How To Fertilize Hostas - Keep Your Hostas Beautiful This Year!

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, and we're here today to talk about hostas
<v Speaker 2>and actually fertilizing hostas. More importantly, I guess, more to
<v Speaker 2>the point, the best way to fertilize hostas, which most people,
<v Speaker 2>as we'll get into it a little bit, Mary, don't
<v Speaker 2>even know if they really need to fertilize their hostas
<v Speaker 2>or not. But it's actually a very good idea.
<v Speaker 4>Absolutely, you know, hasa has come up in early spring
<v Speaker 4>and people really don't know what to do with them.
<v Speaker 4>They just let them grow, but it's really beneficial to
<v Speaker 4>give them a little dose of fertilizer throughout the year.
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<v Speaker 2>So let's get into this, Mary. Let's talk about what
<v Speaker 2>we're here today for. And that's the best way to
<v Speaker 2>fertilize host hostas. Excuse me, so you know, unlike most
<v Speaker 2>perennials and annuals, hostas are almost always grown for their
<v Speaker 2>foliage and not their flowers. They do flower, but that's
<v Speaker 2>not why really.
<v Speaker 3>People grow them.
<v Speaker 4>No, they grow them for their nice, beautiful, different color leaves.
<v Speaker 2>Oh, massive leaves that can come in and variegated greens, whites, creams,
<v Speaker 2>even the bluish green which we have a start out
<v Speaker 2>here inside our garden to keep it protected from deer.
<v Speaker 2>From my mom, there's just so many beautiful hostas, but
<v Speaker 2>it's that leaf color and traditionally, obviously they're a shade plant,
<v Speaker 2>so they like a lot of shade. But they can
<v Speaker 2>really fill large spaces with those leaves and they're beautiful.
<v Speaker 2>But people want to know, how can I keep those
<v Speaker 2>leaves so beautiful? And one of the keys really does
<v Speaker 2>come down to the foliage. A lot of people when
<v Speaker 2>they talk about hostas, what's the thing they say they
<v Speaker 2>hate that in the middle of summer, a lot of
<v Speaker 2>those leaves start to just disappear.
<v Speaker 4>Right or brown off. And you know there's a certain
<v Speaker 4>reason for that, and there's certain things you can do
<v Speaker 4>to help prevent that.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean, sometimes it's due to deer taking them.
<v Speaker 4>Out, and deer do love hostas, that's right, and if that.
<v Speaker 2>Happens, just to let everyone know, even in the middle
<v Speaker 2>of summer, at anytime, you can cut those right back
<v Speaker 2>to the ground and they're going to produce new leaves,
<v Speaker 2>especially if you've taken a little bit of time to
<v Speaker 2>fertilize them up and make them you know, really have
<v Speaker 2>the power they need. The key with hostas is you
<v Speaker 2>don't want to give them the wrong kind of fertilizer
<v Speaker 2>or too much. They really don't need a lot, but
<v Speaker 2>a little goes a long way for.
<v Speaker 4>That, and the type of fertilizer you use really does matter.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they're not heavy feeders, I mean, but they do
<v Speaker 2>really benefit greatly from that added boost of nutrients, especially
<v Speaker 2>through those long summer months when the heat might get
<v Speaker 2>to them, the pests get to them. And again remember
<v Speaker 2>when hostas are unhealthy, they become more attractive for things
<v Speaker 2>like mildew and pest to attack them and make them
<v Speaker 2>even worse.
<v Speaker 4>So if your hosts have holes in them in the
<v Speaker 4>middle of summer, you know, it's not the healthiest plant.
<v Speaker 4>But fertilizing will help.
<v Speaker 3>Oh, it will definitely help keep them strong.
<v Speaker 2>We've done it for years here and makes it just
<v Speaker 2>makes them look so much more lush and beautiful. Even
<v Speaker 2>a light feeding hosta, which that's what people you know
<v Speaker 2>sometimes think I don't have to do anything to it.
<v Speaker 2>It really does make so let's talk about that. There
<v Speaker 2>really is a couple of times you want to really
<v Speaker 2>fertilize them. And we've used a one two punch the
<v Speaker 2>very first time, which you know right now we're into.
