain minus 40 in the Japan Alps, exposed on rock surfaces. Too much
water-holding good dirt during prolonged spring thaws can lead to rotting if
the roots got injured by prior frost heave. Nothing, but nothing will hurt
hostas more than lack of moisture during the time they add sugars to the
rhizome. G.
W. George Schmid
Hosta Hill - Tucker Georgia USA
Zone 7a - 1188 feet AMSL
84-12'-30" West_33-51' North
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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: Hosta growth or not?
> In a message dated 6/13/2004 9:20:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> lenphillips@yahoo.com writes:
> the very cold winter with no snow cover
> Hi, Len:
>
> The North vs the South...this past winter we received much more snow that
> normal. It reminded me of winter's in the 50's & 60's. If memory
services
> (probably not), don't you live closer to the water. A dear rhodie friend,
Dick
> Brooks, lived in Concord. He used call where I live, zone 5/6, the
tropics
> (LOLOLOL).
>
> I lost many more daylilies than hosta and just a few prized rhodies.
>
> Hostally,
>
> Rich
>
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