Re: slug resistant Hostas
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- Subject: Re: [SG] slug resistant Hostas
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- Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 17:39:32 -0600
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What a wonderful and creative idea! Love it!!
Diann
-----Original Message-----
From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
Diane Whitehead
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 7:04 PM
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: [SG] slug resistant Hostas
I've never had enough slug damage on my hostas to notice, as the
gastropods much prefer eating lettuce. It's the deer that eat the
hostas, but only after they've eaten all the cabbages. So I think
the thing to do is grow trap crops - a frilly border of lettuce all
around the hosta area.
Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
zone 8, Sunset zone 5, cool mediterranean climate (rainy winters, dry
summers)
