Hostas are one of the plants that I strongly associate with summer. They grow well in shade, and come in such a range of varieties! The only problem with them are icky, slimey slugs. Slugs gross me out.
You can supposedly put a little dish of beer under the hostas and the slugs drink it, get drunk, fall in and drown.
Just what I want! Pools of dead floating slugs in my garden, smelling like beer! This is one time when I go straight for the chemicals, as soon as I see the leaves of my hostas looking all chewed up by slugs. BTW I really don't plan on posting a photo of a slug.
You can supposedly put a little dish of beer under the hostas and the slugs drink it, get drunk, fall in and drown.
Just what I want! Pools of dead floating slugs in my garden, smelling like beer! This is one time when I go straight for the chemicals, as soon as I see the leaves of my hostas looking all chewed up by slugs. BTW I really don't plan on posting a photo of a slug.
I miss the hostas. They don't grow down here.
ReplyDeleteAnd we don't get slugs but I had a friend in Seattle who loved to pour salt on them.
I've never attempted a hostas plant. I wouldn't like to have slugs around either, so don't know that I would try them. I don't grow petunias because I cannot keep the bugs from eating them, no matter what I try.
ReplyDeleteThese plants look really nice and almost make me want to try...but then I think of a slug, shudder, and decide I'll admire the photos.
LOL about the drunk slugs! I love hostas as well, I have many on my garden. When I finally get tired of holes in them I use "deadline" around them to ward off those slugs. Unfortunately, by the time I finally do it it's typically too late and they look crummy for the rest of the summer :(
ReplyDeleteAngela, I have lots and lots of hostas, and I go straight for the Deadline or Corry's. I don't want ded, drunk slugs to fish for, either. If you plant hostas that have the blue-green leaves, slugs leave them alone. I have several varieties and they are never touched or slimed. Hostas are one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteLove all that lucious green!
ReplyDeleteI have some hostas, and I have never noticed slugs on them.. Thank god. Worms of any kind give me the heebs.
ReplyDeleteI think hosta are one of my favorite plants. So hardy..can put them in the shade and they really have SO much detail in their leaves. I love their late summer blooms too!
ReplyDeleteDidn't know they liked beer!! ;) Love hostas - got a few in front of my house - perfect plants for somebody who doesn't have a green thumb... like me!! ;)
ReplyDeleteLOL! drunk, drowned slugs! may have to try that. your hostas are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteNice hostas. Mine are full of snail nibbles. Who knew that I could get them drunk if I wanted to?
ReplyDeleteOh, these are so pretty. I am amazed with everyone's knowledge of plants here.
ReplyDeleteThe plants and photographs of them are both beautiful! I CAN'T STAND slugs either!!! We had them growing up and I remember more than once going out barefoot and getting them between my toes......YUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL about drunk slugs! I always thought the "beer" killed them bc of it's content not their drunkeness!
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