Great video, think I might have to divide mine soon - pleased yours seem to have resisted the slugs more than some, they are beautiful plants until they look like a Swiss cheese!
Glad you enjoyed my video. The ones that are in pots do OK, but those in the ground is another story - I will be putting up a video about hostas and slugs in the next few days - bit of a horror movie! :-)
I’ve found some of the bluish ones with thick leaves, big varieties like Big Daddy are fairly resistant to slugs and are generally ok in the ground. I have lots of slugs and snails in my garden that ruin stuff overnight, but my Big Daddies have minimal chewing and they’re big impact ground cover.
Hi Paul, You have a very nice collection of potted hostas seen at the end of the video. I love that guacamole variety. Thank you for the division video. Only yesterday, I said that next Spring I am going to divide EVERYTHING in the garden and make cuttings.... I'm gunna... it may not happen!.I have some hostas in the landscape, but not in pots...so another project for me in Spring. We don't get very many varieties here, so I get a little envious of those big magnificent ones I see on US and UK sites. I could see the endorphin release, as I imagined you standing back (with a cup of tea) and admiring the two new pots and double the plants! 💚🌱🌱
Hi Margaret, I’m like you - I have great intentions of dividing all the perennials in early Spring - next thing I know it’s June! (Except in your case December 😀) I do like that jungle feel to the patio when the hostas are in full leaf - and so easy to multiply!
yes and their freshly minted leaves after the very long deciduous winter gives a tropical jungle feel. What aspect are your hosts pots in? Do they get sun all day or do they have afternoon shade? The leaves are so perfect... until the slugs sniff them out. I assume you use some sort of snail and slug bait? You should give us an update of the hostas filling out in the pots in your next tour 😜
I actually have hostas in every aspect known to man but I do try to put the ones on the patio in a shady position - but basically they have to look out for themselves - some end up with bleached leaves. I have tried a garlic spray and think it worked quite well, but as you will see in the next video, I don’t do much about them these days apart from sit and watch with a cup of tea.
Beautiful hosta, Its the bees knees. I have five hostas in pots that get a tomato feed once a month. There are six hostas in the flowerbeds and they get a handful of fish blood and bone every February and a mulch of homemade compost. For slugs and snails I use slug traps with a homemade bait in them, Use one cup of water and add one teaspoon of the following, sugar, flour, dry yeast and salt. They are attracted to the yeast and they get a lovely surprise when they hit the salt.
Thank you. I once had to really cut back the roots of a hosta and an acer to get them into their allocated pots. It was a real short back and sides and I was amazed at how well they grew that very year.
Greetings from Kentucky Paul, I enjoyed your video. I generally grow all my Hosta in the ground, but I will try a few in pots. I've grown the variety, " Guacamole". What I really love about that variety is the fragrance of the blooms. Have a great weekend and happy gardening, James
Hi Poul!lm going t engoing your video,as if lm walking through garden with a friend!much problems,very tierd,but garden is always a soul's refresh!bye from Betty!
Aren’t Hostas amazing! I split all mine before I moved house and took them with me in pots - lots of free plants for my new garden, and they are all thriving 😊👍
Hi Paul, I have always loved Hostas. Strangly enough I was looking at one of my potted Hostas this morning and thinking I should have slit it, but thought it too late. I will now give it a go. 😊😊😊
Just done it now. It is a smaller variety, so wasn't too bad. Like your's I could have got a number of plants from it, but just kept it as two decent sized plants. Will not let my husband know about the bread knife 😊
Hi paul . Im going to divide my hostas tomorrow as i thought it had to be done while they just coming through soil. Loved this video. I have a few hostas. big daddy and praying hand my favourite. Im on the look out for blue mouse ears. Also went to Chelsea flower show this year for the first time and really enjoyed it. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
Those hostas are stunning. I have never grown them, although I always promise myself a couple and never get around to it. I'm pretty sure it's rather like slug lettuce, similar to delphiniums which I've never been able to keep. I feel motivated again having seen yours. Thanks for sharing Paul 😊
Hostas are fairly cheap and easy to multiply so I’d certainly encourage you to try one or two. But best place is in a pot on your patio - where they look their best and avoid the slugs for much longer.. Glad I’ve encouraged you Kim
I love Hostas..ty for sharing ( i put egg shells on the soil ,snails🐌 do not like them)..yes my old 93 yr old F/I/Law was ace in the garden..he used Tomorite for all sorts..
