How to propagate large numbers of hostas in a nursery// Divide plantain lillies // Hosta Production

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Happy Growing, everyone!

[@blubbietweeduizend]

This morning I watched your video and this afternoon I thinned out and divided a small but quite dense field of Hosta's. The open spaces are barely noticeable but now I have 35 more Hosta's in my garden.. Thanks.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Well done!!

[@Nunya2025]

@@savvydirtfarmer exciting! hows it going now

[@gregboshell977]

Couple of years ago I divided a hosta and ended up with 17 outa one plant

[@ydnftbhdy]

Just found large pots of hostas on sale for 26CAD and was going to divide them up, glad I found your video.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Enjoy!

[@ForgingFreedomTV]

Excellent information! I’ve dabbled in plant propagation and have had good success! I always love learning something new. Our motto is “helping you to achieve your personal liberty” and learning how to propagate your own plants and create an extra income stream is definitely one of those skills we encourage. Thanks for all the work you put into your channel! I look forward to consuming all of it.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Thanks for being here!! Much appreciated

[@joesabal1212]

Love this channel! I've got a ton of Hostas that need this type of transplant technique to feed my plant coffer with cash for other plants for my yard. Thank You

[@peziki]

Very good production skills w/this video. Clear views, loud enough speaking, clear linguistic skills and good background scenes. Overall good demo and editing. Trying to keep backgrd noise down is good but keeping kids, pets, traffic quiet is not easy but helps.

[@WARRIOR.QUEEN.1]

LOL LIL BRO I HAD NO IDEA WHAT ""YOUR HOSTAS"" WERE SO I LOOKED THEM UP!!!! OMG WHILE IN FLORIDA I LOVED SEEING THOSE ENORMOUS """"RED 🐘 ELEPHANT EARS"""!!!!!! I THOUGHT THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS 😍 I LEARNED CARDINAL CALADIUM WAS THEIR NAME!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ybernier1925]

i'm so happy i found your videos! my husband and I have been wanting t start a nursery for a while and this summer we're finally getting a start on it! were starting to divide our hostas and then daylilies.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Good plan!

[@marilynhudson5805]

I hope you live near me. I will give you all the Hostas you want. I live in country club hills ILL. No charge s

[@sandrakay26]

@@marilynhudson5805 I live close to you!

[@vo2651]

Amazing training video, that's what it was for me 😊. I followed along and got 4 plants out of one! (4 Hosta plants where I live would have cost me $48). I searched KZbin for a tutorial on propagating them instead of spending all that $, and I'm so glad to have found yours! 😊 Suggestion: You should pack this into a class and sell your informational videos, it will help you support your business, great teacher! (skillshare, udemy, & others) Thank you for sharing your knowledge with others and good luck! 👍 🙏

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I wouldn;t even know where to start!

[@turiaturiana7529]

@@savvydirtfarmer get Chloe to look into it! I bet you she would be able to help. Agree with the poster, you have a wonderful teaching method and lovely attitude, you would definitely do well on skillshare and the like. It's just recorded videos like here, but payable 😊

[@fintryendrickwildlife1619]

I divided many of my Hostas last year after watching your video , I used my least favourite in case it went pear shaped … that Hostas has now become a favourite … it is Wolverine and I split it last year into 20 plants and yesterday the last of the 20 have popped up for the spring … so many thanks for your terrific videos !!! sending you best wishes from Stirlingshire Scotland

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Awesome! I have had Wolverine before but currently do not. Would love to find some more. Best of luck to you.

[@artist.chantal]

There's a reason why this video is the top suggested on Google👏👏

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Thanks for watching!!

