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Talkback: Perfect hostas

Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
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Am very jealous of your perfect hostas.
Is copper tape all it really takes? I may be inspired to try again. Love hostas, just can't bear the holes...
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  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Deep heat? Really! Wow.. might have to try that.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    My hostas are in the ground and this year I manage to divide them and they are looking great. I have curled around the base some old bending copper pipe that was being thrown out so I may not have the slug trauma of earlier years.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I managed to split and repot my hostas this year in good time.. and have made a feature of them with some pieces of driftwood in and around the pots....looks great.. I love hostas.
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    i have found that smearing vaseline around top of pots keeps slugs of my hostas
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    just found site. best find of the week
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    What an inspiring picture. shall have to have a go with some in posts. My Hostas are a mixed bag, some have a few nibbles but most are ok. They are planted in the ground close to our wee pond. We do have a visiting frog so I think he sorts out the slugs.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I've heard WD40 has a similar effect to Deep Heat.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I've got mine in a jardinair (sp?)that is sitting on gravel which seems to have worked, but I like the idea of deep heat always got some of that in the house. I don't like slug pellets and don't use them
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I have heard that cat litter is also a deterrent but, of course, it can encourage cats to do what they do.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I am from Bedford UK and I live in the Georgia USA but love your on line tips my Hostas are nearly 4foot in width and about 3feet high I guess its the hot Georgia weather and we have had a lot of rain this year,they have one foe that is the deer they love them any good tips.
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