How to Divide Hostas, Best Time to Divide Hostas and Other Planting Tips

Hostas are fun foliage plants to have around in the garden. Over the years I've transplanted and propagated many hostas from larger clumps in order to spread them to other areas of the garden. Division is the primary method to propagate more hostas for your garden.

Questions Answered in this video:
00:01 When is the best time to divide hostas?
00:46 How to Divide Hostas?
04:09 How to Plant Hostas?
06:39 How did the Divisions Do 2 Weeks later?

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[GuiltyBystander]

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.

[jkieras]

I use a knife to divide. It keeps from disturbing the root systems and leaves the dirt attached.

[joesabal]

What happens to the Hostas after you harvest the sprouts? Do they come back or die?

[sjbutler]

They taste something like asparagus I believe.

[samwasthebest]

You can’t kill these plants, just cut pieces off and stick in the dirt.

[crochetgardenrepeat]

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

[robertlindlau]

One hos ta go here, one hos ta go there til all done.

[Andrewnfocus]

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

[thedragonarena]

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!

[KS-catnip]

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!🤣🤣🤣

[lisasessums]

Extremely Hardy and gets prettier each year. Perrenials are worth little extra money. The gift that keeps on giving❤️

[awakenacres]

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.

[mkmf]

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.

[TinaB]

Looks great! Thank you for sharing this. Very clear and nicely done!!

[thedudeabides]

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.

[ish]

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👍

[starshot]

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.

[abcxyz]

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.

[joearhart]

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.

[vickigower]

Thanks for a quick, easy and concise video that got straight to the point. I believe I can do this now