RE: hosta/transplanting/transpiration

And this, for those who are newer gardeners, is because of transpiration.  I
found this fascinating and so SENSIBLE when I finally read this a few years
ago.  When you move a plant and it is uprooted, it has no where to get it's
water from.  And a plant is always losing moisture through its leaves.  So
covering the plant, protecting it from the sun will help it cope until it
has rooted again.

This also works for newly transplanted plants/seedlings, or especially
during a hot spell to a new plant.

This is Susan's paraphrased version as I am not at all scientific.  Mixing
fertilizer is about as "scientific" as I get...  If someone has can explain
it better, please do!

Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter

I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miller, Devon [D*@kilstock.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 9:25 PM
> To: 'perennials@mallorn.com'
> Subject: RE: hosta
> 
> 
> You mentioned that hosta leaves wither if divided this time 
> of year.  I find
> I can avoid that by putting upside down containers over the 
> divided hostas
> for a few days to a week, and watering daily.  I often use empty plant
> containers for that (leftovers from garden purchases).  Or 
> old cardboard
> boxes.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Dee Ann Scheller [SMTP:dee.ann.scheller@juno.com]
> > Sent:	Thursday, May 06, 1999 11:32 PM
> > To:	perennials@mallorn.com
> > Subject:	hosta
> > 
> > Hi Susan
> > 
> > I propagate most of my Hosta in the fall--then if I feel I 
> don't have
> > enough and IF I have time I divide some when they VERY  
> first poke their
> > little pointed heads through the soil.  All together I had over 100
> > plants to sell at my annual perennial sale last week end 
> and this week
> > end.
> > 
> > I dig the entire clump out of the ground and take my trusty 
> butcher knife
> > with the serrated teeth and chop off generous hunks and 
> plant in 1 or 2
> > gallon containers.
> > It is hard work.  But I love it.
> > 
> > They can be divided now but the leaves currently on the 
> plant will most
> > likely wither and die  even with tender loving care and 
> lots of water and
> > placed out of direct sunlight for a week or so.  It doesn't 
> take long for
> > new leaves to appear.
> > 
> > Dee Ann in s.w. Indiana
> > 
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