Re: Summer Heat

What happened here  was that I dug bigger holes (to everlasting indignities
to my back, right foot and right shoulder) through the tree roots, filled
the holes with compost, replanted the hostas, and now, two years later have
even worse tree-root problems. If I had thought, I would have lined the
sides of the holes with plastic.
John Dash
Fairport NY

PS I will be making the lightweight troughs you all gave me recipes for this
week.

----- Original Message -----
From: I. T. Johnson <itjohnsn@execpc.com>
To: <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: Summer Heat


> In the case of all stunted
> > plants I dug up, the root mass consisted of about half fiberous tree
> > roots entangled with the smaller volume of hosta roots. By washing the
> > roots one can see how many tree roots are really there. It became
> > obvious to me what was causing the problerm in MY garden...tree root
> > competion for moisture ( and also nutrients) was the culprit.
>
> Thank you, Jim, for a clear explanation of what has been happening in
> parts of our yard. Irwin Johnson
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