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by Kinman
Aug 04, 2007 8:03 am
Forum: Hosta Forum
Topic: TC Disappointed or not
Replies: 141
Views: 27580

Interesting, interesting, interesting. Just a few thoughts about TCs - one at a time. Big Box Stores. They will only wipe out your local hosta grower when they are both selling the same plants - and that will never happen. There are way too many new varieties introduced each year that a big box stor...
by Kinman
Aug 02, 2007 6:08 pm
Forum: Hosta Forum
Topic: Nematodes
Replies: 114
Views: 26952

Can't answer the microscope question - and, regardelss, those are nematodes. And, the green plant next to it will likely have them.

Dig it and ditch it.
by Kinman
Jul 16, 2007 8:03 am
Forum: Hosta Forum
Topic: Hosta Mango Tango
Replies: 18
Views: 2768

Yeah, I found it at a nursery in northern Ohio. For me, it was the find of a lifetime.
by Kinman
Jul 15, 2007 10:51 pm
Forum: Hosta Forum
Topic: Hosta Mango Tango
Replies: 18
Views: 2768

the truth?

It was late in the evening during the summer solstice in the Caribbean. The evening was hot, and music was rumbling softly throughout the straw-thatched beach bar. I heard the call of the tango and without my knowing, my body glided from my seat to the dance floor where I began to tango with a voodo...
by Kinman
Jul 15, 2007 10:15 pm
Forum: Hosta Forum
Topic: Hosta Mango Tango
Replies: 18
Views: 2768

Mango-in

Hey - glad everyone loved the 'Mango Tango'. More to come . . . For those of you who did purchase one - feel free to send photos of it in your garden (now and as it grows). By far, the best plant at the convention (aside from some of the streakers in the auction) was Rob Mortko's 'Stitch in Time'. T...
by Kinman
Jul 15, 2007 10:07 pm
Forum: Hosta Forum
Topic: Midwest gathering, scattering
Replies: 24
Views: 3722

Midwest

Hey all - it was truly great to see everyone! Makes me hate to go back to the day job!!! Next time - mint leaves, rum, 7-up/soda, and ice is on me (in the glass . . .). Mint mojitos for everyone at the Winter Scientific! I loved the gardens, the vending, the auction, and the leaf show. Of course, th...