[@sandrearoth9846]

Nothing like a Hosta Takeover!! 🥬

[@WARRIOR.QUEEN.1]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@annapotter7397]

The most informative video about separating hostas I've seen! Thank you!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@paulortiz2035]

I tried to dig up a row of over grown hosts, once! What a F'ing lot of work that was! Incredible roots, incredibly thick, tough, and NOT EASY TO DIVIDE! Once I FINALLY got them out of the ground I put small sections of them on a sheet of plywood which was sitting on saw horses! Then I rather unceremoniously cut them into smaller plugs---- with a hand saw!!! Forget using a knife or scissors. The handsaw worked just fine! I cleaned up around the reduced plants soil line and replanted some of them again. The rest I tired to give away and threw out whatever was left. But they had to be divided as they had been in the ground 20-30 years, so they were a thick mat of roots and stems being choked by each other. The point is, a saw worked great. Even a bread knife was less then ineffectual! The hostas will look fairly sad for the rest of the summer after they are dug and divided but will recover nicely once spring arrives--- next year! They are some of the toughest plants I have ever worked with. Except for the white variegated ones which I was able to kill without any effort on my part. The white hosts can be very temperamental and are neither big nor fast growers, and die very, very easily!!! No idea why! But they are just NOT nearly as robust as green or blue or yellow ones!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

There are probably 10 reasons why it's better to work with younger plants, and you just touched on several of them. You can divide a big, old hosta with a shovel, handsaw, axe, machete... whatever you have. For growing nursery plants? I prefer a more precise approach that doesn't require me to have an inventory of huge, mature plants to butcher every year.

[@randyman8984]

I have 2 hostas that was getting drowned out by a bigger plant. They was still thriving you just couldnt see them from the front anymore so I dug them up this morning and did what you showed in this video. These came from the ground about 2 yrs old. Out of 2 plants I got about 18. 2 things I did diffennt was I put them in red solo cups(with holes) instead of the planters like you used. I want to say they are slightly bigger than what you used.. Also Instead of cutting them all the way down I removed about half of the foilage. Put them on the back porch that gets maybe 30 mins of 11: 30 am -noon sunshine.Just checked on them and they are looking good. I figured I might have alot of wilting since I left more foilage. I figured leaving more green on them they could phosenthis better and grow into mature plants faster.

[@cathyrash834]

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[@brittanyt3525]

Such a beautiful video! I have learned so much from your channel. God has used you to influence so many women positively and you should feel very proud about that!! ❤❤❤

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Thank you so much!

[@carlagarzia7327]

Love to hear you talk…..love love love southern folks.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

It's part of our charm. 😀

[@carlagarzia7327]

@@savvydirtfarmer lol. You could be cursing me out and I’d still be smiling listening to you….”you dag gum not attractive little missy you, you ain’t got no green thumb and shouldn’t even be up in my dag gum garden.”

[@savvydirtfarmer]

@@carlagarzia7327 I may have to quote that sometime.. nicely done!

[@ORIGINALSECRETSCRATCHER]

What a great process and it looks like it does not take hardly any time at all....thanks for the information.

[@lookingfordiscovery]

I just dug mine out and cut into the mud with a careful eye, holta's started growing back within 8 days with a little tomorite and All Purpose feed along the way - quite incredible!

[@evilpandagirl9]

Thank you for stating about nursery vs home difference! Thats what brought me here.

[@ieeshamroczek6583]

Thank u so much for this channel ive been thinking of starting my own home nursery and now i will. So excited

[@savvydirtfarmer]

You can do it!

[@jlkwoodartdesigns]

I am so lucky I came across ur videos I am a landscaper been thinking of starting a nursery business here in Houston TX I love plants I know the money that nurseries make selling plants around my area my back yard is big size I leave in a unrestricted neighborhood so excited to sell plants with ur knowledge on your videos I know u will teach me all I need on this nursery business thanks u so much

[@savvydirtfarmer]

yes sir! Landscape + nursery is a great combination for a killer business plan... best of luck to you going forward with it.

[@jlkwoodartdesigns]

Thanks again 🙌

[@paulortiz2035]

You're joking right? This was written as a joke?

