RE: Hosta advice
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Hosta advice
- From: C* S*
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:21:16 -0500
I found that slugs were a real problem for my hostas this year. Since I didn't want to use anything toxic to my dogs, I used beer instead. (This was recommended by a friend who lived with slugs in Washington state.) I cut down yogurt cups and bury them so that the top is at ground level and then fill with beer. The slugs crawl right in and drown themselves.
-- Claire
Stow, Mass. (Zone 5)
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From: Meum71@aol.com[SMTP:Meum71@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 3:17 PM
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: Hosta advice
You might have deer-Deer love Honeybells and sudar&cream is a Honeybell
mutation.
Chipmunks do not eat leaves-they might go for flowers-but that is a story for
a different day.
Deer eat from the top of the plant and work they way down. Slugs make holes in
the leaves and the stems.
I do not know how tall your sugar&crean is but it is a nice attractive Hosta
that grows best in some sun. If will grow 2.5 feet tall and 4-5 feet wide. I
have a striated form of this plant I really love. Though I am not a fan of
striated plants.
To control slugs "slugeta' works very well for me. It looks almost like rabbit
food, sprinkle it around your Hosta every 5-6 weeks and those slugs will be
history.
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