Hi fellow hostaholics. My local society had a fundraiser and enrolled all our members in the American Hosta Society. Nice perk huh.
Ok inquiring minds, this is what I learned and did. I didn't have a regular watering schedule in the past. Hosta are like balloons. When they first emerge until they fully leaf out give them plenty of water and they become bigger, better, stronger. When you buy a hosta that is a big full pot, never divide for the first full year, and if you buy the really big hosta and want them to get humungous never divide them.
This is what I did....the second I saw the hosta emerge I began to water my hosta every other day unless it rained really hard. The first week of april (no more threat of frost) I threw a handful of Osmocote slow release fertilizer 14-14-14 on each hosta. I will definately follow up with some water soluable fertilizer. If you follow the water regiment, all but the blue hosta can take a lot more sun than I realized. I pruned a few branches to let in more sun and planted some more hosta in full morning sun/afternoon shade. So far they look better, stronger and healthier and I finally have achieved success in my hosta beds. I have been adding two inches of compost and mulch in the beds for the last 15 years. You will smother roots and sacrafice the health of your trees by piling on too much at once. I do not have deer (hosta = deer candy) There are very effective but expensive products you can use but you must follow the directions and never miss an application or the deer will feast.
Read the tips from this link and go to the home page. There will be more tips under links side bar, read those also
http://www.hostahosta.com/tips...
