Re: Color change in hostas & AND SOME RAMBLINGS.....

HI ALL:

JIM HAWES SENT THIS RIGHT BEFORE THE CONVENTION....I THINK......BABY HAS
TURNED MY MIND TO MUSH.......

ANY MORE REPORTS ON THE CONVENTION WOULD BE WELCOMED.....

IT HAS BEEN 100 DEGREES FOR 4 OR 5 DAYS [I THINK THATS 35ISH FOR OUR EUROPEAN
FRIENDS.....].....WHO KNOWS......THIS A.M. ITS ONLY 70ISH, WITH A HIGH OF A
CHILLY 80 TODAY....ITS JUST STARTING TO SPRINKLE NOW......

I THINK OF THINGS TO TELL YOU GUYS [AND I USE THE TERM LOOSELY] EVERY DAY,
WHEN I AM IN THE YARD.....BUT AFTER A DIAPER CHANGE, FEEDING AND BABY GOO
[THATS BABY LOVE]......I HAVE LITTLE OR NO RECOLLECTION OF WHAT TO TELL
YOU......

OH......DAN.....RECALL THOSE FLOWER SCAPES WITH OUT BREAKING OF
DORMANCY.....ON ALL 3 PLANTS IT HAPPENED, I TERMINATED THE SCAPE....AND NOW,
WHAT, ABOUT 6 WEEKS LATER, THE DORMANT BUDS HAVE BROKEN AND 2 OR MORE OF THEM
ARE GOING......

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF ALFALFA BINDS SOIL......I STARTED USING FINE COMPOST FOR
POTS......IT SEEMED TO BE WORKING WELL.....SO HAVING A GOOD THING I DECIDED TO
MAKE {?] IT BETTER BY ADDING PERLITE SO WATER WOULD FLOW THRU BETTER......BUT
THEN GETTING CARRIED AWAY ADDED GREEN SAND AND ALFALFA [PERHAPS A
LOT]......NOW THE SOIL SEEM HARDER THAN BEFORE.......THE GREEN SAND WAS A
TRACE AND THE PERLITE IMHO, COULD NOT BIND THE SOIL....SO MAYBE I GOT TOO MUCH
ALFALFA????  WHAT DO YOU THINK......

STUART ASCH & RON LIVINGSTON STOPPED BY.....ONE GETS SO EXCITED ON HAVING
VISITORS....AND THEN WHEN THEY LEAVE, YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR GARDEN WAS NOT
WORTHY.......I TELL YOU ONE THING......THEY NEVER SAW SO MANY FINELY
GROWN......GOLDEN TIARA IN THEIR LIVES....GOD I AM A CARD.....LOL

MY CANADIAN FRIEND & I WERE DISCUSSING THE FACT THAT THE APPLES ARE FALLING
OFF THE TREE......HE SAID I HAVE APPLE RUST.....GUESS WHAT...THE HOSTA UNDER
THEM HAVE RUST SPOTS.....ANOTHER MYSTERY SOLVED.....WHO ELSE HAD THAT
PROBLEM.....ONCE THE DIAGNOSIS WAS MADE, I NOTICED THAT ALL THE CRABAPPLES IN
THE AREA ARE ALSO AFFECTED.....

SO FAR, THANK GOD....I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE BUGS.....HERE IN LIVONIA, THEY HAVE
BEEN SCANT.....I THINK THE WATER IS ABSORBED SO FAST THAT 'SQUEETERS DONT HAVE
TIME TO BREED.......BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FIREFLYS......ANY IDEA AS TO WHAT
THEY EAT????

WELL APPARENTLY I DO HAVE SOME BRAIN LEFT.....LETS GET THE MAIL MOVING A
BIT.....

JIM LETTERS FOLLOW.....HAVE A GREAT DAY IN THE GARDEN.....

KEN



In a message dated 98-06-26 16:31:23 EDT, you write:

<< Subj:	 Re: Color change in hostas
 Date:	98-06-26 16:31:23 EDT
 From:	hawesj@gcnet.net (Jim Hawes)
 Sender:	owner-hosta-open@mallorn.com
 Reply-to:	hosta-open@mallorn.com
 To:	rickg@centrelab.com, marekmohr@aol.com, hosta-open@mallorn.com
 CC:	hawesj@gcnet.net
 
 rickg@centrelab.com wrote:
 > 
 > Gayle,
 > Yep.  I'm out here, somewhere.  If only I could slow down enough to find
 > me.
 > 
 > Seriously, you said:
 > > It came up gold this spring, looks great, very nice.  Lo and behold, here
 > it
 > > is June 22 and it has turned completely green.
 > > Why does a hosta do that?
 > This is what Schmid calls viredescence, isn't it?  Opens gold, turns green.
 >  I am not at all sure why this happens.  I suspect that the trigger is
 > something environmental, either accumulated heat, or daylength.  Or
 > something like that.
 > 
 > I am posting this down to Jim Hawes for an opinion, too.  Jim, why do
 > viredescents (is that the right word?) or their backwards partners, the
 > lutescents, do what they do?  Does anyone really know?
 > 
 > > Could there be an imbalance of fertilizer such
 > > as use of minors effect the coloring?  I use Sierra Blend with minors
 > (which I
 > > understand has been changed to Oscomote with minors)
 > The answer is yes, but it's not very likely if you are fertilizing as you
 > describe.
 > 
 > Enjoy the summer heat!
 > Rick
 
 .......................................................................
 Rick, Ken, Gayle and others,
 
 In regard to Gayle's inquiry about color changes, I can give you my
 opinion but can't respond directly to Gayle because the email address
 did not appear on the message. Therefore I am cc'ing to hosta-open and
 to OLG (thru Ken).
 
 I agree with you that fertilizer MAY  influence some color changes on
 leaves within the season. The more likely cause of major changes in
 colors within one season (as we all know) are the inherent
 characterisitics we identify as viridescence, lutescence and albescence.
 These are described by Schmid as you pointed out.
 
 IMHO, such changes are often closely correlated with the physiological
 state of the plant (whether juvenile or mature), and are not necessarily
 caused by the environmental differences only within the season.
 
 Further, it may be difficult to generalize on causes because each hosta
 is genetically different and may express color changes in a different
 fashion and rate over the season. An understanding of plastid population
 changes within plant cells is the key to understanding viridescence,
 albescence and lutescence in hostas. This subject has been discussed in
 some detail in "Those Blasted Plastids", an email article "published" in
 June 1997. It probably will be published in the Hosta Journal in the
 Fall Edition for a wider audience.
 
 Hope these opinions are helpful.
 
 Jim Hawes Oakland MD
 hawesj@gcnet.net >>
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