You won't see much happening on top of the plant, but there is a whole lot going on below the surface. When I first began to grow hostas, I was disappointed that they put up leaves, flowered, sometimes sent up a second set of smaller leaves, then sat there in July and August, apparently not doing much

I discovered that many of my pots were drying out faster in late July and when I slipped them out of their pots YIPES!!! Roots galore. So the answer is YES, they are growing, but it is roots for next years plant. A good balanced fert would be a good thing to do.

-Babka

just about perfect time.. its root growing time .... time to store the energy for next season late spring push .... but only for plain old fert..

none of this fancy foo foo time release in z 5/6 or colder .... though it is temp sensitive.. it also requires water.. so if you get in some weird circumstance of drought.. it might not trigger that last fert dump.. until too late in the season.. for cold zone peeps..

and then.. instead of going to sleep in fall.. its going 200 miles per hour.. and not properly hardening off ...

what are you thinking of using??

ken

I put 10-10-10 on (my Agway dealer refers to it as "corn fertilizer"). Weather forecast calls for Isolated Severe Thundershowers every day for the next 6. . . but in the meantime, I'm watering.

By the way, what about my Olive Branch problem. Hope that it recovers or try Rootone?

Nance

Yes Nance, one of my only rules of gardening is to ignore the weather forecasts with regard to precipitation.
I'll also be watering and fertilizing later tonight.

I wouldn't mess w/ Rootone..just replant and water