Re[4]: Heavie-Jeebies
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re[4]: Heavie-Jeebies
- From: b*@herc.com
- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 23:08:33 -0500
That is correct. Just make sure they don't dry out.
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Subject: Re: Re[2]: Heavie-Jeebies
Author: hosta-open@mallorn.com (owner-hosta-open@mallorn.com) at HERCULES
Date: 03/22/2000 8:46 PM
So, Bruce, are you saying I shouldn't worry about the ones I planted
too
close to the surface? BTW, all of them have buds swelling.
Gerry
At 12:20 PM 3/22/00 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Paul: I understand your planting the little ones deeper, but in most
of my
>garden visits to diagnose "what's wrong with my hosta, they are
dying, they
>don't grow, they are lopsided, they grow crooked", 99% of the time
they are
>planted 2-3 inches too deep. This even happens if you plant them
higher up
>but put mulch on the crowns over several years.
>
>Seems to be a carryover into the nursery trade as well - often I
visit with
>nurserymen who complain their workers pot their perennials too deep,
then
>add soil mix to fill the pot and the plants suffer.
>
>Yes, it does take more time and dirt to backfill. But seeing as many
dying
>plants from being planted too deep, I would rather plant them up.
>
>Alex Summers had a thought years ago that hosta roots need air, that
is why
>the tips will grow out of the ground with old clumps. Likewise, if
they are
>kept too moist, they will drown or rot due to low aeration.
Subsequent
>research on the air needs of perennial plant roots seems to have
confirmed
>his observation.
>
>Note: in clay soil, hosta roots stay right at the surface, while in
sandy
>or loose soil they can get quite deep.
> bruce
>
>
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>Subject: Re: Heavie-Jeebies
>Author: hosta-open@mallorn.com (owner-hosta-open@mallorn.com) at
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>Date: 03/21/2000 5:00 PM
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>In a message dated Tue, 21 Mar 2000 6:59:33 AM Eastern Standard
Time,
>"Gerry/Bob O'Neill" <eoneill@ibm.net> writes:
>
>> Thank goodness here in Tennessee I don't normally have heaving problems.
>> But I do have another related problem with the same results:
>gardener
>> boo-boo. Last year I planted several hostas too high, anticipating
>soil
>> settling. It wasn't til this spring that I noticed their hairy
>little
>> crowns showing above ground. In most cases, the roots are covered,
>though
>> some of them have roots showing right where they join the crown.
>>
>> Should I dig these up and replant them deeper? (She asks with fear
>and
>> trepidation, thinking about here aching back and the 20+ hostas
from
>last
>> year that still need planting)
>>
>> Gerry
>
>If your landscaping allows you to do it- Just add an inch or two dirt
on
>top of the crowns. No need to redig them if you can add soil on top
of
>them- but I would do it before the leaves unfold - much easier and
less
>likely to do any damage.
>
>
>The first year I try to always plant my Hosta at least two to three
inches
>deep, even the small babies.
>This is not because I fear that the eyes will be damaged because of
the
>cold- but because I do not want them popping out of the ground in the
>spring. It also promotes better root growth.
>
>Paul
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