What's eating my hosta?
sueswatercolor
11 years ago
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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Comments (6)Thanks everyone, I was stressing out over worrying about something else! The stuff I was spraying on my hostas was keeping the rabbits away, but it would get the new ones I would plant or the ones that unfurled, and, we've had so much rain in the past couple of days, I'm sure the stuff got washed away. I looked up the link Steve gave me and there is a supplier not too far from me. I'm going tomorrow to check the pills out as I just used the last of the spray stuff I have. I think the rabbit is living under my lower deck as it came jumping out of it the other day when the lawn service guy came through with the leaf blower....See MoreAnother round of "What's eating my hosta?"
Comments (4)I figure the critter in your Hav-A-Heart trap had a long tail, which caught the door from tripping. Maybe a raccoon. Something is eating a few of mine, and some leaves are rolled up, so I figured it was cut worms or leaf rollers like on the cannas. So I dosed some with cuts in Sevin dust. Have yet to find a worm on the hosta, but I found some in a pot of spider plant which I had taken outside to water. When I returned it to the window behind the kitchen sink, I started seeing small black droppings on the countertops. Well, I found 5 cut worms, which I politely took to the open bird feeder as a protein snack for the fledglings. Never thought that these worms would make it up to the deck, and wonder about it being larva of some butterfly or moth. What could it be, you reckon? Gulf Fritillary butterflies laid eggs on my passion vines already, but they are specific to that food plant. What eats a spider plant!...See MoreDisease or pests - what's eating my hostas?
Comments (4)to confirm slugs.. go out at night with a flash light ... and see them .. FAQ remedies include 10% ammonia or vinegar in a pump tank there is also cutworm damage... but they are long gone ... and it looks like rabbit damage on the first pic ... maybe some cutter bees.. and maybe a kid or two ... confirm all problems.. before you go the chemical route.. willy nilly ken...See MoreWhat is eating my hosta?
Comments (5)It's unlikely it's a virus. My first thought was foliar nematodes, but on second look, it looks more like either a cold damaged, sun damaged or water deprived area. I think whatever happened did so a while back. The tissue was damaged, turned light, then dark, then fell through. Unless you see something to indicate it's spreading, I'd chalk it up to cold damage. bk...See MoreHostaEdz5
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