I love splitting Hostas too. It’s fun! I find it doesn’t matter when you do it either, whether fully died back or in full swing, they don’t seem to care. I heard someone say the other day (on tv, I think) you shouldn’t split them and you should just leave them as one intact specimen to get as large as possible, but I think they’re wrong. Why not get more lovely plants for free? I’ve loads of massive Big Daddies all over the place thanks to splitting! ☺️👍🏻
Good morning Paul! Yes, guacamole hosta! I also have a couple of guacamole hostas. Love their bright green color. Actually, flowers have a sweet scent, and hummingbirds love the hostas flowers. As always, enjoy seeing you and your garden. 😊😊
A great video, thanks Paul. What a handsome collection they make there. You didn't mention copper being a slug deterrent? I remember your pot haul - they still look good.
I seem to have ‘accidentally’ gathered quite a collection - many from division - but I do like the ‘jungle’ look they give to the patio. I have tried garlic spray but haven’t tested copper yet.
I’m so surprised because I’m a novice gardener who split my hostas last year & used a bread knife & also cut 1” off the bottom. 😂 I’ve been thinking that I just did what worked, but it’s really what is necessary. Not a fan of chopping w/ a shovel, like other channels, just because I wouldn’t want to damage it too much.
Sounds as though you are no longer a novice gardener! 👍 I agree - a shovel will slice roots where’s pulling apart as much as possible will keep more roots intact.
Last Fall I dug up some of my hostas haphazardly because I was going to fill in other areas. At the time I put them all in a bucket. As life gets busy I did not have time to replant them. In early Spring I was going to throw away the bucket contents due to all of the plants and soil being packed on top of each other. To my surprise I had an entire bucket full of new plants. So even a little piece of root will grow.
@jgwood10 I just love stories like that! I once left an aeonium in its pot looking dead - out next to the bin - forgot to pop it in the bin during the Winter. In Spring it had started growing! It’s not even supposed to survive our Winters.
I can empathise with you Paul as I have so many plants that need dividing and potting on. Diane from the "Down to Earth" channel split her Hostas ages ago and I thought at the time that I must do mine. Still haven't got around to it! Thanks for the tip about feeding with Tomorite. I'll give that a go. I've got a Hori Hori knife and use it a lot. My dad (who is 91 and still does his own garden) was horrified what I paid for it and said it was just a fancy knife but I find it so useful and wouldn't be without it. Have a great weekend.
Hi Wendy, I also prefer to divide in early Spring but couldn’t this year but the pot was so full that I felt I had to now. Those hori hori knives are indeed costly but a nice treat for us keen gardeners, I’m really glad I bought mine. Enjoy the nice weather for the weekends gardening.
Hi Paul, I just moved 2 hostas yesterday. I didn't like where they were and thought I would move them in the fall but couldn't stand looking at them. Thanks for the video. Your hostas are beautiful.
Hi Sanna and Eric, sometimes we’ve just gotta do what we’ve gotta do! With some food and water, plants tend to respond really well - hope yours look great over the Summer.
Thanks for sharing,one of mine actaully cracked its ceramic pot. I have all my hostas in pots; will consider splitting the larger ones rather than upsizing.
Hi Paul! Do you leave your Hostas that you have in pots outside in the winter?🤪🤭I have three different ones, but they are planted in the ground. Thank you!💚💚💚💚🌵🪴
Αγαπητέ Παύλο όταν είδα τά σύνεργα νόμισα ότι θα κάνεις φόνο 😂 όμως ευτυχώς την πλήρωσε το φυτό χοστα 😊. Φυσικά και κάνω πλάκα Θα ήθελα να ρωτήσω τι είναι τά οστεαλευρα και που μπορώ να τά βρω όπως και το λίπασμα κοτόπουλο. Είμαι παντελώς άσχετη ως προς αυτό. Πάντως και εγώ έτσι θα τό χώριζα Από την Ελλάδα χαιρετισμούς ❤
I wouldn’t be without my bread knife in the garden - such a useful tool. Δεν θα ήμουν ποτέ χωρίς το μαχαίρι του ψωμιού μου στον κήπο 😆 Νομίζω ότι το οστεάλευρο είναι στην πραγματικότητα θρυμματισμένα κόκκαλα και η κοπριά κοτόπουλου είναι κοπριά κοτόπουλου που γίνεται σε μορφή σφαιριδίων για τους κηπουρούς. Και τα δύο αυτά προϊόντα είναι καλά για όλα σχεδόν τα φυτά που θέλουν καλοσύνη. Greetings from England.🌸
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Great video, think I might have to divide mine soon - pleased yours seem to have resisted the slugs more than some, they are beautiful plants until they look like a Swiss cheese!
