Perfect video! No unnecessary 5 minute preamble. Learned exactly what I wanted to know… when and how to divide a hosta. He even had clay dirt like my soil.
Straight to the point! Thank you for this video, I really loved that you waited til your hosta grew to show an update😍 My hostas definitely need this as soon as our weather lets me lol
I divide mine anytime even after they are pretty big like right now. I soak them in a water bucket overnight and plant them the next day. Always do well for me.
Do you have any thoughts on how they would do if I put some in a three day mailer to ship to my daughter? Would springtime or autumn be a better time? And how cold tolerate are they? She lives in Kansas where the winters are much colder than where I live in western Washington.
I've divided hosts for years. I have them all over the place. I have even thrown them into the woods and they always come back. My grandmother used to say if you manage to kill a hosta you don't deserve to live!🤣🤣🤣
I gave two large hostas to my cousin in early April. She kept them in black trash bags for almost a month so they had turned completely white by the time she planted them in late May. They are green and flourishing now!!! I was amazed!!!
Thanks for posting this informative video! I especially like how you followed up with how the transplants were doing 2 weeks later. Mine are just sticking out of the soil now so I'd better hurry up and get working on it! Love hostas on the shady side of my house!
Thanks for showing the right way to do it. I cut mine in half with a large knife while they’re still in the ground. Then I dig up half and plant it elsewhere. I have hundreds of hostas of all types and I’ve never lost one. I left a couple in containers in the garage (during MN winter) and when I returned home in May they were about one foot tall and white. They’re now green and healthy.
Hostas may be divided any warm part of the year. A single plant stalk with lots of damage will survive. However, a division with little or no damage will grow faster. I have also planted one inch of root with the crown and it is growing. Andrew
I used a sharp shovel to divide my hosta. I couldn’t pull it apart at all. It was pretty large so maybe over the years the roots became intertwined. I’ve eaten the shoots as a stir fry and they are pretty good.
Great instruction video! I have fallen head over heels with hostas and this video is very helpful as I have many that I will be able to split next spring and distribute around the yard and to friends. Thanks very much!!
I just dug up hundreds of these this morning. Some are so tightly packed together, solid. 👀 I will replant them along my fence line. I hope they take & look pretty. Thanks for the video.
I'm sure they will look great! For those tight clumps of hostas try soaking them in water. Plop them in a bucket for a little bit then when you take them out they will break apart more easily.
@@Growingthehomegarden Oh man. It has turned into the most labor intensive plant propagation ever. 😅 I definitely had to soak them. I ended up using a shovel & just went through. Do you think they'll be alright? They still look alive today. Fingers crossed. Thanks.
They should be. I've taken a shovel to the middle of a tight clump before. You may see a few leaves die back but the hostas will recover. They are tough plants.
I've got two hostas that are huge. I've grown them in containers now for about twenty years. I've transplanted them just this year to a bigger container.
I had a potted hosta in the shed over winter and when I went out this spring it was growing nicely just wanting water and some sun. I use Irish Spring soap in a spray water bottle to fend off deer. Just shave it with a knife put in the bottle and shake, they don't like the smell. You'll need to spray after rains to keep effective.
I bought a hosta last year and it really didn't do well in the garden, slugs and generally all different sized leaves, no shape basically. I put it in a pot a couple of weeks ago and there's around 6/7 shoots now. Was nice to see you demonstrating from shoots too growth. Thanks👍
I just dig them up when they get too big, use a saw to cut them into 4 pieces, then replant them. I’m now up to 35 in my yard, and giving them away. I luv hostas!
I had 3 massive patches of these things wider then I could reach around to pick each one up. It took 2 grown me me and my neighbor and someone supporting the middle from snapping under their own weight to a trailer. I had hated them for years and finally got so tired of pouring gas on them. Covering them up. Parking stuff on top of them for years praying they would die. They never did. They only grew larger and larger lol. U wish I took pictures of it. But I got to looking at them and I thought uk ...smaller plants and all these would look good around certain places of the house. I never knew it would work. I just knew I wanted this thing moved from this spot. So I spent a whole weekend with a machete and 6 friends cutting all 3 of them up with saw machetes. We done it the most efficient way possible. And none of us cared enough to even find out if it would work. We just enjoyed the weekend. We thought it might but no one knew for sure the way we was cutting and the time of year and all. ( They where bulbs) we got over 1700 plants from those 3 large knots of hospise plants. (I have photos of them after but not as one large clump.) I used around 550 on my property. And split the rest with everyone who helped. Some sold them who didn't have a property for them. Others gifted them. And others used them like my self around their homes. Almost everyone kept a few who had a place for them. And it's always cool to see them when I see them. Lol. Toughest plants I ever seen
I knew nothing about hostas when I bought one last year. I thought it died haha but then I noticed about 8 fingers coming out of the pot this last week or so. Now because of you... im going to try and divide it :) Im in a zone 8b portland. How amazing. Thank you kindly!
