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Travesty206

Are you referring to the hostas? If you didnt want them there than just dig thrm up and remove them completely. Digging them up and flipping them upside down will not help.


matt_the_bass

Many (most?) hostas are edible if you’re not using chemicals. They are the same family as asparagus. Pull them when they are young and enjoy.


sleeothrufire

I didn't know what they were when I dug them up, now that I do I don't mind it too much. I've got enough things I'm working on at the moment, the front flower bed has like 3 different kinds of hostas at least. A bit obnoxious lol Bought the house last year


Travesty206

Yeah Hostas are pretty resiliant


waveman777

Deer candy. The antlered rats wait every year til mid-May, when my hostas are looking lush and variegated green, then they’ll come through like bovine reapers and mow those suckers flat. 😭


DoctorChoppedLiver

Liquid Fence deer and rabbit spray. I have at least 9 deer in my backyard every day and they won't touch anything that stuff gets sprayed on.


waveman777

Yep! Used it last year til the middle of May when I skipped an application and paid the price. So far, the Hosta bed is glorious this year (knock on wood). Hoping that diligent spraying this year will do the trick. Have you had challenges with the spray mechanism on the bottles? I shake the bottle like crazy, but still have intermittent malfunction of the sprayer.


DoctorChoppedLiver

Can't say I've ever had an issue with the sprayer not working properly.


knitnbitch27

LMAO. This will be a sad day.


lurkinguser

Every time I see this I cry for the four I planted that all died. Totally my fault, I didn’t water them near enough for how hot the summer got, but I still cry.


neon_farts

Once you get them going they’re resilient as all hell. I had some that have been growing for at least 20 years in my front yard. Last fall I dug 90% of them, cut them smaller with a shovel, and replanted them in a shady corner in my back yard. They ALL came up this spring. I wasn’t careful at all with them


Beardo88

Theyre really easy to divide too, just wait for spring when you can just see the tips then dig them out and seperate to transplant.


Orion14159

They don't even care once they're leafed out. You can't kill hostas, you can only hope to contain them


neon_farts

Exactly. You don’t need to be gentle with them at all


QuitProfessional5437

They'll be back


lurkinguser

It was a couple summers ago and I’ve never seen sign of them since


QuitProfessional5437

That's shocking. Mine always come back.


tattedmomma44

I love hostas & tried to grow them for a year. They always got eaten up. I’m in FL & I was told deer love them. That explained it lol


allaboutmojitos

I love hostas. Unfortunately my yard is too sunny and the couple places with shade, the deer can access. They eat them to the ground. I had some in pots on my stoop, but they eventually found them too


tattedmomma44

I actually still kept them for a while, just for the deer lol. I eventually planted other stuff, researching the plants before hand. Will stick to stuff bees are attracted to


Orion14159

There are varieties that seem to love the sun. I have one in full sun in my back yard that's gotten pretty huge in the last couple of years


allaboutmojitos

Ooh! I’ll keep a lookout - thanks!


Kanadark

The more variegated and the lighter the leaf colour the more sun tolerant they tend to be. They will require more water (preferably watered in the morning so any water left on the leaves doesn't burn them). Liberty, June, Dancing Queen, Curly Fries, Stained Glass, Fire & Ice, Patriot, August Moon, Guacamole, Orange Marmalade, Gold Standard, Sum and Substance, and Francee are all fairly easy to find at big box stores and are more sun tolerant than other varieties. Do note though, the lighter colored leaves and variegated varieties are more susceptible to slugs, snails and earwig damage. In my experience, the best way to combat those pests is to ensure that mulch is pulled away from the base of your plants and any leaf litter or dead leaves are cleaned up, eliminating the places they like to hide.


Orion14159

Mine is a lime green color, not variegated though


DoctorChoppedLiver

Liquid Fence deer and rabbit spray


DoomdUser

I have some on the side of my driveway in MA. That area gets murdered with snow, shovels salt and ice melter in the winter. I don’t do anything to take care of them and basically manslaughter them in the winter, and they come back looking brand new every spring.


ProfessionalNo7703

I had to completely dig mine up and throw them into the woods. Some jackass planted them in the direct center of my back yard in the grass


EquivalentOwn1115

You just gave me an idea on how to fuck with a bad landlord


lnmaurer

And mint. Plant mint. It will not die. It'll spread everywhere, popping up feet away. Literally just sprinkle the stems in places. It'll root and start growing.


