Hostas
Moth Offline
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I've just read that you can eat hostas. 

https://www.foodforest.garden/2012/05/07/hostas/

https://www.ruralsprout.com/eat-hostas/

Has anyone tried them? Do they taste good enough to be worth while? My garden is shady most of the time so hostas would be very happy here if I could keep slugs away from them (and I've heard that wood chip mulch keeps slugs down around them). If they taste good, I'd give it a go. In fact I may try growing them anyway.
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PyreneesPlot Offline
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#2
Well, if they're good enough for every slug and snail within a five K radius ...

But I might be having a taste of mine when they come through in the spring Smile Love the word hoston!
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JJB Offline
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Who'd a thought! Might have a nibble when they come up. Shame I chuckled two pots full out last year, I just got fed up with the slugs.
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Bren Online
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When we had the pond I grew Hostas but after filling it in to make veg beds the slugs soon came back and munched on them.
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Garrett Offline
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I've never tried them but my tortoise likes them. I give him any nibbled leaves I find.
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Veggie Offline
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I don't grow them because of the slugs but if Alan Carter in his Scottish Forest Garden says they're edible, they will be.
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Scarlet Offline
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I don't grow them because of slugs as well!! But when I set my cattle trough pond up I may give a couple in pots a go.
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