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Fall Planting Suggestions from New Jersey. . . . By Janet Schulz Regarding fall planting. I am of the opinion that hostas can safely be planted either in spring , summer or fall as long as proper precautions are take. As far planting is concerned it is extremely important that they are not sitting in any kind of depression where water can collect and rot the crown especially in winter when we have a mid winter thaw and there is no place for the water to go so it sits on the crown. Here in my garden in northern NJ I wait till about the first of the year and put evergreen boughs (discarded Christmas tree branches) over my newly planted plants. This keeps the ground shaded during the time we do not want the soil to prematurely defrost and refreeze and freeze any plants that may have frost heaved. By doing it late in the season the little four legged critters that might choose to nest in the warm spots have already hunkered down somewhere else leaving most of my garden alone. A few years ago when I was doing some renovations I left three unplanted hostas above ground and forgot they were there. Come spring they budded up as if they were planted along with the rest of them. Mind now I am not recommending that you leave any plants unplanted but I am suggesting that one of the reasons we all are so taken with hostas is our ability to be successful with them. They are really tough plants and given soil,proper light and water they will survive.Tell you friend to go for it. Most of gardening is experimenting and succeeding. |
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