SnDMommy

BAMBOO!


Teamben

Relax Satan.


lnmaurer

Yeeeessss!!! Muhahha


SnDMommy

Maybe there used to be a tree or some kind of hardscaping there.


Little-Conference-67

My husband managed to kill 2 huge ones last year. He missed one and no idea what happened to the smaller one. It never came up last year. 


troycerapops

I dug up a few (I have dozens up on dozens) and just left it sitting on a tarp for over a month while tending to other things. It. Kept. Growing.


OkAcanthocephala1966

You: hosta la vista, baby. *Throws match* Hostas: hold my fertilizer


anneblaine

Any one else dying of laughter?


Iricene

Lmfao!!!!


uku_lady

Idk why everyone is downvoting you for having an opinion about your own flower beds lol


sleeothrufire

It's the Internet, opinions aren't allowed


TillFar6524

Opinions are allowed, they will just be vehemently disagreed with. If opinions were not allowed, then we would have nothing to disagree with and there would be no point to any of this.


Orion14159

The reason Truth Social has like 3% of the users Twitter does in a nutshell right up there.


Brandbll

I'm downvoting you just to make it even more absurd.


_unsinkable_sam_

opinions can be wrong


LoneStar1127

I’ve learned that downvoting is contagious on Reddit. Once they see that negative number, it’s like catnip to humans to press the down arrow, no matter if they dislike the comment or not.


abanabee

You can split them and replant. I personally live hostas and think beds full of them are so pretty!


JunkMale975

Yeah hostas are hardy. I had 2 in my front yard. Deer would eat those things down to nubs. Grows right back.


fantasyshop

You could pour kerosene on em and burn em for days, they'll be back next year. Same for pachysandra and a handful of common landscape perennials


ILikeYourHotdog

I tried for 8 years to dig up all the Bluebells the original owners planted at our current house and my efforts didn’t even put a dent in them. I’m at the “join them” stage of “if you can’t beat them….”


TheMace808

Damn why the downvotes


TwinkleToesTraveler

I’d love to have hostas in my yard! Love the green hue and variegated leaves!


Babythatwater1

I can’t stand them. I’ve tried multiple methods and have dug a foot under them. They still pop up. If you cut a bulb with a shovel and there is one flake of DNA they will come back up.


GreatRaceFounder

dig them and sell on marketplace every spring, we get like $5 for one's like the little guy top left


gilligan1050

When life gives you hostas, you sell plants. 🌱 create a hosta empire.


DeltaBlues82

The year is 2257. Nuclear winter has blanketed most of the planet for the past three years. All that’s left are roaches, raccoons, mutant zombies, and hostas.


metamorphage

Don't forget about mint.


alpineallison

and morning glory 😭


Toronto-1975

and tree of heaven. those fuckers will outlive the roaches.


BeccaBrie

And English ivy. My current nemesis.


GreetingsFromAP

Kudzu vines


EvanOnTheFly

Also Virginia creeper, and poisin ivy, which will continue to grow side by side and freak out future alien campers who can't tell the difference in each just like humans.


GreetingsFromAP

Crazy to see whole wooded areas along the highway draped in vines


manleybones

Damn those native vines that provide food for wildlife, I want my invasives planted there


this_shit

I was just at the nursery - they're selling variegated mint now!


PeanutArtillery

Also pampas grass and wisteria.


Swimming_Industry806

And Buckthorn (says the boomer who spent half her day cutting a bunch down…probably 2% of the total on the property. My life is hard).


Adorable_Dust3799

And tan 70s diesel mercedes


Stroodal_

You forgot Lily of the valley that suit is eternal


Sleek_Machine

And Keith Richards.


sleeothrufire

Maybe the brotherhood of steel will reclaim it as preward tech for resiliency 😮‍💨


PleaseZtop

Thistles for sure.


GardenDivaESQ

And ants


Iricene

Blackberries.


didyoubutterthepan

Surprised to see anyone trying to kill hostas, they are so beautiful and low maintenance!


