Hosta: planting and care in the open ground and pot. Diseases, pests. How to grow a host

Among the breeders of Europe, the host became popularback in the 18th century. Being a sacred plant among the Japanese, the funcion quickly spread to other continents, and today it adorns thousands of summer cottages throughout Russia. There is a room and street host.

Seed host: planting and care

Funkiyu in most cases growcuttings and bush division. But some gardeners prefer to deduce flowers of the host from the seeds: landing and leaving in such a time take more time, but give the best result.

Cultivation of hosts requires seeds topresowing treatment of the material with stimulants growth, as the germination capacity of such a plant is rather low (about 70%). Seeds are soaked for 30 minutes in zircon, rootstock, epine or aloe juice. Some masters prefer to stratify the seed. That is, stand seeds in the cold on a damp cloth for 25-30 days.

Another factor that influences success is substrate preparation. The soil must be sterile, without any microorganisms and fungi. The composition is definitely worth adding peat and perlite.

Planting hosts in the spring (March-April) beginswith the preparation of the pot. The container is treated with a disinfectant (antiseptic) remedy to eliminate any bacteria. At the bottom lay a layer of drainage and substrate. Seeds are poured from above on a wet ground, gently cover them with a layer of substrate in 1 cm. Then the container is wrapped in a film and left for 15-20 days at 20C before emergence. It is necessary to water the seedlings in a timely manner and to remove the condensate.

When the first pair appears on the germinated seedlingsfull-fledged leaves, you can start diving them. The soil for shoots with ¼ is covered with sand, watering is carried out through a pallet, the film is gradually removed. Below, see the photos of the plant.

Landing hosts in the spring in the ground

To plant and grow the hosts in the garden you need to choose a place:

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  Grades with yellow spots are best planted in the sun (yellow host);


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  Blue grades are suitable only for partial shade;


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  Pestrym - areas darkened at the time of mass, feet lighted in the morning and evening.

Do not forget that the plant is negativerefers to drafts and gusty wind. The soil for spring planting is best prepared in the fall. For the selected area, fertilizers of organic composition 10-15 cm thick are applied. Then the ground is dug with a bayonet shovel.

The distance between hosts during the disembarkation should benot less than 40-60 cm, for giant varieties - 80-100 cm. When planting from pots, the plant should be watered for a few hours. In the prepared lunokuhostu shifted together with an earthen lump. The roots are neatly straightened, the holes are covered with soil and lavishly poured with water. Planting hosts in the spring into the ground ends in mulching.

Hosta: landing and care in the open ground with a photo

Care of the host in the garden is very simple. It consists in a combination of irrigation, weeding, fertilizing and loosening.

Watering. Hosts are moisture-loving plants. Water them at the beginning of the day in an average volume. In hot weather, the amount of liquid is increased.

Lighting. In brightly lit places, hosts can lose varietal and specific features. The ideal place for them is a slightly darkened area. In the sun, the leaves of the function change the color from blue and violet to a typical green.

Top dressing. Garden flowers hosts need certain fertilizers. During the growth period, they are fed by infusions of mullein, compost, nitrate, potassium sulfate. During the growing season, the process is performed three times:

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  At the beginning of the summer season;


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  During budding;


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  After blossoming.

Pests. The main threat to hosts is slugs. Attacking plants, they leave horrible holes on the green and blue leaves. To overcome them, open containers with beer are left around the bushes. For a day pests crawl to the feast. In addition to the slugs host threatened stem nematodes, caterpillars, grasshoppers.

Diseases. Often, weak plant specimens affect fungal diseases. For example, phyllosis. Sometimes the peduncles suffer from the fungus Phyllosticta aspidistrae Oud. Such plants are usually burned, and the ground is disinfected. Gray rot and skerotinia also pose a danger to the bushes hosts.

Hosta: landing and outdoor care on video

Reproduction Hosts

At the end of the flowering period, peduncles from the bushesis removed. In early autumn, gardeners begin to multiply hosts. The bushes are watered abundantly, then dug and divided into parts, leaving on each one more than one leafy rosette.

Individual plants are buried at the same depth as the mother plant. Roots are laid horizontally, buried and watered. Rooting of young individuals requires 4-5 weeks.

Host Topic: planting and care - is familiar not by hearsay to thousands of gardeners. Such a delightful plant often takes pride of place in the design of the garden. Grow it - easy occupation, and contemplate - a real pleasure. Hosta has medicinal properties. Price hosts: you can buy a plant for 80-200 rubles.