Thanks for the great info! I never really noticed hostas until I found out that you can eat them. Now those shoots you show here are one of my favorite spring vegetables! They're just great with pesto sauce. In fact, I did a taste test video on this subject where I compared steamed and grilled hosta shoots. They're kind of like asparagus, but with a little more of a bite. Just perfect with a pesto sauce! :)
I have an Italian Greyhound that enjoys the shoots of my hosta border, robbing them of their lovely foliage. I have several varieties and he has a definite preference for plants that aren't variegated colors.
@@cathyfield4765 That's a great tip! He may be onto something. The one I've eaten mostly is a non-variegated variety, but I'll be trying some of the others as they get larger.
I have always separated my hostas in the Spring. I feel plants are just starting to grow for the year and are the strongest. Also, the frosts are probably all over.
Love Hostas❤️. In Deep South I highly recommend shade more than sun during summer months. The sun will fry the beautiful foliage. They will not die if mulched but you will have to wait until next spring to enjoy. Jillions of Hostas. Loved for their foliage! Not flowers. South Hostas will retain their beautiful dark green color if they have afternoon shade.
Thank you!! I love my hostas!! They need separating bad! Never knew the best time to separate them! And they will shoot up before you know it! Hopefully I can get them next spring!
You can still transplant them throughout the growing season. Just be sure to give them plenty of water during dry spells. Spring is a great time but you can have success at other times too.
I keep deer out of my hostas bed by taking a half bar if Irish Spring soap, place it in a piece of fine netting that you can buy at Walmart for 2/3 dollars a yard, then tie it to a stake and stake it in the ground in your hosta bed and the deer will just walk away from it without even touching it. They just don't like the smell of Irish Spring. Works for me!
@@Growingthehomegarden - Sorry to hear that. It works great here for me. We have a small herd of about 5 or 6 that hang around here in the summers and when they get to where I have my hostas, they seem to make it a point to take a long way around them since I've staked them out with Irish Spring. I did notice one thing though, they don't seem to like the Original Irish Spring (dark colored one) whereas they light colored one has a different fragrance so maybe if that's the one you were using in your garden.
No, didn’t work for me either. I tied a bar right above each of the plants, the deer just laughed at my efforts and ate the leaves out from under the soap! 🤣 🦌🤨🇨🇦
I found the best way to separate them is to soak them in a tub of water. Rinse away the dirt and untangle the roots. When planting them put some Milogrant in the hole before planting them.
I love hostas and so do our the Georgia deer and rabbits. I order a wonderful product (I think it's from Nebraska) called Deer Defeat. IT WORKS FOR 1-2 months, even with our wet Georgia weather! It's an awesome product and those pesky deer and wascally wabbits just pass on by!!!! Yay!!!!
Natural Slug Control (northeast US): consider to build a 'loose stack' rock wall of pile near the hostas, etc. Garter snakes, Milk snakes and tiny Eastern Brown Snakes will soon use the rocks as dens and hibernation spaces .... and they LOVE to eat slugs. Monitor the 'wall' / rock pile to be sure that you haven't attracted venomous Copperheads if they are common in your area.
That's interesting. I may have to do an experiment on them in different conditions. Everything you read about them says hostas like water but need well drained soil.
@@Growingthehomegarden I have had better growth when all soil has been washed off and then planted in a pond basket with just gravel. I just keep the crown just above the water to stop crown rot and they are fine, they even survive the UK winters.
I have deer and rabbits, but they won't eat them until they're large and beautiful. Once they eat them, they don't bother them anymore. Once they bloom flowers they'll eat them a little too I don't do anything special to them in the fall and they grow back every year. I live in the Midwest and it gets 30 below sometimes, but they keep coming back, bigger and stronger each year.