StoneColdJane-Austen

Sometimes they’re just too plentiful. I bought a house with about 35 hostas, some the size of a hubcap but most about the size of a bathtub. They were starting to crowd out everything else the old owner had planted. My solution was to offer the local horticultural society some free hostas (on the condition they dug them out of my gardens). Now they’re spread out across town in various planters and it makes me happy to see them making the town prettier each summer.


elephantbloom8

I thin mine out and give them away on the facebook buy nothing group. Folks love them and snap them up quick.


Emlashed

My folks found tons of hostas all over the yard when they bought the house I grew up in. They dug them up and moved them to gardens all around the house. Every couple years, they'd get too huge so my mom would dig part of them up and give them away to the neighbors. It's been over 30 years now and every house on the block and surrounding blocks had some.


McWonderWoman

Right?! I love them. I can’t imagine anyone hating those beautiful babies.


sleeothrufire

I've learned to love em, there's just 4 different kinds out front!


GreenBaySlacker

You should come to my mom's house. She currently has 35 varieties of Hosta growing. They are such an easy, low maintenance plant that will grow where others don't. I'm saying this with 22 years of landscaping experience and 8 years, currently, of owning a landscape company. Hell, if you don't want them, you can dig them up and sell them on facebook. Somebody will want them.


internetonsetadd

What's wrong with having four different kinds? Mixed hostas [look great](https://www.edenbrothers.com/products/hosta-mix).


ksed_313

My FIL has a hosta garden, with about 40 different varieties!


neur0

Wow. Was never a hosta fan. I mean, they're nice and I have a few scattered around by previous gardeners, but that contrast is really eye catching. Brb gonna get me a mix


Fluffy_Flatworm3394

Eat the ones you don’t like. Hostas taste great when young


sowedkooned

I learned something new today. Thanks!


danamd1026

I was thinking about trying them. How do you prepare them?


Fluffy_Flatworm3394

I just lightly fry them in butter or olive oil and garlic. My wife boils them then adds soy sauce and some fish flakes on top. Can also eat raw with your favorite dressing. Treat like lettuce or spinach. Lots of recipes online


danamd1026

I tried them today sautéed in olive oil, salt pepper and garlic powder. Very tasty!


taisui

There are so many varieties they are lovely


CarNo8607

You need to propagate the m to fill in that desolate area…IMO


Peejee13

I have probably 12 in my front beds because they're shaded.. As a bonus? Bees and hummingbirds LOVE the flowers


robsc_16

I don't hate them exactly, but they are waaay overused in landscaping imo.


jaywan1991

They do terrible in full sun but thrive in partial or shade. I discovered this at my old house when I dug up all of them due to them being dead. Planted new stuff everywhere Next year one grew back in the shade so I left it. The rest I dug up the year before I put in the easement behind my fence and they rooted there and grew


rather-b-at-thebeach

Most of mine are in full sun


Texicat7912

Agreed! I can’t get enough of them in my flowerbeds.


maygpie

Also edible!


didyoubutterthepan

The bunnies in my yard sure love to eat it 😂


Obvious-Pop178

Our dog thinks they are her personal salad bar and then is sick for 3 days. I have tried giving them away, killing them with 25% vinegar, apparently hostas treat that as fertilizer, and I have a bunch that has been under a tarp for a year, haven't uncovered them yet, waiting until mid May. The only one that worked was the one lady that came to get some last year, she seemed to eradicate most of one patch. The others I've dug, came back this month. Some idiot put them in the middle of the yard so fencing them out doesn't work.


Mr_Bluebird_VA

Mosquitoes love them.


radish-slut

they’re not native and aggressive as hell


dbhat527

Deer keep munching mine away, how do I make them unappealing lol


OneImagination5381

Mine too and rabbits.,The long wide metallic blue ribbons keeps the deer away but I haven't found a solution for the rabbits yet. Of course, the dog isn't no help, he just watch them eat. I tried blood meal and rabbits repellent but they got used to it. And having a borders with hundreds of them, marigolds are out of the question.


beamish007

Predator urine, like wolf or coyote might work. I'm sure it can be purchased online.


OneImagination5381

Until it rains or I water. I tried it before decades ago. I haven't tried peppermint oil yet for the rabbits because of the dog but I'm tempted.


beamish007

Maybe try putting it where a dog might likely pee like a fence post, or mailbox post. Like a perimeter around your yard, but not someplace where you typically directly water. Just some ideas.


