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If anyone out there likes hostas here's a pic of some in my front yard. 🙂
Regards,
Jay
Posted : 26/06/2006 12:56 am
It is amazing that you can have hostas and cacti so close together when one likes to be moist and in the shade and the other in the full sun and dry.
I have no luck with hostas due to the amount of snails and slugs I got. They eat them before they get to a good size.
Wes North Vancouver Zone 8b/9a
Keats Island BC Zone 8a
Palm Springs CA Zone 9b/10a
Posted : 26/06/2006 1:40 am
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Actually the hostas are in shade most of the day and the part where the cacti and yucca are receive sun almost all day. 🙂 I noticed some small slugs when we had a few days of rain.
Posted : 26/06/2006 2:20 am
The hostas are beautiful. I have had mine only 1 year and they are so much smaller.
The best way to control slugs is to cut off the bottom 1 1/2" of a plastic pop bottle and put about 1" of beer in it. Put one or two in the damp shade and watch the drunks drown. Seems like a waste of good beer, but I use the cheap stuff so it is not much of a loss. 😆
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 26/06/2006 10:45 am
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Thanks Allen. 🙂 I'll have to try out the beer trick.
Posted : 26/06/2006 1:41 pm
Nice! I have always liked the Hostas 🙂
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Posted : 26/06/2006 2:17 pm
Nice job on the Hostas Jay 8) Based on the flowers it seems that you have about two weeks on us here in the Toronto area.
Regards,
Phil
Posted : 26/06/2006 3:02 pm
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Thanks guys. 🙂
Posted : 27/06/2006 12:08 am
Jay they look awsome.I bet not to many people in the neighborhood have those in their front yard.
John 😀
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 27/06/2006 2:11 am
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Thanks John. 😀 Don't see too many of these around my neighborhood.
Regards,
Jay
Posted : 28/06/2006 2:38 am
