lowri
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Overwintering HostasI suppose these aren't strictly fruit and veg., but I bought these hostas early in the summer and planted them in big terracotta pots.
They flourished and had several spikes of flowers, but alas the slugs have had a good go.
The foliage has all died down now. Should I put the pots in the greenhouse, or just leave them out in a sheltered place? The greenhouse is a very cold one with holes in the roof.
I can't remember what you are supposed to do.
Help, please!
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12Bore
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Mine are planted in the garden. I just ignore them when they die down and they seem to come back bigger and better each year.
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mochyn
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Most Hosta are hardy (I think there are a few very specialist ones that aren't) so I'd leave then outside. More plants are killed by winter wet than just cold, so if you're worried get them in the lea of a wall so they get a little water but aren't waterlogged.
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Belinda
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What Mochyn said.
The leaves die down or get eaten so by this time of year they tend to look like a small dead stick, but will stage an amazing revival of new foliage come the spring/early summer. Ours are in terracotta pots (with gravel on top of the earth to deter slugs). We overwinter them just in the pots but in a sheltered spot by the garage wall so that they have a bit of protection from the worst of the elements. They do like a shady place in summer and a not too soggy place in winter.
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lowri
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Thanks, I was a bit worried. Will put some gravel or little pebbles on the top as well.
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Annette H
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My hostas stay outside in the terracotta pots and bounce back every year. Actually thinking about it, they have been in the same pots/compost for years  . Will repot the poor things in the spring.
If you can get hold of some copper sticky tape from your garden centre to put just under the rim of the pots you will have no slug damage, it really works.
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beean
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It can help to put the pots on thse "pot feet" things (bits of broken brick in our garden!) so that the drainage holes are completely clear - stops the plants sitting with wet feet over the winter.
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Millymollymandy
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I would be much more concerned about the terracotta pots than the hostas as terracotta is much less hardy! All my pots go in a frost free place over winter as I know what happens if you leave them outside.
If your pots are not guaranteed really frost free then wrap some bubble wrap around them.
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