Hallson Gardens

I finally decided to take the time to start writing, and here is part 1 - the history of the HVX epidemic:

http://www.perennialnursery.com/HVX/hos ... story.html

Let me know what you think.

I will continue the series with symptoms, prevention, pictures, etc.

Hopefully these will be easy enough to print off and take with you. When it is all done we will print them off and mail them out to our mailing list, and I will see if we can get the information published.

Excellent beginning, Chris. I'll look forward to reading more. Hope you will be able to get that published.

Chris, you did a great job writing an informative, easy to understand article that wasn't too long. It is a great start.

Chris

Excellent!! Very informative, without bogging down in the details, for a typical gardener innocently picking up a few hostas.


Brenda

Wow Chris that is great. If I would have just waited a couple of hours I wouldn't have had to write my post. Thank you so much!!!

Hi Jane,

I sat down and wrote it after I read your post. Thanks for the plea, that's what I needed. I'll try to get a lot more information together too.

Applause, applause! Very nice Chris! Thanks for doing this for us!

Thanks Chris! Clear, precise and to-the-point with no fillers. Great job and looking forward for the next installment.

Excellent Chis, I printed it out to keep in my ever growing files on the subject. I have to say though, the more I read the more I'm checking my hostas and the more fear I have of buying any this year.

Great job Chris.
Concise and clear to the point.
Easy to read and understand.

You done good son ! I have printed it off, and will print the next installment when you are done. Thanks again for being so diligent about this problem!

Ginger

This is really great, Chris. But reading about the mechanical weeding, planting, and washing on such a huge scale by the big growers makes me see how the problem, by now, is pretty much "everywhere ... everywhere!" BTW, here in Madison, in the beds around our Capitol, where thousands of tulips are planted each year, several colors/varieties failed to come up ... ruining the design of the beds with large areas where there were no tulips, just dirt. Investigation by the university plant path people resulted in the discovery that the bulbs rotted as a result of a soil fungus carried on the bulbs ... from the big growers in Holland! In order to plant tulips in those beds again, it will be necessary to remove all the soil and replace it with new. Just one more example of the dangers inherent in too-large-scale anything (floriculture, agriculture, animal husbandry, etc.)

Richelle

Chris: A suggestion --

I think you should add a sticky on this so it stays easy to find at the top!!

Good job!

Next part ????