Re: abusing hostas...


I understand this can produce sports or mutations.
Beth Arnold
Peoria Illinois  Zone 5
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From: sunkat@excite.com <sunkat@excite.com>
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
Date: Thursday, March 16, 2000 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: abusing hostas...


>So Instead of moving about 70 plus hosta... I can let the work crew stomp
on
>them and next time the hosta will do better... hum that's an Idea... oops
>but if their going to regrade the whole area I guess I still have to move
>them.  Gee I thought maybe I was on to something.  I agree Paula it's
>barbaric.
>
>Kate
>
>>  In England is known as "mowing"(I would have a cardiac if hubby did that
>>  before I read this...) cutting off the entire leaf crown at ground level
>when
>>  flower scapes are emerging. Or there is the grisly modification (his
>words)
>>  of grinding the heel of a shoe into young hosta shoots as they are
>emerging
>>  in the spring.
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