I live in the southwest where it’s hot and dry. You cannot plant hostas in full sun. They will burn up and dry. So all my hostas are planted in heavy shade and watered every three days. They are all doing beautiful.
Full sun you mean all day?I planted mine in the front yard but gets shades from 12noon till next day.Is that ok?It gets very hot here in my area of So Cal.
@@reignyell3614 You cannot plant hostas in full sun in the southwest.90-100 everyday. The sun will just toast the leaves. They have to be planted in full shade and water every three day to keep them alive. So. Cal. Weather is a lot different than the dry hot southwest.
It depends on the hosta type. Some are more tolerant of the sun. Morning sun can be ok if the brunt of the sun is kept off of them. Overall though I recommend full shade whenever possible.
Save your eggshells, let them dry out, then break them up into small fragments & spread around base of Hosta's, slugs & snails will not cross it. I had a lot of problems until I heard of that tip, it definitely works. Slugs & snails are also similar to humans in that they don't like itchy stuff on their skin, organic woollen pest pellets do the same thing & doesn't kill the local wildlife or birds who eat dead snails & slugs as the blue chemical poisonous ones do I also find I can't water my Hosta's enough, I absolutely drench them regularly, the more I water them the bigger they get, can't overwater them imo, a bit like mint. I can get them to grow 3.5 to 4 foot across.
@@Growingthehomegarden I've watched a lot of gardening videos especially veggy growing & Charles Dowding. He's been a market gardener for over 30 years & has tried everything. Nematodes & organic woollen slug pellets are his top 2 picks. Specialises in no dig gardening & very successful too. Cheers.
I like watching Charles. Very good information. I've been following his strategies in the vegetable garden. I've lasagna gardened in raised beds for years and it isn't a far stretch toward the no dig approach.
@@Growingthehomegarden I learned something from your video, I never knew Hosta's were edible. Mine are 12" to 18" high already so too late to taste this year :))
I have the original 70 year old variety, solid green, not verigated, seeds will grow very readily, they are extremely hardy, will not be harmed by freeze or frost. So hardy that I can dig a clump up & throw them in the shade not planted & they grow well for years. The only problem is they multiply half as much more each year & will take over an area.
I just dig them up and cut up them with a shovel, lol. I have dozens of varieties and they grownlike crazy so I don't woryy if i kill few in the process.
You can eat hostas. At the beginning of this video he is showing us emerging hostas. Wait until they are a bit bigger but not unraveled. You can cut them off, boil them and eat them. I heard that they taste like asparagus. Never had them because I love them too much to destroy them.
I've never heard that hostas don't like water. I grow them hydroponicly in a vace or cup with nothing than water. They really look cool. Also when I divide them, I will dig the mound up. Fill a five gallon bucket up with water, put the mound in the bucket for a day. Separate the next day. Easy
My comment was about creating good drainage. I mentioned earlier in the video that we have clay soil and the tip on putting mulch in the planting hole will help with the drainage in clay soils. Clay soil and water make rot happen on most plants.
As many shoots as you like. Even with one it will regrow. Follow the planting specifications for the variety for distances. There are so many different sizes if hosta that it's difficult to give an exact distance without knowing the variety you have.
We feed our outdoor buddies aka rabbits all year round. They love corn on the cob, chunked carrots, and occasionally very small hay bales. Other than that ours seem partial to daisies and do not seem the least bit interested in the Hostas mine are huge and need to be separated next year it seems as I was too late in doing it this spring. New house with new plants that were established by the previous owners.
I wish l knew what to do with my Hostas NOW in the summer with the leaves looking crappy / brown and starting to look ripped up It drives me Crazy I know it's August but don't know if I should cut the bad leaves or cut the whole plant down already Please any advice is much appreciated 🙂🌱💜
Other than dividing for more plants, what are the main reasons for dividing? The reason I ask is, I’ve a Sum and Substance that hasn’t done well the last two seasons. It’s leaves are paler, thinner and shorter. I live in zone 3b 🇨🇦
Really the two main reasons are for multiplying your plants or if a plant has gotten too large. I have Sum and Substance planted in a few locations and have found that it didn't like the more sunny locations. Is yours located in a sunnier spot?
