How to Plant a Hosta Cutting

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Today, we are going to plant a hosta cutting. I was so excited to get this cutting from the
American Hosta Society. I’d been thinking about joining for me than a year. Well I finally did it, and not only did I get a beautiful growers guide and a coupon for a hosta. I got another package that had a hosta cutting that I need to get planted.

A two leaf light green hosta cutting wrapped in paper towel and plastic wrap on a wooden work table in the greenhouse

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Materials Needed to Plant A Cutting

Prepare the Cutting

This cutting came so nicely wrapped in damp paper towel and plastic wrap for its journey from Ohio to Texas. I carefully unwrapped it and put the cutting in a plastic cup filled with water to let it rehydrate for about 15 minutes while I got my supplies together and filled the pot with soil.

Hosta cutting in a plastic cup filler with water, the white roots are just below the waterline to rehydrate the cutting before planting

Fill your pot half way with potting soil and position the cutting in the center of the pot. I get another pot or scoop of potting soil, then I hold the cutting in the position where I want it with one hand. And fill the soil around the cutting with the other hand.

6 inch green nursery pot, filled halfway with soil, the hosta cutting is positioned in the center, I'll hold it with one hand and fill the pot with soil with the other hand. I have the pot on a silver tray to keep soil off the work table

Once you have filled the pot with soil press the surface of the soil down with your hand to make sure the cutting roots have contact with the soil. I sprinkle a little milorganite in the pot and water it in. If you are not familiar with Milorganite, it’s a slow release fertilizer that has been a game changer for my hosta.

I had them all in the greenhouse over the winter for some TLC after our crazy hot summer last year. They came back so healthy and bloomed multiple times.

Make sure to label your cutting so you remember what it is. I put mine under my grow lights in the greenhouse, but you can put the plant in a window with indirect light while it gets established.

A hosta cutting planted in a six inch green nursery pot under the grow light in the greenhouse. The plant has a white plastic plant maker and other baby hosta in the background.

Conclusion

We hope you found d this helpful and we will be back in few weeks to show you how our cutting is doing.

The Gunther's Rim hosta planted from a cutting on May 31st, successfully rooted and growing a new leaf for a total of three leaves. Planted in a 6 inch green pot on a patio of travertine stone.

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