[@Plantmomofthesouth]

Thank you for showing us this! I got some as a gift and they look like it needs to be separated and propagated so I can plant them where I need them to be.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Sounds like a good project to me!

[@dikdebruijn5101]

I used your wonderful technique this summer to divide some hostas, which have now almost all lost their leaves down to soil level. What do I do with them through Fall and Winter? How often to water? They are in a greenhouse that usually stays around 40˚F over the winter. Thank you very much for the information.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Don’t do anything with them. They need a cold. In order to survive. They have to go dormant. They can stand freezing, snow, cold, whatever, and winter and be fine.

[@batchrocketproject4720]

Excellent demonstration, thanks for posting. Is there a way to encourage crowns to throw up more growth centres (like nicking or burying stem bases?). I'd like to establish some bigger clumps from small plants and would love to speed up the process.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Not that I know of. Some varieties just don't multiply, and others multiply fast... too fast, really. The Night Before Christmas is an example... crazy how fast it multiplies!

[@denesestanley7011]

Thank you for this video. I love Hostas.

[@imassage619]

My favorite outdoor plant. Sad that Cali doesn’t have them. I have to buy them on line

[@sunseabass]

Don’t know where you are, but I just bought some at Home Depot today. Also they sell bare roots starting in January. I’m in SoCal.

[@123marlo]

Watching this from Scotland/UK and I grow Hostas but big one’s and give them to friends and family but after watching your video I think I will separate them when they’re smaller so throughly enjoyed your video so cheers from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍👏👏🇺🇸

[@savvydirtfarmer]

So nice of you

[@SpeedyRichie]

How often do you water them? Great video by the way!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Daily unless it rains

[@greatsewing6061]

Excellent home grown presentation with a really lilting accent.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Thank you kindly!

[@melvinosborne5691]

man i really enjoyed this video, ive got a yard full hostas, love your channel your a keeper .

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I appreciate that!

[@MartinaSchoppe]

it's even useful information for the "just gardener" not wanting to sell any propagated plants. But, when I buy plants I look for pots with plants that can be devided right away. Especially with plants that are a litle bit mor on the expensive side. Hellebors come to mind. There can be three or four of them in even very tiny pots (and hellebors are even easier to split then hostas). Of course they will be very very tiny the first year or two in the garden, but that is so worth the wait 😊

[@savvydirtfarmer]

YES!! Propagating via division is awesome

[@orlandolang6753]

thank you for the video! I plan on doing that with my plants. Quick question, what do you do with them for the winter in places where the ground freezes. Just leave them in their containers until the following spring? Thank you in advance

[@savvydirtfarmer]

They stay in their containers on top of the ground, mostly uncovered, all winter.

[@charliemagoo7943]

I had some above ground in container when the Texas freeze came. Outside temp was below -15 for 100 hours. So they froze solid and came back no problem. If they were in the ground they could have been 40 degrees warmer.

[@paulortiz2035]

Hostas are tough! I had some I never got around to replanting so were laying on top of the ground. In Chicago! Next spring they came up ready to go! That's tough!

[@kellybuchholz7361]

'Hosta murder' I laughed out loud....and subscribed. Vulcan hostas are so pretty!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

yep. it does look like hosta murder

[@fadihajjaj]

Interesting I have some hostas that rooted from only leaf and stem ( without actual root or crown). I took few leaves with stem and stuck them in ground and they kept growing !!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

YES!!! We tried it with just leaves, maybe 3 years ago and rooted about 50% of them. The problem with that is it takes painstakingly forever for them to grow out to a selling-sized plant. And, as with everything, I'm sure some hosta varieties work better than others.

[@josieraimondi6763]

Wonderful to know this.....when I was dividing several hostas, the stem broke off from the crown. I have them in water right now but I'll put some in potting mix and see how they grow. Glad I kept them!!!!

[@noramyshrall9700]

Thank you I found your KZbin tutorial very educational

[@kuianderson965]

Thank you for sharing, have a great time growing on from .New Zealand.