@@Growingthehomegarden Well actually it is in a bit more sun than some of the others! I guess I know what I’m doing when spring finally gets here! Thanks for your response! 🤓🇨🇦
Hostess are extremely hardy, and cover lots of real estate, so less mowing. I dig them out, and use an old long blade bread knife to cut them apart. I’ve told neighbors and friends, don’t buy, I have some to give.
@@designdoctor247 In my area there are always free hostas on Facebook Marketplace, especially at this time of year. You should check it out. I've gotten a ton of plants that way. Many gardeners run out of room and generously choose to share!
Fertilize?lime? Water in? Spacing , my others are 6 foot apart and nearly touch each other! Mix varieties, like regular and Zebra? Is June, in full leaf now, building large hosts shade garden, ok to dig, transplant in full leaf? What about fall transplant? Indiana winter concern, my existing hosts winter well!
Perfect video! No unnecessary 5 minute preamble. Learned exactly what I wanted to know… when and how to divide a hosta. He even had clay dirt like my soil.
Thank you Jill! I'm glad you liked the video!
😊😊very informative, thanks
Extremely Hardy and gets prettier each year. Perrenials are worth little extra money. The gift that keeps on giving❤️
Straight to the point! Thank you for this video, I really loved that you waited til your hosta grew to show an update😍 My hostas definitely need this as soon as our weather lets me lol
I divide mine anytime even after they are pretty big like right now. I soak them in a water bucket overnight and plant them the next day. Always do well for me.
Do you have any thoughts on how they would do if I put some in a three day mailer to ship to my daughter? Would springtime or autumn be a better time? And how cold tolerate are they? She lives in Kansas where the winters are much colder than where I live in western Washington.
I've divided hosts for years. I have them all over the place. I have even thrown them into the woods and they always come back. My grandmother used to say if you manage to kill a hosta you don't deserve to live!🤣🤣🤣
They are tough plants!
I gave two large hostas to my cousin in early April. She kept them in black trash bags for almost a month so they had turned completely white by the time she planted them in late May. They are green and flourishing now!!! I was amazed!!!
One hos ta go here , one hos ta go there til all done.
I predict I will hear your comment in my mind while planting now 😂
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Just what I needed! Thank you so much!
Thanks for posting this informative video! I especially like how you followed up with how the transplants were doing 2 weeks later. Mine are just sticking out of the soil now so I'd better hurry up and get working on it! Love hostas on the shady side of my house!
Sometimes it's hard to do that follow-up in the same video. For timing reasons I want to get the video out quickly but for results you have to wait!
Love hostas. Really like my moist, clay soil. I have to admit I basically take a spade to mine for division. Works every time. Great vid sir.
Thanks! That method works great. I have a tendency to pot up my plants which necessitates digging them entirely.
Good thanks! I need to divide and wondered if it was essential to dog up the entire plant, which I don't want to do....
Thanks for showing the right way to do it. I cut mine in half with a large knife while they’re still in the ground. Then I dig up half and plant it elsewhere. I have hundreds of hostas of all types and I’ve never lost one. I left a couple in containers in the garage (during MN winter) and when I returned home in May they were about one foot tall and white. They’re now green and healthy.
I live in MN as well. I put leaves on them. Always survive MN winters
Great information thanks!
I do the exact same thing.
Thanks for a quick, easy and concise video that got straight to the point. I believe I can do this now
You're welcome, I hope it helps! It's definitely something you can do!
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Hostas may be divided any warm part of the year. A single plant stalk with lots of damage will survive. However, a division with little or no damage will grow faster.
I have also planted one inch of root with the crown and it is growing. Andrew
Thank you so much for your info. I don’t think I like to uproot the whole plant.
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I used a sharp shovel to divide my hosta. I couldn’t pull it apart at all. It was pretty large so maybe over the years the roots became intertwined. I’ve eaten the shoots as a stir fry and they are pretty good.
Nothing wrong with that method at all! I've done the same thing. Also a sharp knife to cut off pieces.
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Great instruction video! I have fallen head over heels with hostas and this video is very helpful as I have many that I will be able to split next spring and distribute around the yard and to friends. Thanks very much!!
Thanks! It's really easy and you can make a ton of new plants over the years.
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I just dug up hundreds of these this morning. Some are so tightly packed together, solid. 👀 I will replant them along my fence line. I hope they take & look pretty. Thanks for the video.