Glad you enjoyed my video. The ones that are in pots do OK, but those in the ground is another story - I will be putting up a video about hostas and slugs in the next few days - bit of a horror movie! :-)
Swiss 🐌 Cheese...😂😂😂😂
@@paultsworld 🤔😟...I cant kill anything..but do my best to deter slugs n snails .you have a lovely garden..ty for sharing it🌾
Swiss cheese is an apt description of some of mine - gruyere! 😆
I’ve found some of the bluish ones with thick leaves, big varieties like Big Daddy are fairly resistant to slugs and are generally ok in the ground. I have lots of slugs and snails in my garden that ruin stuff overnight, but my Big Daddies have minimal chewing and they’re big impact ground cover.
Great video as always.
The sound effect on hosta falling is chef's kiss.
Glad you liked the video - I love sound effects!
Hi Paul, You have a very nice collection of potted hostas seen at the end of the video. I love that guacamole variety. Thank you for the division video. Only yesterday, I said that next Spring I am going to divide EVERYTHING in the garden and make cuttings.... I'm gunna... it may not happen!.I have some hostas in the landscape, but not in pots...so another project for me in Spring. We don't get very many varieties here, so I get a little envious of those big magnificent ones I see on US and UK sites. I could see the endorphin release, as I imagined you standing back (with a cup of tea) and admiring the two new pots and double the plants! 💚🌱🌱
PS. I just read some of the comments, it sounds like, all over the world, you have your viewers taking their spades to their hostas over the weekend!!
Hi Margaret, I’m like you - I have great intentions of dividing all the perennials in early Spring - next thing I know it’s June! (Except in your case December 😀)
I do like that jungle feel to the patio when the hostas are in full leaf - and so easy to multiply!
yes and their freshly minted leaves after the very long deciduous winter gives a tropical jungle feel. What aspect are your hosts pots in? Do they get sun all day or do they have afternoon shade? The leaves are so perfect... until the slugs sniff them out. I assume you use some sort of snail and slug bait? You should give us an update of the hostas filling out in the pots in your next tour 😜
I actually have hostas in every aspect known to man but I do try to put the ones on the patio in a shady position - but basically they have to look out for themselves - some end up with bleached leaves.
I have tried a garlic spray and think it worked quite well, but as you will see in the next video, I don’t do much about them these days apart from sit and watch with a cup of tea.
Beautiful hosta, Its the bees knees. I have five hostas in pots that get a tomato feed once a month. There are six hostas in the flowerbeds and they get a handful of fish blood and bone every February and a mulch of homemade compost. For slugs and snails I use slug traps with a homemade bait in them, Use one cup of water and add one teaspoon of the following, sugar, flour, dry yeast and salt. They are attracted to the yeast and they get a lovely surprise when they hit the salt.
Thank you for all those greats tips - I’ll try them. 👍
Excellent video. So glad to see you do the roots. Hostas are truly amazing. Thanks so much.
Thank you.
I once had to really cut back the roots of a hosta and an acer to get them into their allocated pots. It was a real short back and sides and I was amazed at how well they grew that very year.
Greetings from Kentucky Paul, I enjoyed your video. I generally grow all my Hosta in the ground, but I will try a few in pots. I've grown the variety, " Guacamole". What I really love about that variety is the fragrance of the blooms. Have a great weekend and happy gardening, James
Thank you for mentioning the Guacamole James - I hadn’t noticed that they have a fragrance, so I’ll look forward to them flowering.
🙋♂️PAUL 🤗 THANKS FOR SHARING THIS 💚💚💚
You are very welcome 👍 🌻
Hi Paul . The wonderful hostas . They are going to be amazing in the pots and they have beautiful colors . Have a great day .🌿
I agree Lina, some of these hostas have really attractive leaves. Enjoy your weekend.