[@saminemredjomoenawi5882]

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[@philipcrewe540]

Great advice, I’ll give it ago, thank you from England

[@y0nd3r]

13:04, is that regular landscape fabric on the ground? I looks like rubber and it gave me the idea to maybe use pond liner on top of my invasive Vinca Major to kill it.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

It’s called woven ground cover/cloth. “Woven” is important

[@bunchib9768]

Thank you this is great I live where winters are longer than summer Canada I hope I can do this as well as the summer winding down perfect time to catch sales

[@vanferrell7021]

Not only is it a beautiful plant it's edible as well

[@savvydirtfarmer]

What do they taste like and how do you cook them? Earlier in the season, maybe?

[@derondadozier1938]

Glad to k ow I can divide mine ...I didn't know that they could be divided

[@DrCorvid]

Youre a good teacher. Thank you.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I appreciate that!

[@noramyshrall9700]

Thank you I found your KZbin channel very educational

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Glad to hear that!

[@sandybrown7005]

How are the plants protected in winter? Are they outside? Greenhouse? I'm trying to learn to propagate as a hobby, yet a bit clueless when it comes winter time.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Most of my plants sit outside in the winter just as they do the rest of the year... uncovered. I don't do anything to them. Part of my learning curve for what I do is figuring out which plants survive over the winter with very few losses - that's part of the reason I grow what I grow.

[@kburkes4245]

I'm trying to nail down the timeline on this. So if I buy a hosta now (April, zone 6b) I would let it grow this year, and then next spring divide it, and then let those babies grow another year two syllable size. Is that how it goes?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

You can divide hostas anytime. I don't mess with it in winter, or in the heat of the summer. If you have hostas now that have multiple stems, you can divide them today, if you like. Really depends on what you want to do with them. I have hostas that could be divided now, or sold now (or in a couple weeks when they flush out more). Always selling some and dividing some. Time wise, there's no exact way to do it.

[@LoriThurstonInTunePhoto]

Where do you over winter your hostas and other plants? I’m in indiana and we get a hard freeze. How could I protect them. I do not have a greenhouse, looks like you don’t either. I could probably swing something like you have. Do you have a video about your shelter?

[@lisahobock4114]

Great info. So glad I found your channel. Im also from west TN. I live in Alamo ( Crockett County)

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Welcome!

[@FastGardenGnome38]

What was the reason for cutting the leaves of the hosta after dividing them?

[@coolroy4300]

I recently learned how to place rocks in the soil around certain plants like Hostas and Elephants ears that rodents like to nibble on . Also spraying with the casteroil based garden sprays works great too .Do you agree ?

[@user-msmac1970]

Good video my wife and I plan on starting our nursery next year there are different house plants I am propagating now for that. I noticed you had your wheelbarrow with your potting soil just curious was that your mixture or was the bagged. If it was your mixture did you have your fertilizer mixed in all ready??

[@savvydirtfarmer]

It’s my mixture; I fertilize everything by top dressing

[@rafael2661]

Great video! Loved it!!!

[@LemonDropYum]

Thank you for the video. I'm going to try and do this for a yearly spring farmer's market in my area. Do hostas die back in a hard freeze? I'm in zone 9a and my hostas say they're good down to zone 3. When the winter comes, will they die and come back in the spring or will they tolerate the cold just fine?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Hostas will survive winter in pots just fine; particularly as warm as you are.

[@LemonDropYum]

@@savvydirtfarmer I planted mine in the ground, not in a pot or green house.

[@knotweedkninja8539]

Where do you purchase your pots. Seems like a pot cost as much as what you sell the plant for. Where is the profit?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Various places... mostly local. Can get them at amleo.com or greenhousemegastore.com. Free from local landscapers. Pots cost about $.20 each, until everything went up. Now they're more like $.40 - $.50 each. Plants I propagate I have about $1 in them, sell them for $7.

[@firelands80]

First Timer here!!❤😊🌿

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Welcome aboard!!