I'm sure they will look great! For those tight clumps of hostas try soaking them in water. Plop them in a bucket for a little bit then when you take them out they will break apart more easily.
@@Growingthehomegarden Oh man. It has turned into the most labor intensive plant propagation ever. 😅 I definitely had to soak them. I ended up using a shovel & just went through. Do you think they'll be alright? They still look alive today. Fingers crossed.
Thanks.
They should be. I've taken a shovel to the middle of a tight clump before. You may see a few leaves die back but the hostas will recover. They are tough plants.
I enjoyed the view after a few weeks a lot. That is simply perfect 😍
That was great! My wife and I love Hostas and I think it’s about time to do some dividing!
Thanks! It's funny that dividing is really multiplying isn't it?
Looks great! Thank you for sharing this. Very clear and nicely done!!
I've got two hostas that are huge. I've grown them in containers now for about twenty years. I've transplanted them just this year to a bigger container.
Thank you I always dug the holes a little bit deeper and probably covered them up more than necessary.
Simple, very helpful video. Off to propagate my hostas!
Great! Have fun!!
I had a potted hosta in the shed over winter and when I went out this spring it was growing nicely just wanting water and some sun. I use Irish Spring soap in a spray water bottle to fend off deer. Just shave it with a knife put in the bottle and shake, they don't like the smell. You'll need to spray after rains to keep effective.
I bought a hosta last year and it really didn't do well in the garden, slugs and generally all different sized leaves, no shape basically. I put it in a pot a couple of weeks ago and there's around 6/7 shoots now. Was nice to see you demonstrating from shoots too growth. Thanks👍
I make compost in a composter and in it, I put in crushed egg shells. Snails hate broken shells. Maybe scatter some on the top of your soil.
I use an old serrated kitchen knife to carefully cut up the clump. Works GREAT!
I just dig them up when they get too big, use a saw to cut them into 4 pieces, then replant them. I’m now up to 35 in my yard, and giving them away. I luv hostas!
I had 3 massive patches of these things wider then I could reach around to pick each one up. It took 2 grown me me and my neighbor and someone supporting the middle from snapping under their own weight to a trailer. I had hated them for years and finally got so tired of pouring gas on them. Covering them up. Parking stuff on top of them for years praying they would die. They never did. They only grew larger and larger lol. U wish I took pictures of it. But I got to looking at them and I thought uk ...smaller plants and all these would look good around certain places of the house. I never knew it would work. I just knew I wanted this thing moved from this spot. So I spent a whole weekend with a machete and 6 friends cutting all 3 of them up with saw machetes. We done it the most efficient way possible. And none of us cared enough to even find out if it would work. We just enjoyed the weekend. We thought it might but no one knew for sure the way we was cutting and the time of year and all. ( They where bulbs) we got over 1700 plants from those 3 large knots of hospise plants. (I have photos of them after but not as one large clump.) I used around 550 on my property. And split the rest with everyone who helped. Some sold them who didn't have a property for them. Others gifted them. And others used them like my self around their homes. Almost everyone kept a few who had a place for them. And it's always cool to see them when I see them. Lol. Toughest plants I ever seen
Thank you - plus, thanks for the mulch under the roots method
You're welcome!
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I knew nothing about hostas when I bought one last year. I thought it died haha but then I noticed about 8 fingers coming out of the pot this last week or so. Now because of you... im going to try and divide it :)
Im in a zone 8b portland.
How amazing.
Thank you kindly!
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful. Hostas are very forgiving plants and you shouldn't have any trouble dividing them.
I grow them in zone 4. They are very hardy.
Fantastic video! Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thanks for the great info! I never really noticed hostas until I found out that you can eat them. Now those shoots you show here are one of my favorite spring vegetables! They're just great with pesto sauce. In fact, I did a taste test video on this subject where I compared steamed and grilled hosta shoots. They're kind of like asparagus, but with a little more of a bite. Just perfect with a pesto sauce! :)
The pesto sauce sounds like an interesting way to eat them! One of these days I'll have to try it!
I have an Italian Greyhound that enjoys the shoots of my hosta border, robbing them of their lovely foliage. I have several varieties and he has a definite preference for plants that aren't variegated colors.
@@cathyfield4765 That's a great tip! He may be onto something. The one I've eaten mostly is a non-variegated variety, but I'll be trying some of the others as they get larger.
