RE: unhappy hosta
- Subject: RE: unhappy hosta
- From: butch ragland w*@yahoo.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 01:44:21 -0700 (PDT)
My experience, I think, has been they chew off a leaf
or 2 and decide they don't like hosta and stop?
--- Mary Chastain <MC_Hosta@Bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Bruce, It seems that S&S may also be a favorite of
> rabbits. I only have
> about 5 leaves left from a large clump. I carried
> off a bushel of leaves
> that had been cut but left to die. This is my first
> real problem with
> rabbits. I think I may have to buy a gun.
> Mary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hosta-open@hort.net
> [o*@hort.net]On
> Behalf Of banyaihsta@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 9:30 AM
> To: hosta-open@hort.net
> Subject: Re: unhappy hosta
>
>
> Voles will eat Sum & Substance first, for what ever
> reasons. I lost some
> large clumps growing in a field this way this year.
>
> bruce
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: butch ragland <wilddog_202@yahoo.com>
> To: hosta-open@hort.net
> Sent: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 02:25:19 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: unhappy hosta
>
>
> Sounds like a root problem or voles which will eat
> the
> crowns and cause the plant appear stunted because
> you
> don't have all the crowns. I would think about a
> root
> problem last summer after you lost interest and
> didn't
> notice, causing the plant to not store enough food
> for
> spring.
>
> --- earthspirit <bdn7458@mailbag.com> wrote:
>
> > I got the following from one of my customers, and
> I
> > don't have any idea
> > of what might be going on with her hosta. Can
> anyone
> > help? Jean Bawden,
> > Madison, WI
> >
> > "Hi Jean, I hope you can help me with a problem I
> > seem to be having with
> > Sum and Substance. I've had this hosta for years,
> > without a problem.
> > This year's growth appears to be halted or
> stunted.
> > The pips emerged and
> > some leaves have unfurled, but remain small.
> Other
> > pips are up about 2-3
> > inches but remain unfurled. The plant has been in
> > this stage of growth
> > for at least two weeks if not more. I can't see
> > anything that looks like
> > a disease, virus or pest affecting the plant. I
> am
> > having a problem with
> > cutworms this year, but not on this plant."
> >
> >
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