[@ejfishes7610]

Great video! I have a question, I live in zone 5B , so would you leave them outside during the winter in the tray? It can get down to below 0 here. Or would you move to an unheated shed / garage? Also, for someone starting out would you get a few plants from a big box store and divide those up vs a wholesaler? Finally, what size pot do you sell those to your customers? Than you for your time!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Hostas are very tough/hardy plants. Are they hardy in your growing zone? They will be fine in pots/trays outside through winter as long as you don't go through a long dry spell and let them completely dry out. Their water needs are very minimal during winter anyway, so that's usually not an issue. I have bought plenty of hostas from the box stores as long as they are correctly labeled. If they just say "hosta" on them, that's a deal breaker. You have to know exactly what variety of plant you are selling always. I sell 90% of my plants in trade gallon size pots (3 qt), including hostas.

[@ejfishes7610]

@@savvydirtfarmer thank you getting back to me! Yes they are hardy in our area. We actually have some in our yard but wasn’t sure if I should be dividing those up and selling or getting a few starts and go from there. Appreciate your time and learning a lot from your videos!

[@paulortiz2035]

@@savvydirtfarmer I much my gardens once they have finally froze to at least 3-4 inches. THEN I much and cover the pots or stuff in the ground. Once they have been frozen I want everything to STAY FROZEN until next spring were they unthaw--- once! It is that freeze-thaw, freeze-thaw, freeze thaw, over and over that kills most plants. And the drying out when pots thaw doesn't help either. But black pots can certainly warm in the later winter sun and then freeze again during the nights. A Killer! Much well and don't let the mulch blow away. Bird netting is nice. Or in a poly hoop house. Mulched. And when the pot can thaw and not freeze rock hard, solid. Once it starts to warm up i start to uncover pots a bit and then remove the rest of the leaf mulch once spring has 'for sure' arrived! And i let nature do its thing to wake the garden up. Seems to work just fine!

[@paulortiz2035]

@@ejfishes7610 I have seen hostas potted up by non-professional growers. They look sad, bedraggled and pitiful, to be honest. (The boss/owner of a garden center I worked at would pot her stuff up. It looked terrible and didn't sell--- at all! Similar stuff grown by a local, experienced and professional grower--- flew off the tables. His stuff look PERFECT! Not a blemished leaf, not a bug bite, and no mud caked, dirty pots! His stuff was absolutely gorgeous, healthy and, as I said, perfect looking in every way. His hostas were also 2-3 years old, grown in poly houses, in those pots, the whole time. His plants were stunning!!! The owners stuff was terrible looking and didn't sell. Had she not owned the place no one would have ever bought them from her. Plus, she potted from the ground, with just regular dirt from her garden! Bizzare, huh? I moved away but she wasn't in business very long. Just very, Very tone deaf! In one of the nicest, richest sections of Chicago she wanted to sell her bedraggled, homegrown, little plants, which were----- hostas! IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN!!! (We often just threw her stuff out it was so bad! She didnt know because she wasn't there often, she was at her 'farm' in Wisconsin--- growing stuff! To sell! Absolutely true story! I kind of hope she doesn't read this, but it's all true!!! Sadly. She got divorced and took her settlement and decided to become a grower! You know, how hard could it really be??!!) Ans: Harder than it looks!!!

[@paulortiz2035]

@@ejfishes7610 If you really want to consider being a 'grower'--- go work for one for a year to see how much work is REALLY involved and LEARN a few things about how it is REALLY done! After all of that, think about it again! And go from there. It is NOT as easy as falling off a log!!!

[@LiliansGardens]

Thanks , you deserve my sub and you got it. I want to perfect my hosta propagating skill and I gained from this video.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Thank you! I'm just enjoying what we're learning in our backyard. We aren't experts at anything. Just sharing what has worked for us. thanks for watching!

