When do hostas start emerging?
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Comments (5)They're later than other perennials in general, but not terribly late to emerge - I normally see them poking through around end of April/beginning of May....See Morewhen to start hosta seeds in the Winter
Comments (5)This depends on the kind of hosta they come from, how much light you give them and how big you can handle them under lights before being able to bring them outside. That means how high the maximum distance is between pots and lights in your setup. For example, I am in zone 5 and can bring the little pots outside the first weeks in May. That is, I would bring them into my garage when a frost is in the forecast. In case you grow from variegated and single color hostas, then you will get single color seedlings which grow relatively fast. If you plan to have the lights on 24 hours, then I would not start before January 1, or they will get too big at the end of April. In case you will shut off lights 8 hrs every night, then start the seeds earlier. Green seedlings will grow the fastest. In case you grow seeds from streaked plants, and you plan to keep only streaked seedlings, then start much earlier. I start usually November 15 and grow them under 24 hrs light, also give seedlings a weak fertilizer in the water....See Morewhen do you all here in PA put down your first app of pre emergent?
Comments (9)You're cool. The forsythia should be up in a couple weeks anyway, and it just means you're covered earlier rather than later! Besides, the action that wears away at the layer is bacterial, which isn't very active in cold weather. So the next two weeks don't count as much. I effectively consider the clock stopped from late November through mid-March, so my September application is actually active through June. Experience bears that out. Weed sprout, if any, will be minimal in spring....See MoreWhen to start digging up hostas for transplanting
Comments (9)my solution to humongous hosta... was to figure out a plan that involved moving everything else.. and just leaving the monsters there... lol ... work smart.. rather than work hard .. i dont think you really explained why it is the hosta that have to move from the old spot ... or i missed it due to the intense coffee buzz .... good luck under the trees ... you might want to look into spin out bags ... if you could not put a shovel in the ground under the trees ... putting new soil on top of the area ... will only encourage the trees to invade the fresh now soil ... especially if you start watering and fertilizing it for new plants ... trees are not stupid ... and they put their roots where the good stuff is .... sorry for the anthropomorphizing ... of course it happens in tree time... so you might get away with it for 5 years or so .... ken ps: nothing wrong with quartering the old plants... and dont forget to throw them on the driveway for a bit... make them understand who is in charge ......See MoreSteve Massachusetts
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