Weather down south/questions
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- Subject: Weather down south/questions
- From: L* L*
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:13:22 -0400
Hello friends,
Fall is definitely in the air here and how refreshing it is! Last night
we blessedly had over an inch of rain (FLOYD missed us, even with the rain)
and today it is very cool and sunny. This is great weather for planting and
I am expecting orders any day now from Plant Delights and Niche Gardens.
Do any of you use the copper strips around your hosta plants as a slug
prevention? If so, how wide are the strips that you use and how deep do
they go in the ground? I just don't want to use chemicals anymore, plus I
have two dogs that I don't want to risk poisoning. I did get Sluggo, but my
husband picked up some copper pieces at the textile plant where he works
yesterday that were going to be thrown away. We saw an HGTV garden segment
that showed how to use the copper strips to deter slugs several months ago,
so we thought we would try that method. I think that the slugs are even
eating tender new shoots of my Historic Irises as I saw their silvery trail
on one of the eaten off leaves. If I lose any of those that I have put so
much money in this year, I am going to be extremely distressed!
Another question...have any of you planted Veronica 'Goodness Grows' in
the fall and had it return in the spring? My Lantana 'Miss Huff' and
Solidago 'Fireworks' are in full bloom now and look great together, but a
Southern Living article said that you need blue to set off those yellow and
orange plants. I am planning to plant Salvia 'Indigo Spires' next spring,
as I have heard that it has a better chance of coming back if planted in the
spring here, but I am wondering if I should add the veronica now or wait
until spring.
Lynn Lamb
Zone 7b
Belmont, North Carolina
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