[@emmasurf8768]

Is you wanted to dig up overcrowded hostas, but want to sell them next year, would you recommend just sticking them back in an open bed and potting later,, it immediately potting after the dividing.I don't have a greenhouse so would either leave in sunroom or in the ground

[@emmasurf8768]

i hope you can understand my post. AI keeps making odd grammatical auto correcting.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

i would dig, divide, and pot.

[@josieraimondi6763]

Should hostas ever be fertilized? I haven't in the past. What fertilizer do you recommend?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I fertilize all of my potted plants with a slow release fertilizer, brand Florikan.

[@clmtdmmjcmm4489]

All your videos are great! Thanks for the information

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Glad you like them!

[@cindycin9]

Thank you

[@charlottebush6598]

Once divided where are the stored during the winter or are they replanted before the first frost?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I divide them, pot them, then leave them alone. Next Spring they come up happy.

[@marezeedo]

I’m really enjoying your hosts videos. They are hard to find in my area. I’m in zone 9b. I’m wondering what is eating your leaves that I noticed in your plants? I have same thing. I’m thinking it is the Roly Poly bugs. Is the best way to get rid of them is to use organic DT? Thanks for any advice. These are my husbands favorite plants and I want to be successful. Backyard Gardner Marlyn

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Some bug damage is reasonable and normal. I don’t do anything for holes here and there, minor leaf damage, etc. I’ve never had any major pest problems with Hostas or anything else.

[@John_GGG]

I had to dig up some hostas for a woman last week. I threw them in a leaf bag and brought them home. Today (I waited too long) I split them up into over a dozen plants and planted them with some ripped bags of soil I bought at big box store for $1 per bag last night. Thanks for the Savy tips!!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I love those $1 ripped soil bags! I've picked a ton of them. Unless those hostas have been baking in the sun for a week, I imagine they will be fine. Give them time, leave them alone, and wait til Spring.

[@paulortiz2035]

So how did they turn out? Thanks

[@Nunya2025]

hows it going with them?

[@emilyalmansa4497]

Hi. I love your videos! I am attempting to grow hostas for the first time but I keep finding several holes on the leaves of one particular plant every morning. I tried Sluggo, but will appreciate any suggestions.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Slugs are just going to get their share of hostas. I don't have a definite fix... people try all kinds of things and swear by all kinds of home remedies that I've never tried.

[@Nunya2025]

@@savvydirtfarmer the only thing that works for me is the soap/vinegar/water mix. On rainy days i go out and spray anything i want to keep.

[@LostInThisGardenofLife]

So inspirational ❤

[@fintryendrickwildlife1619]

This is wonderful ... many thanks for this ... entertaining and interesting ... totally brilliant !!!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Thanks!

[@anapavcec622]

love your videos, learning for my nursery. thank you :)

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Great!

[@DavinaEternal]

Where do you suggest buying nursery pots and trays?thx!

[@karenfries170]

Maybe you've been asked this before, but how do you make your potting soil? Thank-you for this wonderful video, the first of yours I have seen!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Check out my DIY potting soil video.

[@meilanhee]

@@savvydirtfarmer diy potting soil

[@MadisonMershon]

This guy is awesome

[@theresachiorazzi4571]

Can you cut the roots will it kill the plant.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Yes, you can cut them. But no more than necessary.

[@joannekucks4343]

I’m moving from a condo to a 55+ apt that has a balcony. I have a lot of perennials that I’m leaving behind. Can I grow any perennials on my balcony like hostas, lilyofthevalley or lilies? I’m in Minneapolis and could keep them inside over winter or would I let them die off and replant the bulbs in the spring?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Can't speak to lilies except that I know my daylilies won't overwinter in pots - I killed them all. Hostas? They'll thrive in pots over winter if they are hardy in your area. Main thing is to keep them moist without drowning them. They can freeze, get buried in snow (which is actually a great insulation), etc, but they won't do well with repeated freeze/thaw/rain unless they drain very well. Otherwise, they are a great plant to try.

