Hosta Question Please!
- Subject: Hosta Question Please!
- From: B* B* <T*@AOL.COM>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:46:12 EDT
A hosta friend wrote of an unusual problem. Perhaps the group has suggestions.
Peter Brandt-Sorheim. Mt. Morris,
NY
In a message dated 13/9/2004 17:19:51 Eastern Standard Time, a hosta friend
wrote:
My hosta plants are being eaten. Not all--but I've found two or three dug up
and lying on their sides near their holes. It doesn't appear that the leaves
have been eaten--only the roots!
It appears to me that some rodent may be doing this--but I'm not sure. I live
in southern New Hampshire. We do have a proliferation of chipmunks this
year--and a few red squirrels I've not seen before in the area. Moreover, I've
found quite a few two-three inch diameter holes in our lawn--indicating some
animal might very well have burrowed a home in these places.
Might you have any suggestions for me? I love hostas. They're such hearty
plants--and gorgeous.
