Re: Need Information (hosta problems)

In a message dated 6/3/99 6:48:26 AM Central Daylight Time, RonnieEA@aol.com 
writes:

<< I am not having any problems at all like that - except for 1 Tiara that 
gets 
 quite a bit of sun - I'd say 3/4 full sun ) and it has 2 leaves that are 
 nearly white instead of the golden color - and it is quite golden due to the 
 sun it gets, but I do not notice them to be crispy or paper thin.  I live 
 close to Cindy and about 30 miles from VIcky..  I do not believe my 
neighbor, 
 who has, I believe, in the neighborhood of 350 varieties, is having any 
 problems either.
  >>

Hi everyone..such a puzzle.  Ron, I'm happy to hear that your hostas are 
doing good. I talked to Debbie (a friend of Ron's and mine) and it's HER 
theory that BEFORE the 10 days of rain, a very DRY period occured (which I 
dont remember myself) which may have caused this problem.  She thinks we 
should just water alot, especially because they are drying out again.  Debbie 
told me about 2 different symptoms on her hostas. 

The 1st is the same that we've been talking about here;  papery thin, almost 
transparent,  places on some of the leaves.  Here's the list of Debbie's 
plants with this condition:  Shade Master (which she says is planted kind of 
high and dry), Zounds, Color Glory, Dupage Delight, Francis Willimas, Super 
Nova, Golden Medallion (which she said is soooo bad she dug it up and hid it 
behind a pine), and Birchwood Parky's Gold.

Another condition we've noticed on other hostas are the leaves cupped UNDER 
with crispy brown edges.  Is this that drawstring effect that was talked 
about earlier?  I thought that cupping was upward though.  The hostas showing 
this are Lunar Eclipse, Peace, Carnival, and Brim Cup  (I've only noticed 
this on my Brim Cup last night when I dug it up because a huge Angelica was 
completely covering it).  

Any theories/opinions/wild guesses as to what causes these problems, what to 
CALL these problems, and what to do about them would sure be appreciated.

Thanks,
Cindy Johnson
White Bear Lake, MN
zone 4a
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