Re: getting ready for winter
- Subject: Re: getting ready for winter
- From: R*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 18:11:14 EDT
In a message dated 10/21/2005 11:24:52 P.M. Central Standard Time,
wilddog_202@yahoo.com writes:
If you believe my argument that what a hosta needs to
grow is what is in the dieing leaves. Let them fall
and mulch. The way nature grows is; next years plants
grow from the decomposing debri from the previous year
and the nutrient cycling of that debri.
Butch, I won't disagree with you, but there are other considerations.
Cleaning the gardens in the fall of all debris likely helps to reduce fungal
diseases, slugs, foliar nematodes, etc. the following year. For these same reasons,
many gardeners believe hosta leaves should not be placed in compost piles.
Ray Rodgers, Bartonville, IL, Zone 5
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