<v Speaker 3>April almost May. Yeah, the last day of.
<v Speaker 2>April almost into May, and this is a great time
<v Speaker 2>to apply that first dose of fertilizer when those hostas
<v Speaker 2>first start to emerge from the ground.
<v Speaker 4>But what type of fertilizer do you use?
<v Speaker 2>Well, that's the key on this one. You want to
<v Speaker 2>use something that's going to be slow release and give
<v Speaker 2>them a slow amount of power all through the springtime
<v Speaker 2>as they grow. And people ask us all the time,
<v Speaker 2>but what if I divided my hostess last fall, or
<v Speaker 2>what if my hostess were too big and I'm going
<v Speaker 2>to divide them right now? You can still give them
<v Speaker 2>a light dose. But if your hostas are just in
<v Speaker 2>the ground and getting ready to come up, this is
<v Speaker 2>where that granular fertilizer works. Why, Because they release that
<v Speaker 2>energy slow and steady. It allows the hostas, you know,
<v Speaker 2>just enough nutrients and energy to really put it into
<v Speaker 2>that leaf growth, but not so much that it just
<v Speaker 2>overgrows them and can be harmful to them.
<v Speaker 4>So granular fertilizer is the best. But what amounts of
<v Speaker 4>NPK should you look for?
<v Speaker 3>Yeah?
<v Speaker 2>I like personally with hostas and most perennials that are
<v Speaker 2>you know, lower feeders. I like to lean towards the
<v Speaker 2>five five five when we talk about that nitrogen potassium
<v Speaker 2>and calci or nitrogen potassium makes marry off.
<v Speaker 4>Nitrogen phosphate and potassium.
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we're going to be number seven next term.
<v Speaker 2>I realize I don't know what MPK stands for, but no,
<v Speaker 2>I like the five to five to five because that
<v Speaker 2>first number it keeps the nitrogen lower. Nitrogen is super
<v Speaker 2>important for leaf growth, so you do want an equal
<v Speaker 2>amount when it comes to the other two. However, ten
<v Speaker 2>ten can you can work. You just have to do
<v Speaker 2>a lighter feeding, a little bit less. It just the
<v Speaker 2>five five five alike, because it's not going to overpower
<v Speaker 2>the hostile.
<v Speaker 4>Right and for the new gardener, we probably should explain
<v Speaker 4>what those and we know it's nitrogen phosphate and potassium,
<v Speaker 4>But where where can you find that on the product
<v Speaker 4>that you're looking at at the store?
<v Speaker 2>To be uplisted on every type of fertilizer there is,
<v Speaker 2>That's the one thing they go to.
<v Speaker 3>They want to show those three numbers.
<v Speaker 2>And the reason you want that a lot of times
<v Speaker 2>when you're talking about annual flowers or vegetables, nitrogen is
<v Speaker 2>important for that early growth. But then you get into
<v Speaker 2>the phosphors and you know that's a huge part of
<v Speaker 2>the blooms and all that.
<v Speaker 3>Well, we're not so.
<v Speaker 2>Much worried about that with the most tastas, or even
<v Speaker 2>perennials for that matter, because they have a short bloom period.
<v Speaker 2>So that balanced ratio of all three, the nitrogen, phosphorus
<v Speaker 2>in the potassium, it's ideal to help get them off
<v Speaker 2>to a fast start.
<v Speaker 3>You know that nitrogen is key for the.
<v Speaker 2>Strong foot foliage and stem growth, but also those other
<v Speaker 2>two when you're talking about phosphorus and potassium, those are
<v Speaker 2>really good for the health of the plant, not just blooming,
<v Speaker 2>but the health of the plant.
<v Speaker 3>So together all three really help hostas well.
<v Speaker 4>Let's get to the details down. So how when and
<v Speaker 4>how do you fertilize with the granule fertilizer.
<v Speaker 3>Yes, so for the spring. When you know when putting
<v Speaker 3>down green.