Hi Poul!lm going t engoing your video,as if lm walking through garden with a friend!much problems,very tierd,but garden is always a soul's refresh!bye from Betty!
Hello Betty, so pleased you take joy from the garden - I think it relaxes us all.
Aren’t Hostas amazing! I split all mine before I moved house and took them with me in pots - lots of free plants for my new garden, and they are all thriving 😊👍
Forward thinking - brilliant!
Another great video Paul!
Thanks Eddree 👍
They really are tough workhorses in the garden. It wouldn't skip a beat! Nice video as always Paul T! Have a great weekend.
Thank you AJ - I’ll go over to your channel to see how your hostas are doing 👍
Hi Paul, I have always loved Hostas. Strangly enough I was looking at one of my potted Hostas this morning and thinking I should have slit it, but thought it too late. I will now give it a go. 😊😊😊
Good morning Pauline, you know my motto - go for it...and see what happens:-)
Just done it now. It is a smaller variety, so wasn't too bad. Like your's I could have got a number of plants from it, but just kept it as two decent sized plants. Will not let my husband know about the bread knife 😊
It's great doubling your plants! Maybe you need to double your bread knives ;-)
Great idea, hosta plants in pots. The deer eat mine in the ground. I could move some up on my deck.
Hostas do really well in pots - and you can place them exactly where you want them
- different for Summer and Winter.
Good luck.
Hi paul . Im going to divide my hostas tomorrow as i thought it had to be done while they just coming through soil. Loved this video. I have a few hostas. big daddy and praying hand my favourite. Im on the look out for blue mouse ears. Also went to Chelsea flower show this year for the first time and really enjoyed it. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
Hi Catherine, you’ve quite a collection of hostas!
Glad you enjoyed your visit to The Chelsea Flower Show - I’ve never been. Greetings to 🇮🇪
Excellent video 🥰
Thank you 🌻
Those hostas are stunning. I have never grown them, although I always promise myself a couple and never get around to it. I'm pretty sure it's rather like slug lettuce, similar to delphiniums which I've never been able to keep. I feel motivated again having seen yours. Thanks for sharing Paul 😊
Hostas are fairly cheap and easy to multiply so I’d certainly encourage you to try one or two. But best place is in a pot on your patio - where they look their best and avoid the slugs for much longer.. Glad I’ve encouraged you Kim
I love Hostas..ty for sharing ( i put egg shells on the soil ,snails🐌 do not like them)..yes my old 93 yr old F/I/Law was ace in the garden..he used Tomorite for all sorts..
That's a good tip - thank you.
I love splitting Hostas too. It’s fun! I find it doesn’t matter when you do it either, whether fully died back or in full swing, they don’t seem to care.
I heard someone say the other day (on tv, I think) you shouldn’t split them and you should just leave them as one intact specimen to get as large as possible, but I think they’re wrong. Why not get more lovely plants for free? I’ve loads of massive Big Daddies all over the place thanks to splitting! ☺️👍🏻
Great to hear you’ve divided in Summer - I was wondering if I’d lose any leaves.
Sounds as though you have quite a collection.
Good morning Paul! Yes, guacamole hosta! I also have a couple of guacamole hostas. Love their bright green color. Actually, flowers have a sweet scent, and hummingbirds love the hostas flowers.
As always, enjoy seeing you and your garden. 😊😊
Hello Maria, hummingbirds - oh wow, you’re making me envious 😀 - a special sight.
@@paultsworld🌱🐌😱
Such a beautiful hosta. Really pretty.
It is isn’t it!
İzledim Güzel bahçe güzel video teşekkürler 😊
Thank you, I am so pleased you enjoyed my video.
teşekkür ederim, videomu beğenip yiyebildiğime çok sevindim.
@@paultsworld hernekadar tanımasamda siz Çalışkan mütevazısınız bahçeniz muhteşem hiç izlemezmiyim Türkiye'den 😊 Hülya 💐
That is very nice of you - thank you.
Bu senin için çok güzel - teşekkür ederim. 🌻
A great video, thanks Paul. What a handsome collection they make there. You didn't mention copper being a slug deterrent? I remember your pot haul - they still look good.
