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[sugar]

My name is Tom. I live in Belgium, and I moved last year to a new house, so I've been starting my garden all over again (0,5 acres).

I'm a hostaholic (I will probably introduce some new hosta over the next years) but I've started also collecting fruit over here. Once I start collecting, I have a tendency to exaggerate... So I've been digging a lot of holes this year (too much according to my wife and my back)...

I was following GrowYourOwnFruitandVeg for some time and finally decided registring

[cardiffsteve]

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the vine.

I know nothing of hostas except that slugs love them.
Dont know much about anything else either

[veggiechicken]

Hello Tom and another very warm Welsh welcome to you!! I appreciated your advice with the Kiwiberry and am looking forward to learning more about the rest of your fruit collection! Hostas and I do not seem to agree - they never thrive in my care!

[Jeanied]

Hi Tom - welcome to the vine! I love hostas as much as the slugs in my garden do! There were some gorgeous miniature ones in the alpine house at Wisley last time I was there!

[Glutton4...]

Hello, and welcome to the Madhouse! Like you, I adore Hostas - I have always found that surrounding them with a good layer of assorted sharp grit keeps the nasties at bay, but you probably know that!

[super trowel]

Hello and welcome.
And thanks for the mini kiwi advice!

[Florence Fennel]

Hello Tom and a very warm welcome to the Vine

[sugar]

Hello Tom and another very warm Welsh welcome to you!! I appreciated your advice with the Kiwiberry and am looking forward to learning more about the rest of your fruit collection! Hostas and I do not seem to agree - they never thrive in my care!

Well, most of the fruit trees are local varieties. The Argicultural department of a University of Gembloux has been doing research on resistance of heritage cultivars. I've based a large part of my selection on their results (I want to garden 100% organic)

And about slugs and hosta : I do not have a problem with snails/slugs on my hosta. But I'm selecting good cultvars with good substance. That said, when I find slugs/snails on my hosta, they have a problem, beacuse the become food for Trinny and Susannah or Joelle and Laurette (my chicken)

[Matt94]

welcome to the vine tom!

[SarrissUK]

Welcome to the vine Tom!

[Currysniffa]

Hello Tom, welcome to the vine