<v Speaker 2>And fertilizer, it's always important you have to remember this,
<v Speaker 2>either to do it earlier or towards the.
<v Speaker 3>End of the day.
<v Speaker 2>Don't do it on a really hot day where you
<v Speaker 2>might be on the leaf and it could burn the
<v Speaker 2>plant a little bit. We just it's just never a
<v Speaker 2>good idea. But there's also another important thing to do.
<v Speaker 2>You know, you always want to water in GRAINI and fertilizer.
<v Speaker 2>So often people go out and they spread those granules
<v Speaker 2>around and they walk inside and they forget about it. Well,
<v Speaker 2>if you don't get rain for four or five days,
<v Speaker 2>those don't break down very fast and you're not going
<v Speaker 2>to get but.
<v Speaker 3>A little bit of water, and you don't have to
<v Speaker 3>water hard.
<v Speaker 2>You just want to set that into the soil is
<v Speaker 2>going to go a long way. And another thing is
<v Speaker 2>people say, well should I move my mulch back?
<v Speaker 3>Should I do this? They're going to break down and
<v Speaker 3>get through it.
<v Speaker 2>But we do like to move the mulch back a
<v Speaker 2>little bit so it's not so thick right there when
<v Speaker 2>you're putting.
<v Speaker 3>Those granules in.
<v Speaker 4>It's important to put the mulch right back on.
<v Speaker 3>Yes, yes, so five five, five, ten, ten ten. We
<v Speaker 3>always tell.
<v Speaker 2>People to make sure hey follow along with what you
<v Speaker 2>know is on the bag for perennials or for plants,
<v Speaker 2>it'll tell you often, but if you really I mean,
<v Speaker 2>for us, I would say we use a quarter less
<v Speaker 2>than a core, probably an eighth of a cup per
<v Speaker 2>hostile plant, and sprinkled.
<v Speaker 3>Around the edges.
<v Speaker 2>I don't like to go to the core of the plant.
<v Speaker 2>I don't like to put it anywhere near the leaf.
<v Speaker 2>I like to do it on the root zone. And
<v Speaker 2>a root zone is nothing more than where those leaves
<v Speaker 2>come out. That's that circle around the main clump of
<v Speaker 2>your plant of where you can put the fertilizer. So
<v Speaker 2>you know, granular fertilizers are great for that. But as
<v Speaker 2>we'll talk about after our break, it really comes down
<v Speaker 2>to the next time you fertilize them, you want to
<v Speaker 2>give them a quicker punch. Remember we talked about the
<v Speaker 2>low and slow of the granular works. But in the summer,
<v Speaker 2>as you'll see in a second, you want to go
<v Speaker 2>to liquid. So we right back after this break. Okay,
<v Speaker 2>we are back talking about fertilizing hostas, which is hostas
<v Speaker 2>are probably one of the most popular perennials that are
<v Speaker 2>almost in everyone's bed, especially when you have a shady
<v Speaker 2>part of your yard. But as we talked about, a
<v Speaker 2>lot of people. As you get into summer, hostas can
<v Speaker 2>kind of tend to look bad. So we're going to
<v Speaker 2>talk about fertilizing, but I want to cover a couple
<v Speaker 2>of quick things really quickly. There are two things that
<v Speaker 2>really take their toll on hostas in the summer. One,
<v Speaker 2>we've already covered pests. They tend to find a way
<v Speaker 2>to get to them. If your pest have been chewed
<v Speaker 2>up by a ton of slugs, rabbits, everything else and
<v Speaker 2>they just have holes everywhere and it's July, don't let
<v Speaker 2>them look like that the rest of the year.
<v Speaker 3>We take a pair of shears, Mary, We take them
<v Speaker 3>right to the ground.
<v Speaker 4>Right and they are going to regrow.
<v Speaker 2>They're going to regrow fast, especially if you give them
<v Speaker 2>a little dose of this liquid.
<v Speaker 3>Fertilizers we're talking about.
<v Speaker 2>But we always tell people if that's the case, if
<v Speaker 2>you've had a bad season or it was overly wet
<v Speaker 2>or overly dry, and they look bad, cut them down.