You can eat Rose of Sharron it taste like brussel sprouts. There are a lot of plants that are editable
Well, I am a bit late for this year, but now I will know when for next year.
You can still divide them, they should do fine. It's just that before the leaves unfurl is the easiest time to do it.
@@Growingthehomegarden thank you for your fast reply.
I have always separated my hostas in the Spring. I feel plants are just starting to grow for the year and are the strongest. Also, the frosts are probably all over.
Great video👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 You got to the POINT! Just what I needed. Thanks for sharing.❤️🙏🏽❤️
Thank You for this video, I didnt realize how easy it was to care for Hosta's
They're super easy. I don't have a green thumb at all but I can grow hostas!
Thanks. Been wondering when the best time to divide hostas is. Great video.
Love Hostas❤️. In Deep South I highly recommend shade more than sun during summer months. The sun will fry the beautiful foliage. They will not die if mulched but you will have to wait until next spring to enjoy. Jillions of Hostas. Loved for their foliage! Not flowers. South Hostas will retain their beautiful dark green color if they have afternoon shade.
Thank you!! I love my hostas!! They need separating bad! Never knew the best time to separate them! And they will shoot up before you know it! Hopefully I can get them next spring!
You can still transplant them throughout the growing season. Just be sure to give them plenty of water during dry spells. Spring is a great time but you can have success at other times too.
Thank you, very informative... friendly and soothing voice, also... quite pleasanrt o listen to and I learned alot in 7 minutes!
You're welcome!
I really have to divide my massive clump of hostas 😂 I always say next year!!
Great video my friend 💚🌱
Thanks we need to separate our also. Good instructions and timely too.
Exactly what I needed, thank you 😊
Thanks. Mine are getting so big and spreading so this is helpful.
I keep deer out of my hostas bed by taking a half bar if Irish Spring soap, place it in a piece of fine netting that you can buy at Walmart for 2/3 dollars a yard, then tie it to a stake and stake it in the ground in your hosta bed and the deer will just walk away from it without even touching it. They just don't like the smell of Irish Spring. Works for me!
I have tried the Irish Spring trick around our garden and it had no effect on our deer. We must have different deer! 😉
@@Growingthehomegarden - Sorry to hear that. It works great here for me. We have a small herd of about 5 or 6 that hang around here in the summers and when they get to where I have my hostas, they seem to make it a point to take a long way around them since I've staked them out with Irish Spring. I did notice one thing though, they don't seem to like the Original Irish Spring (dark colored one) whereas they light colored one has a different fragrance so maybe if that's the one you were using in your garden.
Tried it on the deer here in Maryland. Didn’t work.
@@markb8954 - Don't know what to tell you. All I can say is, it works for me. Sorry it doesn't work for you.
No, didn’t work for me either. I tied a bar right above each of the plants, the deer just laughed at my efforts and ate the leaves out from under the soap! 🤣 🦌🤨🇨🇦
Wonderful and extremely helpful video. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I love my blue Angel hostas...thanks for this video
Those are beautiful. Don't think I have that one. Guacamole and Sum and Substance are two favorites of mine.
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Nice. Thanks from Virginia!
Thanks for watching!
I found the best way to separate them is to soak them in a tub of water. Rinse away the dirt and untangle the roots. When planting them put some Milogrant in the hole before planting them.
Milorganite?
@@CantankerousDaveYes that is the correct spelling.
Thank you! Very helpful 🤗👏👏👏
You're welcome!
I love hostas and so do our the Georgia deer and rabbits. I order a wonderful product (I think it's from Nebraska) called Deer Defeat. IT WORKS FOR 1-2 months, even with our wet Georgia weather! It's an awesome product and those pesky deer and wascally wabbits just pass on by!!!! Yay!!!!
Thank you! So helpful.
You're welcome!
Just came across your channel. Great suggestions. ❤
They are delicious. A very good 'lettuce'.
Natural Slug Control (northeast US): consider to build a 'loose stack' rock wall of pile near the hostas, etc. Garter snakes, Milk snakes and tiny Eastern Brown Snakes will soon use the rocks as dens and hibernation spaces .... and they LOVE to eat slugs. Monitor the 'wall' / rock pile to be sure that you haven't attracted venomous Copperheads if they are common in your area.
