We spend money researching HVX while loses over-winter are probably 1000 to 1 compared to HVX loses. Would anyone like to set up side by side testing gathering...
,,, on the watering of overwintered~potted Hostas ,,, beyond to say that my technique is more effective than any known herbicide available to the general...
Jan, I live in northeastern Delaware, some 30 miles SW of Philadelphia. It is Zone 7a/6b. The last few years it's been 7a, with more rainy days than snowy...
Warren, have you checked water during the winter in your conditions vs no water. Only by sticking my finger in the soils in a half dozen or so pots every ...
Brian and Virginia, I can only respond that I add (chemical) N to potted hostas and those in the ground in very early season with wonderful positive results....
Let me rephrase the question. Have you done any side-by-side test with some pots spending winter with the moisture they went dormant with? Or, have you left...
Butch, I have exactly the water feature you are talking about that I may try this winter. In your previous email you seemed to note the importance of the...
Rick, Mine have been in this bog for years with no problem.: http://www.bloomingtononline.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2430 If you do some bog setup please do a...
I once kept some of my best seedlings, once dormant, in a cool unheated greenhouse and did not water all winter. Those I left out in the freezing and rain did...
Have you done any side-by-side test with some pots spending winter with the moisture they went dormant with? NO Or, have you left any dry to see how they do?...
I have to admit , it confounds me ! One would think that the organic nature of the brew would preclude the problems that could occur with the indiscriminate...
Brian and Virginia, I can't help you out specifically regarding compost tea. Maybe other subscribers can, Many gardeners use alfalfa meal with supposedly...
Forgot the "no." I meant to write: "My side by side tests are very limited and in NO way as comprehensive as the late Ed Elslager's... " **************A...
Warren, do agree that a call to hosta growers to do side-by-side testing in many areas of hosta culture? I offered earlier that there are probably more losses...
Wilddog asked: Do agree that a call to hosta growers to do side-by-side testing in many areas of hosta culture? My reply: YES. BUT this is NOT the forum...
Understand, point noted! I went to the new AHS forum thinking that might be the place, found very little activity especially those on the board? Don't know...
Ric;Just got back from Palm Springs Ca. Did not see one hosta.What is your secret? Grow in pots & water often? Bob ________________________________ From:...
Thanks, Warren. I am going to try the unheated garage this year. As I think I said I lost quite a few minis last winter. They were stored in pots...
Hey Diana from over here in the southern US How u is How u been How’s momma an em  Hallo Butch from across the pond. I was interested in your remarks...
I simply put almost all my Hosta containers in a tray of water (1-2 inches of water), so watering once a day suffices for all plants (even those in full sun)....
Tom do not take this as doubting your observations. I'm really looking for data! Have you grown baby bunting types in and out of water to compare. I have not...
Both Cherish, Cameo and Hope were almost vanished two years ago (after putting them in a tray of water during that season). I put them a little dryer last year...
Last year I took some photos of mini and VS (Very Small) hostas at Barbara and H. Robert "Tiff" Tiffany's MillFleur garden in Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania....
Warren, Your pictures came through just fine. There seem to be some systems which cannot handle embedded pix. Your pictures were embedded and I got them. BTW, ...
Pics. came thru O.K. maybe passed on by Geo. Had 'Surprised by Joy' Think made mistake by planting in ground at wrong time or place. Turned to nothing.. More...
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