<v Speaker 2>You've got plenty of time for that foliage to grow
<v Speaker 2>back and be beautiful, and it's far better than trying
<v Speaker 2>to cover up your flower beds the rest of the
<v Speaker 2>summer while they look bad. The other thing that hurts
<v Speaker 2>hostas and their foliage is the bloom. Just think about
<v Speaker 2>any bloom on any plant. It takes power to produce
<v Speaker 2>those blooms. Well, let's face it, hostile blooms, I mean,
<v Speaker 2>if you love them, fantastic, we actually leave a fair
<v Speaker 2>amount of We have a couple of varieties that really
<v Speaker 2>bloom somewhat pretty.
<v Speaker 3>And we see a lot of the hummingbirds.
<v Speaker 4>Right, hommybirds and honeybees.
<v Speaker 2>But if you're growing them solely for that foliage and
<v Speaker 2>to look great and the leaves and you want them
<v Speaker 2>to look beautiful when those shoots come up in the
<v Speaker 2>middle of summer for that bloom, cut them r at
<v Speaker 2>the base. Don't even let it bloom. It's going to
<v Speaker 2>put all that power back into the leaves of the
<v Speaker 2>plant and look much more better. Again, it's a personal choice.
<v Speaker 3>We tend. I would say we opt more to leave
<v Speaker 3>our balloons come up.
<v Speaker 2>I really like the butterflies, and you know all the
<v Speaker 2>birds that come in, the hummingbirds especially to do it.
<v Speaker 3>But if you really are doing it for the leaves,
<v Speaker 3>cut them off.
<v Speaker 2>They'll do this in a lot of gardens where they
<v Speaker 2>want to look beautiful, cut them back when they try
<v Speaker 2>to make so don't allow them to blame.
<v Speaker 4>Right, And when they do flower, if you'd like to
<v Speaker 4>let them flower, there is a point where you do
<v Speaker 4>need to cut them back.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, as soon as they're done flowering, cut those back
<v Speaker 2>because that again Mary's right, they're going to start working
<v Speaker 2>on forming seed heads everything else that's going to take
<v Speaker 2>power from that plant. So once they're done, clip them
<v Speaker 2>back all the way to the bottom and I'm talking
<v Speaker 2>about the bloom stein and then that's going to help
<v Speaker 2>your plan.
<v Speaker 4>Right, Just don't take the dead flowers off. You've got
<v Speaker 4>to cut it down at the bottom of the stem
<v Speaker 4>exactly exactly.
<v Speaker 2>And it also makes your plant look a heck of
<v Speaker 2>a lot short. Okay, So now we're talking about that fertilizing.
<v Speaker 2>So just went off on a little tangent there, but
<v Speaker 2>it's important to talk about those things.
<v Speaker 3>So now we're back to what do we do. So
<v Speaker 3>now we're not going.
<v Speaker 2>To use green because it's going to be too slow
<v Speaker 2>to help these plants really stay strong ego to a
<v Speaker 2>liquid fertilizer. And liquid is so important because it's fast acting.
<v Speaker 2>Liquid absorbs not just through the ground when you're springing it,
<v Speaker 2>but also through the leaves. Of a plant, and you know,
<v Speaker 2>it can really give a lot of a quick boost
<v Speaker 2>of power versus the granular. I mean, I think Mary,
<v Speaker 2>we have never really used green in the summer because
<v Speaker 2>of that very thing. Liquid fertilizers just work so much faster.
<v Speaker 4>So why is it important to switch?
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, again, as I said, it's gonna because the amount
<v Speaker 2>of fertilizer gets to the plant quicker.
<v Speaker 3>That liquid is instantaneous.
<v Speaker 4>It's not the slow and low relation, no, No, it's
<v Speaker 4>it's really fast.
<v Speaker 2>And in addition, if you use the granular, it's it's
<v Speaker 2>gonna still keep feeding.
<v Speaker 3>Them so late into the season. You want that power
<v Speaker 3>to be right then and there.
<v Speaker 2>And so that's why liquid fertilizer really comes to the
<v Speaker 2>forefront once you get to the summer.
