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From:
C*@aol.com
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 9:28
PM
Subject: Re: GE
In a message dated 5/23/2001
10:01:16 AM Central Daylight Time,
r*@earthlink.net writes:
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Clyde
I am sure you are right I have
noticed that the ones that do grow, have a wider than normal green edge.
I was at a grower yesterday, and he had a lot of them in pots. The
brightest of them, had narrow edges, and were really showy. They were
all the smallest plants. The others ( mixed in randomly) were all plants
with a wider , dark green edge, and were not only growing larger, but most had
several divisions. The others were all single division
plants.
Thanks
Ran
I bet the analysis of the soils would give us the secret to
successfully
growing "Great Expectations"
An
experiment worth trying, to be sure; however, I think it is genetic and GE
will always be a poor grower after 3 or 4 years. I had a great clump of it
in
very good soil and tended to it. It is now pitiful---4 years. I DO
think more
tests are warranted as R. suggests.
C. Crockett