Great video. I am being overtaken by Hostas! The rabbits here love them
Over here it's the deer! Rabbits and deer love hostas!
i use an old bread knife to cut mine up, i do the same with my Agapanthus too
I divide them in winter. There is no growth and I cut the lump with a breadknife. Works great.
I bet it does! I like being able to see the growth to make the divisions a little easier. So for me I divide when the shoots appear.
Thanks. Good refesher
THANKS for good info NO MUSIC. ))))
You're welcome. 😀
Beautiful plants
Great simple video. Thanks.
Excellent information. Many thanks.
You're welcome!
I divided my holster plant today. I am very please. Thank you .
How did you know I was eyeing my big ole hostas 😂!
Just a lucky guess!
Thank you for the information..l was looking for help...Love my plants ..🌱
I'm glad it helped!
My ducks loved eating the new hasta crowns
I just had some for dinner and they are very much like asparagus .
Beautiful family!
I know what I’m doing tomorrow! Thanks!
Love your videos - great job!
Hostas are edible! That first clump, cut each sprout off at the dirt, clean and sauté with onion and garlic like asparagus. Delicious!
You can’t kill these plants, just cut pieces off and stick in the dirt.
Steamed or lightly sauteed hosta spears are delicious. They taste a lot like asparagus and, in my area, are in demand by higher end restaurant chefs.
That's really interesting about the restaurants. I wonder what kind of prices the hosta leaves demand.
@@GrowingthehomegardenI've never asked my commercial forager friends. They just say hosta spears pay well.
They are from the asparagus family and they kind of taste like asparagus too.
Hostas don't mind soggy wet conditions at all. I have used them in my pond for years and they thrive even with their roots submerged fully.
That's interesting. I may have to do an experiment on them in different conditions. Everything you read about them says hostas like water but need well drained soil.
@@Growingthehomegarden I have had better growth when all soil has been washed off and then planted in a pond basket with just gravel. I just keep the crown just above the water to stop crown rot and they are fine, they even survive the UK winters.
I have deer and rabbits, but they won't eat them until they're large and beautiful. Once they eat them, they don't bother them anymore. Once they bloom flowers they'll eat them a little too I don't do anything special to them in the fall and they grow back every year. I live in the Midwest and it gets 30 below sometimes, but they keep coming back, bigger and stronger each year.
I live in the southwest where it’s hot and dry. You cannot plant hostas in full sun. They will burn up and dry. So all my hostas are planted in heavy shade and watered every three days. They are all doing beautiful.
Full sun you mean all day?I planted mine in the front yard but gets shades from 12noon till next day.Is that ok?It gets very hot here in my area of So Cal.
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You cannot plant hostas in full sun in the southwest.90-100 everyday. The sun will just toast the leaves. They have to be planted in full shade and water every three day to keep them alive. So. Cal. Weather is a lot different than the dry hot southwest.
It depends on the hosta type. Some are more tolerant of the sun. Morning sun can be ok if the brunt of the sun is kept off of them. Overall though I recommend full shade whenever possible.
This was very helpful thank you
Thank you very helpful.
You're welcome!
Save your eggshells, let them dry out, then break them up into small fragments & spread around base of Hosta's, slugs & snails will not cross it. I had a lot of problems until I heard of that tip, it definitely works. Slugs & snails are also similar to humans in that they don't like itchy stuff on their skin, organic woollen pest pellets do the same thing & doesn't kill the local wildlife or birds who eat dead snails & slugs as the blue chemical poisonous ones do
I also find I can't water my Hosta's enough, I absolutely drench them regularly, the more I water them the bigger they get, can't overwater them imo, a bit like mint. I can get them to grow 3.5 to 4 foot across.
Some good advice there, thanks Paul! I've used the eggshells in the garden before. They last a long time.
@@Growingthehomegarden I've watched a lot of gardening videos especially veggy growing & Charles Dowding. He's been a market gardener for over 30 years & has tried everything. Nematodes & organic woollen slug pellets are his top 2 picks. Specialises in no dig gardening & very successful too. Cheers.
I like watching Charles. Very good information. I've been following his strategies in the vegetable garden. I've lasagna gardened in raised beds for years and it isn't a far stretch toward the no dig approach.
@@Growingthehomegarden I learned something from your video, I never knew Hosta's were edible. Mine are 12" to 18" high already so too late to taste this year :))
I've never tried them but I'm going to have to, just to see!