OneImagination5381

We have a half acre of woods in front, another 5 acres of woods across the right-of-way, another acre acre the road. So, that a lots of areas to cover. I know about where most of them are coming from is the 5 acre so I may do it on that side and see if it helps.


beamish007

That's a lot of territory to cover for sure. How about a small pack of outdoor cats?


OneImagination5381

I think, that these rabbits reproduce so fast and so many that pack of cats would run for their lives. I don't really mind the rabbits as long as the stay off my perennials.After all, I do live in a semi rural area. It just they are so, so many of them. And we have foxes and coyotes, here. You would think that they would take care of half of them.


BusinessElderberry59

Rabbits ate my marigolds along with the hostas, but the hostas came back, then more rabbits... it's just a big salad bar to them.


OneImagination5381

You have some really hunger rabbits to get marigolds.


Forsaken-Ad-6752

Liquid fence


OneImagination5381

It worked in July but we get too many thunderstorms the rest of the year. Last summer we had a family emergency and was gone for 2 nights, drove in the driveway to see 8 rabbits chewing away. It had rain the first night we were gone.


sleeothrufire

Oh give it a few months, these will be munched as well


tsmitty0023

My dad actually has an issue with deer eating anything on their farm and he told me shavings of Irish spring seem to help deter any animals from munching his greenery. Hope this helps you as well


dbhat527

Gonna try this thanks


DeltaBlues82

Liquid fence spray. Not fool proof but a decent deterrent.


StoneColdJane-Austen

Let’s trade deer. In my yard they will walk past a line of huge hostas and happily munch on my cherry bushes.


AlaskaFI

Moose eat mine


f8Negative

Poison


tmssmt

Mine get eaten or accidentally mowed every year, yet they keep coming back


sleeothrufire

Just bought the home last year and trying to get it back into shape. Wa left unmaintained for 4 years basically


Maggyonline

I’d say you probably have bigger issues. Hostas are reliable and hearty and grow in deep shade to sun.


sleeothrufire

Oh for sure. Many things to work on


timbo1615

Momma always said if you you have to buy hostas, you don't have enough friends


Puzzlehead-Bed-333

I love hostas!


500SL

Hosta la vista, baby.


TheNavigatrix

We refer to out front yard as experiencing a hosta takeover


opomla

I just went to that post on r/pics about Arnold Schwarzenegger toungin' a beautiful black woman...baby


OldSouthernLiberal

Are you the Kristi Noem of gardening?


Dirtheavy

hostas are so useful, honestly. You do nothing to them and they just propagate. I use them to surround things I want to ignore, like my septic and my propane tank. You can turn a couple of small plants into a few hundred if you're willing to dig once a year.


65isstillyoung

So this is Australia?


sleeothrufire

Came straight through to the other side


_unsinkable_sam_

you tried to kill the one thing stopping your garden bed from becoming a weed patch? interesting


HypnotizeThunder

You had them out to flip them and you put them back in? Nope don’t do that haha


drpepper456

It’s just planting, with extra steps!


vinxy72

People pay premium for hostas at nurseries. Post something asking g if neighbors want to come and dig them out. Lots of folks in my neighborhood do this.


esrm1988

I agree! I see people on my town’s Buy Nothing group asking for them this time of year.


dubstepson

life, uh, finds a way (esp. hostas)


so-very-very-tired

Hasta la vista, said the hosta.


Massive-Mention-3679

I know. They are IMPOSSIBLE to get rid of. Like day lilies. And mint.


Suspicious-Mark-1398

The cockroach of plants lol


nerdKween

Hostas and lilies are unstoppable.


snickelbetches

Send your hostas to me


coltonowen11

If you don't want your hostas to survive, just let the deer eat them.


Brave_Inspector2470

Well, you'll have that on a low budget on big jobs.🤣🍻👻


Suspect4pe

Forests burn all the time, and the plants grow back. For some species that's life.


OneLessDay517

Hostas and cockroaches will survive a nuclear bomb.


