Don't know if any of you have tried this. I grow quite a few hostas in large pots. To stop the slugs and snails getting to them I don't spend £££'s on preventative copper strips I just put a layer of vaseline around the top rims of the pots. Slugs & snails hate moving over slimey surfaces. I am pleased to say I never have any 'lace curtain' hostas :)
Did exactly the same with mine in pots. Interestingly, they also thrived in the bog garden adjacent to my pond! Was very surprised! Vaseline is a very good deterrant for pots! I remember being dragged ( as a youngster-20 or so!) around nurseries by Ma, in the big quest for hostas. Vowed never to garden! Come 40, got the but and all down to hostas! They are so versatile, I love them, even if their pretties are a little insignificant!
Kate
Never thought of that Patricia S - brilliant bit of info - tried everything before (lurv hostas v much) and always had them scoffed.
Will get some for lottie now I can protect them, loverly hostas, loverly.
Am happy now... ;D Ta muchly.
Hope it works as good for you as it does for me MM :D
The Gardener's World allotment program had a chap on, who used hostas as "slug barometers" - planted them round the edge of his allotment and when they got nibbled he went on an anti-slug warpath to protect his veggies! Great idea!
Ten x