Re: Yesterday
Gerry,
You are indeed lucky not to have voles in your area. Voles are a serious
problem in my area and I would probably loose 25% of my hostas per
winter if I did anything other than leave the ground bare so I can
monitor activity.
I envy your lack of voles. I would love to use leaf mulch on my hostas.
It's the best.
Dan Nelson
Bridgeville DE
zone 7
SussexTreeInc@ce.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerry/Bob O'Neill <eoneill@ibm.net>
To: <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: Yesterday
At 01:05 AM 11/19/99 EST, you wrote:
>oops,
>Was I suppose to grind up all those oak leaves????? Oh shoot I left
them
>whole and on top of my hostas here. If i grind them up can I leave them
there
>all the time?
Paula;
I grind mine for a couple of reasons. First, they decompose faster in
the
compost heap that way. Second, I can get the equivalent of four bags of
unground leaves in one ground bag. What I don't spread on beds and put
into
the compost heap immediately, I store in the bags til spring/summer when
I
start new compost heaps when I mow the lawn. Finally, Over my main
hosta
bed stand four huge sycamore trees. The leaves are very large and
decompose
slowly, and if left on the bed they almost completely exclude water.
They
also blow into the neighbor's yard.
I think if I had oak leaves (at least the smaller species) I would leave
them whole on the beds. I have never had a vole problem, however.
Gerry
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