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Does it ever end?

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I was in one of my polytunnels yesterday removing last year's dried up foliage/ flower stems from my Hostas. There are over 1,000 in there and I've no place to plant them. 
    Why am I still looking at websites???
    NO!! It never ends. 
    Devon.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Golly @Hostafan1 - Why ? I could understand 100 of the same plant maybe, but 1000?  I think you should start a nursery (or do you already have one?).
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    there's a nursery I've bought from in Holland which has 3,365 different varieties listed. I've "only " got about 200 varieties. 
    Devon.
  • owd potterowd potter Posts: 979
    Hostafan1 said:
    I was in one of my polytunnels yesterday removing last year's dried up foliage/ flower stems from my Hostas. There are over 1,000 in there and I've no place to plant them. 
    Why am I still looking at websites???
    NO!! It never ends. 
    Wow!,
    How do you manage or control slugs?
    I love my Hosta's (only about dozen or so) but the slimey little b****rs turn them into lacework, my ligularia foliage too.
    Drive me nuts...
    Just another day at the plant...
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I rely on frogs, toads and hedgehogs and thrushes. 
    Maybe the sheer number overwhelms the slugs?? tee hee.
    Devon.
  • owd potterowd potter Posts: 979
    Maybe so, I'll just have to keep dividing and dividing mine and hopefully eventually get some kind of mass display so the damage is not so noticeable.
    Once they start they decimate the plants and leave them such a mess.
    Do you find or know of any particularly slug resistant varieties? 
    Just another day at the plant...
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Some are better than others, but no guarantees. Big chunky types, like Sum and Substance, Jurassic Park and Blue Angel are better than most.
    Devon.
  • owd potterowd potter Posts: 979
    Oh that's good then,
    I planted Sum & Substance,Blue Angel and Big Daddy in Autumn, so i'll hope for a better display this year then
    Thanks.
    Just another day at the plant...
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    owd potter said:
    Oh that's good then,
    I planted Sum & Substance,Blue Angel and Big Daddy in Autumn, so i'll hope for a better display this year then
    Thanks.
    good choices. They're all " good doers"
    Devon.
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