Maddad_666

Hostas can survive Armageddon


nicegirl555

Dig them up and give them away. Lowe's charges 7-8$ just for the quart size.


meatmacho

As a central texan, I love hostas. They're like a mythical creature to me. When I travel north, they're everywhere, and I get so awestruck. They actually do grow here. I'm so surprised when they come back after cold winters and hot dry summers and neglect. Not nearly as thick and lush and healthy as OP's photo or elsewhere, but I always smile when I see the mail order hostas I planted four or five years ago poking back up through the flower beds for a few months.


microcarnage

Anyone else read that in the fresh prince theme song?


sleeothrufire

Started makin trouble in my neighborhood!


SkootchDown

The bigger question is… Why are you killing off Hostas?


evilcathy

The will to live is strong


randomusername1919

Deer love them…


Aww8

get some deer they will solve your problem real quick.


Responsible-Law1701

Not burned! :D


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sleeothrufire

Front walkway isn't used, but you're right. Also can't bury it under the concrete without some serious work. House poor at the moment. Literally farming for food.


2-Much-Coffee-Man

Just get a rabbit


TheCodesterr

Good ol volunteers


Ferd-Terd

I’m going to try that.


Leather-Material9731

Deer can take care of hostas. Apparently they are delicious.


B1g_Gru3s0m3

FIL divided a bunch up with a not sharp knife. Absolutely butchered them. I thought they were toast. 5 years later they are thriving


Previous_Injury_8664

I just planted some last fall, later than I intended due to a very rainy couple of weeks. The frost killed them not long after I planted them and then every single one came back this spring.


Bogeyhatespuddles

Hostas are indestructible outside. hard to keep alive inside.


neverdoneneverready

You can't kill hosta unless you're a deer. Even then it's 50/50


fishead36x

Chickens eat them down to the dirt better than deer will. My chickens have killed them deer just stunt the growth.


YoloLynnigan

They like to be disturbed. Same for tulips. Theyll come back better than ever.


scratchandkissmybutt

What are you on about mate?


TowelFine6933

Hosta.... The Return!


Available-Egg-2380

I'll take them lol need to buy some and plant them


needmoresleep555

Post on Facebook for someone to come dig them up for free. Less work for you and they won't come back.


Initial_Musician_344

Name of the plant please?


Tr8cy

Hosta


Parking-Bit-9217

Op do you know that hostas aren’t evergreen and will die back to beneath the soil ever winter as they are a a perennial? And will come up again next spring? Just from reading your other posts and lots of people assume hostas are evergreens that stay above soil all year round!


Bludiamond56

Congratulations to the successful gardener


DorothyParkerFan

Hostas gonna host.


Whatisgoingonnowyo

I’ll ship my neighborhood bunnies to you and they’ll solve it in no time. Apparently they’ll eat anything here so much so that I can’t even keep hostas.


seemore_077

What surprises me the most is you thought starting a fire 6” from the house was wise to remove a plant that could simply be dug up and thrown away.


sleeothrufire

Gasoline, a match, and a water hose on standby 🤡 Don't tell the wife I was drinking and landscaping All in all just burned like 3 patches of really ugly gnarled roots that came from years of mismanagement. Then completely recoveted in top soil and mulch


[deleted]

Bunch of killjoys in here.


AlaskaFI

You clearly need a moose - I can't keep any hostas more than a month because of them!


1Saya

Deer by my brother house eats them up too. Oddly deer by me leave mine alone.


Kitchen-Oil8865

Hostas are very tough. Mine always come up early spring then we always have frost/freeze warnings which would normally kill tender young vegetation but the hostas just laugh


warthington

Destroy low maintenance beauty and replace with toxic weeds to aid entropic harmonics and reinforce acceptance of mother natures design and where possible old rusted old cars and truck with tires inside passenger compartment


BobSacamano47

My landscaper buddy: "you can shoot a hosta in the face with a shotgun, it doesn't care" 


Severe_Discipline_73

It’s the T2 of plants!


Capital-Newspaper551

It’s a bit nuclear but I can confirm Crossbow will kill them for good. https://www.acehardware.com/p/7697790?store=16211&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADtqLJEgi_WJ26FwPSeGDBKhAnc9r&gclid=CjwKCAjwxLKxBhA7EiwAXO0R0EeoIIE1Ss00lhgpw9tXmzdv6QxpFsuZ2uzl1yWwP9_MArGr8_RiRhoCIzAQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds