Gardening

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts) Thu Jul 4, 2013, 02:46 PM Jul 2013

I have a hosta that has outgrown her spot and I can't close my gate properly...

When is it ok to dig her up and move her? I live in zone 7. Should I wait until Fall or can I do it now?

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I have a hosta that has outgrown her spot and I can't close my gate properly... (Original Post) LaydeeBug Jul 2013 OP

I would wait until fall, or Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #1

Here's what I would do (I'm in zone 7 too) Lex Jul 2013 #2

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

1. I would wait until fall, or

Reply to LaydeeBug (Original post)

Thu Jul 4, 2013, 03:09 PM

Jul 2013

better yet, spring. Spring is the best time to move a hosta, and it should not be in the way during the winter.

This time is probably the worst time to move it. All of mine are budding and ready to bloom, and that is always a bad time to move them. If you can't wait, be sure that you water it well whenever it is not raining where you move it. It will be really stressed and unable to deal with any further trauma.

Good luck.

Lex

(34,108 posts)

2. Here's what I would do (I'm in zone 7 too)

Reply to LaydeeBug (Original post)

Thu Jul 4, 2013, 03:10 PM

Jul 2013

Digging it up now is fine. Take the sharp end of a shovel and split the hosta in half, or into 3 pieces or 4. Replant the hostas where you want, in holes that have been watered, and then water the plant good when you get it in the ground. They should be fine after being wilty a day or two. I've had to split mine up like this and it never hurts them.

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