In that case, transfer the rooted plant to a bigger vase or better into a container in soil. You can remove them while changing the water. Decorate your tabletop with water-grown hostas for a beautiful looking centerpieces! You can grow it in a transparent and decorative narrow jar, placing it on a coffee table, desks, kitchen countertop, or plant stand. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Balcony Garden Web is all about gardening. Here we serve you the best and informative gardening ideas, creative DIY's and limited space gardening tips and tricks. Sign in. Forgot your password? Get help. Password recovery. Facebook Pinterest Twitter LinkedIn. One of the most exciting ways to reproduce hostas is to sow seeds. Many collectors around the world sow a huge amount of seeds every year, hoping to get new varieties of these beautiful plants.
Next, I will tell everything I know about this process. It all starts in the summer when a tall peduncle grows from the center of the stem. On which fantastic beauty flowers are formed. Hosta flowers by themselves are lovely, and this is another reason to grow these plants in your garden. For months, hosta flowers are pollinated by insects. If you want to be serious about sowing seeds, then you can act as an experienced hybridizer.
During flowering, select only the varieties that you like best and cross them. Cut flower stalks of other varieties that bloom at this time to avoid pollination with unwanted varieties.
Next, the process of seed ripening will take place. Flower petals will fall off, and seedboxes will form. You do not need to do anything at this time. Do not cut flower stalks with seedboxes! Let them dry. At the end of summer, the seeds ripen and the seedboxes dry and open, at which time you can collect the seeds.
Cut the flower stalks and put them on the table, being careful not to scatter the seeds. Separate all seeds from the dry inflorescences with your hands. Next, peel the seeds from the dry seedboxes. It is necessary to sow seeds in the spring, so you should place them in a dry place away from pests. It is best to use a paper box that will absorb moisture so that no fungus forms on the seeds. It is not necessary to keep the seeds in a warm room; the garage is perfect for this. Hosta seeds can maintain germination for quite a while.
It does not deteriorate under the influence of frost. You can sow it next spring. Many hybridizers claim that seeds are viable for 18 months. The best time to sow seeds is in the spring , but you can try to do it in the winter.
Winter sowing should begin no earlier than January and, of course, do it in a warm room. The disadvantage of sowing in the winter is that it will take you long to adapt the seedlings to the climate outside, and not all new plants will survive it.
Therefore, I recommend spring sowing. The greenhouse is the best place to plant, but you can also use plastic trays with clear lids.
There must be drainage holes in the trays. If there are no holes, then cut or drill them. Excess water should flow out of the tray and not linger in it. The size of the containers depends on the number of seeds. It is best to use a capacity of at least 4 inches wide, 8 inches long and 4 inches deep. Of course, this is not a strict requirement, but in larger containers, you will need to water the seedlings less often, which will make it easier to care for them.
The next thing you need to take care of is the soil. It is best to use soil that is specially designed for sowing. You should only buy quality substrate from reliable manufacturers. The package must also indicate that the soil is sterilized. If you do not follow these guidelines, then the fungus can destroy your seedlings. Pour the soil into the basket and moisten it well. You do not need to do the swamp, but the soil should be moist to the touch.
Then pour the substrate into the trays almost to the top; you can slightly flatten it. Make small holes no more than 0. Put one seed in there and sprinkle with a small amount of soil. Then pour a small amount of water. Use only distilled water. If you use tap water, be sure to boil it. You should use distilled or boiled water for the first months after sowing and sprouting new plants. Tap water is bad because it contains chemicals that will not promote the development of new plants. As you can see in the pictures, the locations and sizes rule out digging up as an option.
Does the timing matter? I'm in Massachusetts, and they're about midway through this year's growing cycle. They won't bloom until about two months from now. Also, some are in the shade, others in the sun. Would it be correct to assume that she should place them in the same type of conditions in her yard? I suppose you might be able to, but I think you'd be well into cell culturing rather than "stick a leaf in damp soil and get a plant" ala African Violet - but I have not tried it since I've never seen it suggested and it appears from my experience likely to fail.
Division is the only way I've ever propagated hosta, and I don't see your claim that "digging up is not an option" - a small division from the outer edge of the plant need not involve a great deal of digging, and gets some root to go with the leaf.
Yes, you can root hosta leaf cuttings but you have to cut the leaf with a bit of the root it is growing from, preferable with a few small roots attached to the cutting. Put it in water, change the water frequently until there are enough roots growing to pot the leaf. I have a Victory hosta single leaf cutting done this way and now potted about a month but am not seeing any new sprouts yet. Its far easier to let a hosta plant grow new shoots then carefully dig and expose a developed shoot, cut it away and plant in a pot or directly into the garden and water as needed until it takes hold.
This spring I had transplanted some and had a few leaves with a bit of stem fall off. I might have had better success if I had paid more attention to them. I just dipped in rooting hormone and put in a pot with a mixture of potting sol, very composted wood chips basically soil at this point and some sand. Watered every few days. I started 10 and 4 grew to plants. Some of the leaves had more stem than others and I believe that is the reason they took.
But again, I didn't pay much attention to them.
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