Hosta Videos

Watch the HostasDirect educational hosta videos, covering topics from hoses and garden tools to foliar nematodes to landscaping with hostas. The compilation of all HostasDirect Productions.  If you have a broadband internet connection and would like to see the hostas and images in higher quality be sure to press the HQ botton on the bottom of the video!

• Hosta Garden Video Tours

  An entire page devoted to our ongoing series Hosta Garden Video Tours

  Watch Tom Carlson show you hundreds of hosta varieties. This series has many videos of hostas.Check back for new episodes each season. Watch the Hosta Garden Video Tours.

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• Digging and Dividing Series

  A page with our complete Digging and Dividing Series. A three part video series on how to dig and divide hostas. Part one reviews garden tools and preparation, part two is a digging hostas tutorial, and part three is a video of Tom Carlson explaining his way through dividing the dug hosta. Watch the Digging and dividing series.

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• Welcome to HostasDirect

  Watch this short clip of Tom Carlson welcoming and introducing the viewer to his business and what it has to offer.

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• After You Order

  A video tutorial about what you can expect and how to handle and plant your order to get the most out of your purchase. Hosta in focus is American Sweetheart

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• Tissue Culture Hostas

  Tissue culture explained! This Hosta term is thoroughly explained by Tom Carlson in this video.

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• Nematode Nightmare, Part 1 and 2

  This split video explains all you need to know about foliar nematodes. How to identify, prevent, and treat these 'nightmarish creatures'.

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• Fertilizing Tips and Tricks

  Tom Carlson gives examples of some of the best fertilizing techniques for your hostas. Tom shows both liquid and granular methods and explains how things are done at HostasDirect including fertilizer concentrations and methods.

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• Hosing Your Hostas, a Hosta Watering Experience

  Watch as Tom Carlson demonstrates several watering methods and explains how trees and shade can affect your hosta watering amounts.

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• Bleached Leaves

  A short video showing and explaining the bleached leaf phenomenon.

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• Reverting Hostas

  Hosta varieties can revert back to their parent variety. Tom Carlson gives a visual example and explains how to treat reverting hostas

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• To Divide or not to Divide

  A video showing the differences in hostas, how it sets back a clump and certain characteristics which can temporarily change in a hosta.

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• Sun & Slopes

  Learn how sun and slopes can affect your hostas with color change, erosion and other changes.

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• Landscaping with Curves

  Watch how curves in landscaping are a simple way to add variety and beauty to any garden.

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• Hostas or Grass?

  Turn any ordinary yard into a beautiful landscape with hostas.

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