Re: [SG] Ferns and Hostas
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Ferns and Hostas
- From: C* J* <C*@AOL.COM>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 00:01:12 EDT
In a message dated 5/18/99 2:55:18 PM Central Daylight Time,
mikecook@PIPELINE.COM writes:
<< Last year, Clyde suggested using aluminum sulfate as a side-dressing on
established clumps (or mixed into the planting hole for new hostas), which
was supposed to render the plants slug-resistant. Guess what - it works!
I have plenty of slugs, but not on my hostas. >>
Hi Sheila,
At what rate do you apply it? and doesn't this increase the acidity? and
therefore would regular application of Miracid also work? Or is there some
other property about it that keeps the slugs away? Also, I think I have a
bag of Iron sulfate around here because I'd heard that hte aluminum could be
toxic...so would the Iron sulfate also work?? Our soil around the Mpls/St.
Paul area here is around pH 7.5, what is yours??
Thanks,
Cindy Johnson
White Bear Lake, MN
zone 4a
