Re: Spilt Milk (Was: Re: October Hostas)
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Spilt Milk (Was: Re: October Hostas)
- From: G* O*
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 10:32:23 -0400
Yep, wonderful, isn't it! Started here yesterday morning and has been
pretty much continuous since then. Never a deluge, just slow, steady rain.
It sounds like I shouldn't give up on SM..I'll see what it does next year.
It was beautiful til the drought and my month-long absence from watering
hit it.
Have I purchased any hostas? Does a bear.... Of course! I spent the last
two years getting a new bed started, using the newspaper-ground
leaves-backsaving method. So this year, although I swore off buying new
plants til I planted the ovwerwintered ones, I just couldn't resist. After
a brief summer spending hiatus, I was lured off the wagon by a)a nearby
hosta nursery showing up at Oak Ridge's farmer's market one morning, b)
Cedar Creek nursery having its Fall Hosta Sale, and c) Ran and Chick giving
recommendations for XL variegated plants.
So I got:
Lady Isobel Barnett
Phantom
Leading Lady
Eagle's Nest
Arctic Rim
Inniswood
Anne Arett
Sun Power
Warwick Delight (Yeah! Have lusted after this one for years)
Fair Maiden
Black Hills
And three gorgeous new Heucheras. Now this rain will help me get most of
them in the ground..
Are there any hosta nurseries up your way?
Gerry
At 10:10 AM 10/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Gerry,
>
>We finally got a good, slow rain!!!
>
>This is my second year growing Split Milk. The plant I purchased was in a 2
>gallon
>size pot. After planting in the garden it did not do very well the first
>year but this
>year it has taken off. I have been feeding it along with all my hostas this
>summer
>with 1 tbl kelp, 2 tlb fish emulsion, 2 - 3 drops of Superthrive per gallon.
>I have had
>excellent results.
>
>Have you purchased any new hostas lately?
>
>Michael
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Gerry/Bob O'Neill <eoneill@ibm.net>
>To: <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
>Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 7:12 AM
>Subject: Spilt Milk (Was: Re: October Hostas)
>
>
>> Hey, Michael! You know, Spilt Milk has pretty much shown up on all these
>> lists (except mine). So maybe I shouldn't give up hope. Mine has only been
>> in the garden since Spring (though it was a fairly large plant when I
>> bought it from Cedar Creek in Friendsville) so I've only had this year to
>> judge it and I suspect it hasn't developed a good, drought-resistant root
>> system yet..
>>
>> Gerry
>>
>
>
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