<v Speaker 3>And I think that's the way. I mean, we kind
<v Speaker 3>of do that with all of our perennials.
<v Speaker 2>If we want to give a little boost when summer comes,
<v Speaker 2>we tend to use grainers in the early spring.
<v Speaker 3>And then switch to the liquid. So now it all
<v Speaker 3>comes down to.
<v Speaker 4>What's the best what's the best liquid fur lineser do
<v Speaker 4>you use?
<v Speaker 2>So you can really do a lot of things here.
<v Speaker 2>A lot of people like to use compost t or
<v Speaker 2>worm casting tea that they can make at home. And
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna tell you right now, that is fantastic. It works,
<v Speaker 2>It's great, let's face it. Though not everyone has the
<v Speaker 2>time to do that or they don't want to mess
<v Speaker 2>with it.
<v Speaker 3>So what can I use again? We're gonna go back
<v Speaker 3>to that NPK.
<v Speaker 2>We talked about those three big keys, and we're looking
<v Speaker 2>for a five to five to five to a.
<v Speaker 4>Ten ten ten, so pretty much the same ratio as
<v Speaker 4>the granular for license it is.
<v Speaker 2>And this is where I become a little bit weird.
<v Speaker 2>I like in the summer going a little bit stronger
<v Speaker 2>with the liquid dose. I like the ten ten tents
<v Speaker 2>because I think it gives it that quick boost. But
<v Speaker 2>five to five to five again is great. I still
<v Speaker 2>do this, though I don't. I don't do it as
<v Speaker 2>strong as they recommend, no matter what it is. So
<v Speaker 2>if it's on the back and it says, you know,
<v Speaker 2>use one teaspoon for every half gallon of water, I
<v Speaker 2>use one tea spoon for the whole gallon of water.
<v Speaker 3>I want to almost dilute it in half. And why
<v Speaker 3>is that?
<v Speaker 2>Because I don't want to fertilize this. You know every
<v Speaker 2>eight weeks. I want to do it a little bit
<v Speaker 2>more often. We like, what three to four weeks is
<v Speaker 2>really our key.
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we furtilize every three to four weeks.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so you know, when late June hits to July,
<v Speaker 2>we'll hit our plants again. Do not fertilize in the
<v Speaker 2>middle of the day with a liquid fertilizer and put
<v Speaker 2>the majority of it on the ground around the plant.
<v Speaker 2>But it's okay to hit the leaves a little bit
<v Speaker 2>because it's going to absorb through there and give them power.
<v Speaker 4>Early morning is always best.
<v Speaker 2>I like early morning way better than the late in
<v Speaker 2>the evening because late in the evening, if you get
<v Speaker 2>cool nights, it tends to now you can start to
<v Speaker 2>have mildew and other things. Mold can come into plants,
<v Speaker 2>especially hostas a big leaf plant that's going to be
<v Speaker 2>very susceptive that. So I think the big key is
<v Speaker 2>to fertilize. But we like to do that every three
<v Speaker 2>to four weeks. So for us here in Ohio, that's
<v Speaker 2>the end of June, the end of July, the end
<v Speaker 2>of August that.
<v Speaker 3>We're pretty much done.
<v Speaker 2>At that point, all all perennials stop fertilizing in the fall,
<v Speaker 2>because it just causes a lot of danger for plants.
<v Speaker 2>It can cause them to overgrow with some tender foliage,
<v Speaker 2>but not just ten of funch. It's a roots you
<v Speaker 2>really worry about, and those can easily then be susceptible
<v Speaker 2>to freezing off in the winter times.
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we've pretty much stuff fertilizing in August.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it promotes too much late season growth and it
<v Speaker 2>just has a lot of issues. So the other thing
<v Speaker 2>about hostas, people always ask us all the time is, well,
<v Speaker 2>O Kate, when is the true best time to cut
<v Speaker 2>them back and divide them? And there are you know,
<v Speaker 2>hostas and dailers are two plants for me that I
<v Speaker 2>will tell you almost any time.
<v Speaker 3>Unless the grounds, you know you're in the middle of winter.
