re: Frosted Jade

Cindy, I failed to point out that the white in hosta
add little to the growth of the plant or roots, which
is next years plant. So, the plant should be fine
since the green was apparently in pretty good shape
and should have made enough roots for next year.

--- butch ragland <wilddog_202@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Total yearly or even monthly water doesn't matter.
> If
> you've had a lot of water then a dry spell will not
> cause as much problem. 
> The main thing is consist ant water. I sat up a
> mister
> last year that ran 24/7 except during the rain and
> even then I didn't always turn it off. The plants
> never showed any effect from summer heat although in
> the zone where the mist ran the temp was down as
> much
> as 20 degrees. I think I can say the mister created
> constant water and reduced the temp both or either
> would be a great benefit.
> The substance of 'Frosted Jade' doesn't seem to be
> great to "me" which would contribute to the
> conditions
> you describe.
> Finally if I were trying to have pristine plants all
> the time then I would water every 3 days minimum
> unless nature intervenes.
> I have so many plants and so little money, I almost
> never water and they will recover fine. 
> 
> --- Cindy Johnson <cidjohnson323@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Butch,
> > 
> > You're so smart!  I checked my garden journal and
> > according to a weather
> > article I saved there was a 9 day hot streak the
> > first part of July which
> > ended with a high temp of 97 on the last day of
> the
> > streak..  The article
> > said the hot streak tied for third with streaks
> set
> > in 1988, 1949, 1937 and
> > 1932.
> > 
> > We've since had a lot of rain here and the year to
> > date total is about 5
> > inches above normal.  Do you think this hosta
> should
> > recover nicely?  The
> > other hostas in the same area didn't show this
> kind
> > of damage.
> > 
> > Cindy Johnson
> > White Bear Lake, MN
> > zone 4a
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "butch ragland" <wilddog_202@yahoo.com>
> > To: <hosta-open@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 10:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: Frosted Jade
> > 
> > 
> > > What you describe sounds like drought, did you
> > have a
> > > period of drought and that could be fairly short
> > like
> > > 2 weeks. And was there high heat during a
> drought
> > > period.
> > 
> >
>
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> Butch 
> Conflict is as addictive as 
> cocaine, alcohol, cigarettes,etc
> I'm sorry to report that
> cooperation is not
> 
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Butch 
Conflict is as addictive as 
cocaine, alcohol, cigarettes,etc
I'm sorry to report that
cooperation is not

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