Eating hostas?!

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Eating hostas?!
« on: May 09, 2015, 13:42 »
Anyone growing them to eat?  I love hostas in my garden but I've noticed a fairly large patch of hostas on the new allotment.  Having googled it I would this https://scottishforestgarden.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/hostas/ and they look pretty nice

I do absolutely love finding new things as we clear the allotment.  Today found a new patch of strawberries hidden under our cardboard which are doing suprisingly well given the lack of sunlight , also 2 aspargus crowns  :D :D

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Re: Eating hostas?!
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2015, 15:24 »
The deer certainly think I'm growing them to eat...for them to eat, not me. I didn't know they were edible. We have a lot of shady spots in our yard that the hosts a do well in. I'm afraid they're too valuable to snack on, especially since I'm trying to get them to multiply.  Now I wonder, are the flowers edible as well???
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Re: Eating hostas?!
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2015, 15:55 »
I've done a little more Googling - seems that you can eat all of the plant including the plant though its recommended that you eat the first shoots treating them a bit like asparagus.  In Japan its called Urui


Hostas are beautiful and I'd never consider eating the ones in my garden but the ones in the allotment... wel.. I think I'll have a go  :tongue2:

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Re: Eating hostas?!
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2015, 15:57 »
Haha! Well if they're on the allotment, they're fair game lol. Let us know what they're like if you try them!

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Re: Eating hostas?!
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2015, 19:19 »
Gosh do you know I never knew that!  No wonder the slugs love 'em, should have guessed  8)


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