Re: getting ready for winter
- Subject: Re: getting ready for winter
- From: butch ragland w*@yahoo.com
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 22:37:46 -0700 (PDT)
If you have foliar nematodes then get rid of the
plants. Cleaning debri will not reduce fungal desease.
Who cleans up a forest or meadow? It makes some feel
better but my simple position is that ain't so.
--- RBRSSR@aol.com wrote:
> 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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Butch
Conflict is as addictive as
cocaine, alcohol, cigarettes,etc
I'm sorry to report that
cooperation is not
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