This may be the worst advice I've ever seen on dividing hostas that is being delivered by a person who clearly knows a lot about hostas. I believe it is possible that this is the best way to divide hostas that you want to put into small pots for resale in a few months, but this is a terrible technique for the average gardener who is dividing and replanting. As a general rule of thumb, the division will have enough "root pruning" in the process of chopping it out of the ground. As a rule of thumb, the only leaves that should be removed are those that are damaged in the process. The leaves are the "solar panels" and the source of food and energy that power the growth of the plant, so removing them only makes sense with the severe root pruning to make these small pot divisions. People applying this same techinque to more typical divisions in their home gardens... dividing a clump into two or four divisions and replanting them... will set their plants back - very possibly losing about two years of growth under my growing conditions, perhaps a bit less in a less challenging environment.
Malcolm you take all the fear out of gardening ,if I think of doing anything I try to find you on you tube thank you 🤗
Loving the videos Malcolm, You proper crack me up while I learn. Cheers!
I love your videos! Thank you!
so grateful to you again
Good god man, it’s exactly like you know what you are doing🤣 come back, I miss, WE miss your expertise 🙏☀️
Heading out right now to do this.
Lovely.
Can’t hear you
This may be the worst advice I've ever seen on dividing hostas that is being delivered by a person who clearly knows a lot about hostas. I believe it is possible that this is the best way to divide hostas that you want to put into small pots for resale in a few months, but this is a terrible technique for the average gardener who is dividing and replanting. As a general rule of thumb, the division will have enough "root pruning" in the process of chopping it out of the ground. As a rule of thumb, the only leaves that should be removed are those that are damaged in the process. The leaves are the "solar panels" and the source of food and energy that power the growth of the plant, so removing them only makes sense with the severe root pruning to make these small pot divisions. People applying this same techinque to more typical divisions in their home gardens... dividing a clump into two or four divisions and replanting them... will set their plants back - very possibly losing about two years of growth under my growing conditions, perhaps a bit less in a less challenging environment.