[@andielliott7721]

I like your practical advice....

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Thanks!!

[@GM-xb6hy]

Thanks for the video! Question_ once you divide those plants and you're growing them for the first year do you have to protect them against Frost?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I divide them, pot them, put them in a shady place, and leave them alone til the next Spring. I don't protect them at all.

[@GM-xb6hy]

@@savvydirtfarmer Thx..

[@lindaferguson593]

Do you have a list of perennials that do well in dormant month divisions? Thanks!!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

no

[@andielliott7721]

I will be ordering from De Broomen...thanks for the tip.

[@gottathinkupanewone]

Hostas can be really hardy as long as they have good soil and plenty of water. I've propagated hostas by transplanting a single leaf than had a hair of root still attached.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Hard to go wrong with Hostas!

[@jackiebrown8694]

Where do you get your plant tags in order to have them when you divide and make new plants?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I make them by cutting up old window blinds and mark them with a #2 pencil. They last for years.

[@alaynelangford2323]

Do you have to cut the leaves off before planting the new plants?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Probably not

[@suemantha7736]

do you leave hostas outside during winter And cover them from snow

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Leave them outside uncovered all winter. Very rarely lose any. SNow covering them is good - it insulates from the even colder air.

[@karenjordan5527]

Hi! Can I do this in August ready for next year? And do I keep in the greenhouse until next year?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Yes you can. I don't keep anything in a greenhouse... don't have one. I leave out in the open, or cover with white plastic.

[@karenjordan5527]

@@savvydirtfarmer thanks so much! Youve inspired me to have a go at cuttings to sell!

[@jeanponce2017]

How late in the season can you take Hosta cuttings then set put them away for the season. Mid summer, late summer, early fall?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I would say by early fall... that gives them a few weeks to settle into their new pots and begin rooting in before frost. They tend to "wake up" in Spring a lot more full if they were rooted in before frost.

[@jeanponce2017]

@@savvydirtfarmer Thank you for the response. What I didn't mention was my girlfriend who is far from having a green thumb tried to get involved with my gardening and she planted a Hosta (either by a bulb or piece of root but I didn't see how it came out of the package) it was in the middle of an area of Easter flowering plants that have their own area. It's been about 5 years and now and not only does it get big it appears to be spreading on its own it shoots up white flowers from about 4 or 5 areas now and they look healthier then the other plants so I thought about trying to clone a few to move to another garden. I wasnt expecting to see having to remove it from the dirt and separate because she would kill me if I dug up her plant. I'll wait u til it's done flowering then try and cut a few out while leaving most of the plant still there. She shouldn't catch on being I have plants growing everywhere including propagating new fig trees off a tree I planted about 10 years ago that is literally a fig factory pumping out huge sweet purple flesh figs. I watched a couple videos on taking the fig cuttings and it was nice to see how easy it was to successfully propagate them. Thank You for responding I will look forward to watching more or your future and back videos

[@craigodem3815]

This is really, really good!

[@lindaferguson593]

What month did you do this in? What is the earliest month in the year to divide these? Thank you!!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I like to do them in Spring, shortly after they leaf out, but really, you can do them any time of year.

[@TCFreedom2025]

Great teaching video. What month is the best time to do this division in zone 8a? Thank you so much!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Any time is fine, Now is great! I try to avoid extreme heat and in the winter I just don't do it because I have an easier time working with them when they aren't so cold! But hostas are about as resilient plant as there is... they can handle being divided whenever you have inclination to do so.

[@plantsim]

So did you wash off the dirt for the root display on this video or is there a benefit to doing that in the nursery trade also thanks

[@savvydirtfarmer]

When I divide hostas for my nursery, I clean the dirt off so I can see what I'm doing. If you're just dividing hostas in your yard to have more plants for your landscape, it is certainly not necessary to clean them, or really even be all that careful with them. It's just the way I do it, and it allows me to get more divisions per plant.