I have the original 70 year old variety, solid green, not verigated, seeds will grow very readily, they are extremely hardy, will not be harmed by freeze or frost. So hardy that I can dig a clump up & throw them in the shade not planted & they grow well for years. The only problem is they multiply half as much more each year & will take over an area.
I don't have a solid one, do you know the name?
@@SexMusicPlants no I don't
I just dig them up and cut up them with a shovel, lol. I have dozens of varieties and they grownlike crazy so I don't woryy if i kill few in the process.
Great content Thanks for this …. I’ll go and divide right now
Coral Bells/Heuchera are also edible. It's very bitter but totally safe to eat, and is used medicinally by some Native American tribes.
Well done! Thank you.
Thanks for sharing
You can eat hostas. At the beginning of this video he is showing us emerging hostas. Wait until they are a bit bigger but not unraveled. You can cut them off, boil them and eat them. I heard that they taste like asparagus. Never had them because I love them too much to destroy them.
I did some research. They taste much like asparagus. You eat the shoots before they open, similarly.
Great tips I will be trying this!
I've never heard that hostas don't like water. I grow them hydroponicly in a vace or cup with nothing than water. They really look cool. Also when I divide them, I will dig the mound up. Fill a five gallon bucket up with water, put the mound in the bucket for a day. Separate the next day. Easy
My comment was about creating good drainage. I mentioned earlier in the video that we have clay soil and the tip on putting mulch in the planting hole will help with the drainage in clay soils. Clay soil and water make rot happen on most plants.
Thanks for the video.
You're welcome!
How many shoots do you want in each clump? And how far apart should you replant them? Thanks! This was so helpful!
As many shoots as you like. Even with one it will regrow. Follow the planting specifications for the variety for distances. There are so many different sizes if hosta that it's difficult to give an exact distance without knowing the variety you have.
We feed our outdoor buddies aka rabbits all year round. They love corn on the cob, chunked carrots, and occasionally very small hay bales. Other than that ours seem partial to daisies and do not seem the least bit interested in the Hostas mine are huge and need to be separated next year it seems as I was too late in doing it this spring. New house with new plants that were established by the previous owners.
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I wish l knew what to do with my Hostas NOW in the summer
with the leaves looking crappy / brown
and starting to look ripped up
It drives me Crazy
I know it's August but don't know if I should cut the bad leaves or cut the whole plant down already
Please any advice is much appreciated
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Thank you very much
Other than dividing for more plants, what are the main reasons for dividing? The reason I ask is, I’ve a Sum and Substance that hasn’t done well the last two seasons. It’s leaves are paler, thinner and shorter. I live in zone 3b 🇨🇦
Really the two main reasons are for multiplying your plants or if a plant has gotten too large. I have Sum and Substance planted in a few locations and have found that it didn't like the more sunny locations. Is yours located in a sunnier spot?
@@Growingthehomegarden Well actually it is in a bit more sun than some of the others! I guess I know what I’m doing when spring finally gets here! Thanks for your response! 🤓🇨🇦
Dang it! It’s too late in the season for me to do this. My hosts are huge already and I’m in Michigan! Next year……
You can still divide them. You end up with less damage when they are just sprouting but they can be divided any time of the year.
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Hostess are extremely hardy, and cover lots of real estate, so less mowing. I dig them out, and use an old long blade bread knife to cut them apart. I’ve told neighbors and friends, don’t buy, I have some to give.
Wish I lived near u. We have been looking for some a year.
Lol me to. From miniatures to giants up to my waste.
@@designdoctor247 In my area there are always free hostas on Facebook Marketplace, especially at this time of year. You should check it out. I've gotten a ton of plants that way. Many gardeners run out of room and generously choose to share!
@@sbffsbrarbrr aaawww u r so nice to respond. I will look it up right now. Thank you 😊💓
I did see a woman on CZcams who cut Hosta stalks (not leaves) and sautéd then. She said they taste like Asparagus.
Fertilize?lime? Water in? Spacing , my others are 6 foot apart and nearly touch each other! Mix varieties, like regular and Zebra?
Is June, in full leaf now, building large hosts shade garden, ok to dig, transplant in full leaf? What about fall transplant? Indiana winter concern, my existing hosts winter well!