I seem to have ‘accidentally’ gathered quite a collection - many from division - but I do like the ‘jungle’ look they give to the patio.
I have tried garlic spray but haven’t tested copper yet.
I’m so surprised because I’m a novice gardener who split my hostas last year & used a bread knife & also cut 1” off the bottom. 😂 I’ve been thinking that I just did what worked, but it’s really what is necessary. Not a fan of chopping w/ a shovel, like other channels, just because I wouldn’t want to damage it too much.
Sounds as though you are no longer a novice gardener! 👍
I agree - a shovel will slice roots where’s pulling apart as much as possible will keep more roots intact.
Last Fall I dug up some of my hostas haphazardly because I was going to fill in other areas. At the time I put them all in a bucket. As life gets busy I did not have time to replant them. In early Spring I was going to throw away the bucket contents due to all of the plants and soil being packed on top of each other. To my surprise I had an entire bucket full of new plants. So even a little piece of root will grow.
@jgwood10 I just love stories like that! I once left an aeonium in its pot looking dead - out next to the bin - forgot to pop it in the bin during the Winter. In Spring it had started growing! It’s not even supposed to survive our Winters.
I find Hostas to be so tough they really don’t care if you chop the roots roughly or damage them, they come back fine, they’re relentless!!!
@luciferflump that’s just my kind of plant
I can empathise with you Paul as I have so many plants that need dividing and potting on. Diane from the "Down to Earth" channel split her Hostas ages ago and I thought at the time that I must do mine. Still haven't got around to it! Thanks for the tip about feeding with Tomorite. I'll give that a go. I've got a Hori Hori knife and use it a lot. My dad (who is 91 and still does his own garden) was horrified what I paid for it and said it was just a fancy knife but I find it so useful and wouldn't be without it. Have a great weekend.
Hi Wendy, I also prefer to divide in early Spring but couldn’t this year but the pot was so full that I felt I had to now.
Those hori hori knives are indeed costly but a nice treat for us keen gardeners, I’m really glad I bought mine.
Enjoy the nice weather for the weekends gardening.
Hi Paul, I just moved 2 hostas yesterday. I didn't like where they were and thought I would move them in the fall but couldn't stand looking at them. Thanks for the video. Your hostas are beautiful.
Hi Sanna and Eric, sometimes we’ve just gotta do what we’ve gotta do! With some food and water, plants tend to respond really well - hope yours look great over the Summer.
Thanks for sharing,one of mine actaully cracked its ceramic pot. I have all my hostas in pots; will consider splitting the larger ones rather than upsizing.
Along with cannas and agapanthus they are masters at cracking open pots!
I have huge guacamole in pot too. 20 litres.
They’re great when they get big - bet yours is spectacular!
Hi Paul! Do you leave your Hostas that you have in pots outside in the winter?🤪🤭I have three different ones, but they are planted in the ground. Thank you!💚💚💚💚🌵🪴
Hi Saya, yes - hostas are very hardy and I leave all my hostas (in pots and in the ground) outside all Winter. 🌸
Αγαπητέ Παύλο όταν είδα τά σύνεργα νόμισα ότι θα κάνεις φόνο 😂 όμως ευτυχώς την πλήρωσε το φυτό χοστα 😊. Φυσικά και κάνω πλάκα Θα ήθελα να ρωτήσω τι είναι τά οστεαλευρα και που μπορώ να τά βρω όπως και το λίπασμα κοτόπουλο. Είμαι παντελώς άσχετη ως προς αυτό. Πάντως και εγώ έτσι θα τό χώριζα Από την Ελλάδα χαιρετισμούς ❤
I wouldn’t be without my bread knife in the garden - such a useful tool.
Δεν θα ήμουν ποτέ χωρίς το μαχαίρι του ψωμιού μου στον κήπο 😆
Νομίζω ότι το οστεάλευρο είναι στην πραγματικότητα θρυμματισμένα κόκκαλα και η κοπριά κοτόπουλου είναι κοπριά κοτόπουλου που γίνεται σε μορφή σφαιριδίων για τους κηπουρούς. Και τα δύο αυτά προϊόντα είναι καλά για όλα σχεδόν τα φυτά που θέλουν καλοσύνη. Greetings from England.🌸