[@plantsim]

hey thanks a lot and congrats on your new adventure!

[@hosta127]

Would it be all right to divide my hosta now? And just leave them all winter and grow till spring 2024? This is Oct 19. I’m in zone 7, parallel with you.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

You can do it now if you want to... thing is, once they emerge in early SPring, they will send up more shoots than they have now.

[@hosta127]

@@savvydirtfarmer Good point! Smarter to wait! Thank you

[@dorotawojcik3819]

Hi , I bought 2 hostas for my garden and the next day some of the leaves were eaten by slugs. How do you protect them from the slugs. I live in London and I’ve got clay soil. Many thanks, Dorota

[@savvydirtfarmer]

There's a ton of home remedies out there... many have something to do with beer. I'm skeptical of all of them. They aren't a huge problem where I live, but I really don't know.

[@bonniepick6949]

Can you plant the cut hostas directly into the ground?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Yes. As long as they have some decent roots and aren't scorched by hot afternoon sun, they should do fine. Bigger divisions will likely doo best directly in the ground. Some of these tiny ones I make would likely not fare as well.

[@jennifermckinney1616]

Where do you get your pots and what potting mix do you use

[@savvydirtfarmer]

See my video on DIY potting soil. Pots? Locally, AMleo.com, or greenhousemegastore.com

[@UnsaltedCashew38]

Do you leave them outside in the winter? Does it snow where you live?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Yes, and yes.

[@kathleensmalltowngirl8357]

What do you do with them over the winter?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Nothing - they sit out in the weather.

[@grassman8684]

New listener. Love your channel. So basicaly what your saying on most of the plants is on average it takes about 2 years of growth before it'll sell?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

That's a good average for the types of plants I grow... from propagation to sale.

[@ZteveW]

In the process of planting my hostas, I accidentally kicked about three of them and now they are leaning to the side. They can't stand straight up without any support. Should I just go ahead and replace them with new plants or will they get stronger over time?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Hostas are about as tough a plant as there is. They should be fine. Even if they don;t stand up, new growth will come in soon enough,

[@brendathoms5588]

I live in Michigan, where do you keep them in the winter?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I keep them right where they are. They freeze, flood, thaw, snow, ice, whatever. I've never lost more than a few.

[@sandrakay26]

So my hostas in my yard are huge compared to this. If I want to separate and sell in the spring how to I get baby ones ? Do I cut off all the leaves ? Because mine are very big and long

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Hosta shape and size depends on plant variety. What variety are yours? If you're selling any plants you have to know the exact variety name. My baby hostas are made exactly as show in the video. I don't know any other way to do it, that I can do.

[@sandrakay26]

@@savvydirtfarmer I don’t know the variety! I’m bad lol. Can I email or message you anywhere to send you pics

[@sandrakay26]

@@savvydirtfarmer can I message you on Instagram or something.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

@@sandrakay26 IG link is in my newer video descriptions. thanks!

[@sandrakay26]

@@savvydirtfarmer I messaged you! Thanks so much

[@debbriggs5811]

What do u do with them during Winter. Placement, feed, water, light?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Nothing. They sit out in the weather in their pots all winter. Rain, freeze, snow, whatever.

[@savinoandriano1484]

I have a question for you, by the way I love what you are doing God bless you and your family wish you all the success throughout your journey! My question to you is fruit trees persimmons they are a hot item it’s been a year and a half that I have trying to order an Asian or American persimmon tree and it is impossible everywhere and everyone is sold out. Maybe that is something that you would be interested in

[@savvydirtfarmer]

What is your question?

[@savinoandriano1484]

@@savvydirtfarmer can you grow persimmons trees, I tried buying one from every nursery but they all tell me that they are sold out! Have to go on there waiting list. Maybe that is something that you can add to your nursery

[@savvydirtfarmer]

@@savinoandriano1484 there are thousands, literally endless items I could add to my nursery. Persimmon trees is certainly one of them.