<v Speaker 2>Fall is ideal because if you can cut you see
<v Speaker 2>how big the plant grew, you can divide it back
<v Speaker 2>to where you want it to, you can transplant them,
<v Speaker 2>the roots can get set and they're ready to go
<v Speaker 2>the next spring.
<v Speaker 3>But if you're sitting there in spring.
<v Speaker 2>Right now and you realize you have this hosta that
<v Speaker 2>every year is just way too thick, it's okay, dig
<v Speaker 2>it up.
<v Speaker 3>Even if those leaves have started to come through. Quarter it,
<v Speaker 3>put it in eights.
<v Speaker 2>Whatever you need to do to make your small plants,
<v Speaker 2>put them back in the ground, put a little fertilizer
<v Speaker 2>around them, and you know what you're gonna be.
<v Speaker 3>About what three weeks behind, right, and that foliage is
<v Speaker 3>gonna come right through.
<v Speaker 4>And keeping your flower beds full of plants perennials is
<v Speaker 4>key because less mulch, less risk for disease.
<v Speaker 2>You know, we just spent a lot of time here
<v Speaker 2>splitting grasses, ornamental grasses in the springtime and in the fall,
<v Speaker 2>we split a lot of our plants and put them
<v Speaker 2>into holding beds. Mary is absolutely right when people always
<v Speaker 2>ask us how do I keep weeds out of my flowerbed?
<v Speaker 2>Then obviously mulch is number one, but number two is
<v Speaker 2>grown more plants than mulch. When you pack your flowerbeds
<v Speaker 2>full of plants, weed seeds can't find a home.
<v Speaker 3>And hostas are a great.
<v Speaker 2>Example of that that the broad leafs of a hosta
<v Speaker 2>can cover a lot of area. You're going to use
<v Speaker 2>less mulch, you're gonna have less weeds. It's going to
<v Speaker 2>look prettier and you can divide them and it's free.
<v Speaker 2>I mean, once you get this plants.
<v Speaker 3>It's free.
<v Speaker 4>So after summer's done, fall comes, the plants leave start
<v Speaker 4>to die off. What do you do.
<v Speaker 3>That's the only thing you have to do with that point.
<v Speaker 2>If you're gonna dig them up and you're gonna divide them, great,
<v Speaker 2>And if you're not, you're gonna cut those leaves off.
<v Speaker 2>You're gonna make sure it's down to the ground. You're
<v Speaker 2>gonna put a little bit of multi around it. You're
<v Speaker 2>gonna forget about. You're not gonna fertilize. You're gonna wait
<v Speaker 2>till spring, and you're gonna start the whole process over again.
<v Speaker 4>And in the spring, those shoots of the hostage are
<v Speaker 4>gonna come right through that mulch that you put on
<v Speaker 4>top of it.
<v Speaker 3>Absolutely absolutely, and that's gonna keep them good. So there
<v Speaker 3>it is.
<v Speaker 2>It is important to fertilize your hostage a little bit
<v Speaker 2>if you really want maximum growth. They are a low
<v Speaker 2>plant or a low nutrient plant, that doesn't mean they
<v Speaker 2>don't benefit from a little a little bit of fertilizer.
<v Speaker 2>The one thing you can do in the fall. Sometimes
<v Speaker 2>people will put a little compost around and that's not
<v Speaker 2>gonna give them that massive energy, but it's gonna help
<v Speaker 2>them for the spring. But other than that, to try
<v Speaker 2>your hand out this year, give your hostage a little
<v Speaker 2>bit of extra TLC, a little bit of you know
<v Speaker 2>power in the spring with you know, a granule, and
<v Speaker 2>then a little bit of liquid power in the summer,
<v Speaker 2>and you'll be kind of amazed.
<v Speaker 3>At the result of what your hostis look like. So well, Mary,
<v Speaker 3>I think that does it for this week's episode, and
<v Speaker 3>we better get back out in the garden out of
<v Speaker 3>let's get work, I know, all right. Thanks everyone for
<v Speaker 3>listening and happy garden, Happy gardening.
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